Select a country

'We deserve better': As COVID-19 rips through my city, I fear I can't keep my family safe

I live with six others in Port Moresby, which is at the centre of PNG's COVID-19 outbreak. If one of us tests positive to this deadly virus, I am unsure how we will be able to isolate ourselves.
Papua New Guinea

'We deserve better': As COVID-19 rips through my city, I fear I can't keep my family safe

I live with six others in Port Moresby, which is at the centre of PNG's COVID-19 outbreak. If one of us tests positive to this deadly virus, I am unsure how we will be able to isolate ourselves.

This is what it's like to live in the middle of PNG's COVID-19 crisis

I live with six others in Port Moresby, which is at the centre of PNG's COVID-19 outbreak. If one of us tests positive to this deadly virus, I am unsure how we will be able to isolate ourselves.
Papua New Guinea

This is what it's like to live in the middle of PNG's COVID-19 crisis

I live with six others in Port Moresby, which is at the centre of PNG's COVID-19 outbreak. If one of us tests positive to this deadly virus, I am unsure how we will be able to isolate ourselves.

PNG: Health system at breaking point, but it won't collapse

One of UNICEF's key representatives in PNG says the country's health system can withstand the worsening coronavirus emergency. Dr Shaikh Kabir says the arrival of vaccines will offer protection to frontline workers and give them greater mental strength and co
Papua New Guinea

PNG: Health system at breaking point, but it won't collapse

One of UNICEF's key representatives in PNG says the country's health system can withstand the worsening coronavirus emergency. Dr Shaikh Kabir says the arrival of vaccines will offer protection to frontline workers and give them greater mental strength and courage to fight the COVID-19 menace.

Aussie medics touch down in PNG with emergency vaccines

A team of AUSMAT specialists land in Papua New Guinea with an emergency supply of the AstraZeneca vaccine, as COVID-19 infections surge. Natalie Whiting reports.
Papua New Guinea

Aussie medics touch down in PNG with emergency vaccines

A team of AUSMAT specialists land in Papua New Guinea with an emergency supply of the AstraZeneca vaccine, as COVID-19 infections surge. Natalie Whiting reports.

Australian medics touch down in Port Moresby with emergency vaccines

A forward team of AUSMAT health specialists lands in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby with an emergency supply of the AstraZeneca vaccine to help local health authorities deal with the spiralling coronavirus crisis there.
Papua New Guinea

Australian medics touch down in Port Moresby with emergency vaccines

A forward team of AUSMAT health specialists lands in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby with an emergency supply of the AstraZeneca vaccine to help local health authorities deal with the spiralling coronavirus crisis there.

Kasus COVID-19 Melonjak di Papua Nugini, Pasien Meninggal di Tempat Parkir

Jumlah infeksi COVID-19 harian di Papua Nugini telah mencapai rekor tertinggi, dengan 295 kasus tercatat dalam kurun waktu 24 jam.
Papua New Guinea

Kasus COVID-19 Melonjak di Papua Nugini, Pasien Meninggal di Tempat Parkir

Jumlah infeksi COVID-19 harian di Papua Nugini telah mencapai rekor tertinggi, dengan 295 kasus tercatat dalam kurun waktu 24 jam.

New Zealand: Government responds to COVID-19 crisis in PNG

New Zealand has delivered supplies of PPE to Papua New Guinea to assist the country with its worsening COVID-19 outbreak but there are calls to consider sending vaccines and medical staff.
Papua New Guinea

New Zealand: Government responds to COVID-19 crisis in PNG

New Zealand has delivered supplies of PPE to Papua New Guinea to assist the country with its worsening COVID-19 outbreak but there are calls to consider sending vaccines and medical staff.

Politician dies of COVID-19 in PNG as strained hospital workers warn of health system collapse

Papua New Guinea's biggest hospital is reporting a 70 per cent positive rate for COVID-19 among symptomatic patients, while health officials warn of a coming spike in deaths.
Papua New Guinea

Politician dies of COVID-19 in PNG as strained hospital workers warn of health system collapse

Papua New Guinea's biggest hospital is reporting a 70 per cent positive rate for COVID-19 among symptomatic patients, while health officials warn of a coming spike in deaths.

Hospital warns of COVID patients dying in car parks as PNG suffers coronavirus surge

Papua New Guinea's biggest hospital is reporting a 70 per cent positive rate for COVID-19 among symptomatic patients, while health officials warn of a coming spike in deaths.
Papua New Guinea

Hospital warns of COVID patients dying in car parks as PNG suffers coronavirus surge

Papua New Guinea's biggest hospital is reporting a 70 per cent positive rate for COVID-19 among symptomatic patients, while health officials warn of a coming spike in deaths.

PNG's Hunters rugby league team make Gold Coast home to keep competition hopes alive

The PNG Hunters rugby league team relocate to Queensland's Gold Coast for up to eight months to try and save the future of the game in their country, as the coronavirus pandemic worsens in their homeland.
Papua New Guinea

PNG's Hunters rugby league team make Gold Coast home to keep competition hopes alive

The PNG Hunters rugby league team relocate to Queensland's Gold Coast for up to eight months to try and save the future of the game in their country, as the coronavirus pandemic worsens in their homeland.

Rugby League: No shortage of support for Hunters and Silktails

The ex-pat PNG and Fijian communities are expected to turn out in force when the Hunters and Silktails play their first «home» matches of the new rugby league season. Both sideswill be based in Australia due COVID-19 border restrictions.
Papua New Guinea

Rugby League: No shortage of support for Hunters and Silktails

The ex-pat PNG and Fijian communities are expected to turn out in force when the Hunters and Silktails play their first «home» matches of the new rugby league season. Both sideswill be based in Australia due COVID-19 border restrictions.

PNG: Churches back COVID restrictions

A Papua New Guinea church leader is urging the public to follow new government restrictions as 128 new cases push COVID-19 infections in the country to more than 2400 cases.
Papua New Guinea

PNG: Churches back COVID restrictions

A Papua New Guinea church leader is urging the public to follow new government restrictions as 128 new cases push COVID-19 infections in the country to more than 2400 cases.

'Never seen a device in their life': PNG students access digital learning for first time thanks to Queensland e-waste recycling charity

Some 18,000 students in Papua New Guinea are set to access e-learning for the first time after a Queensland organisation recycled 300 electronic devices out of discarded e-waste.
Papua New Guinea

'Never seen a device in their life': PNG students access digital learning for first time thanks to Queensland e-waste recycling charity

Some 18,000 students in Papua New Guinea are set to access e-learning for the first time after a Queensland organisation recycled 300 electronic devices out of discarded e-waste.

Gold Coast CWA offering crochet, cooking and hip-hop classes

They still cook and crochet but the most popular class run by the Coolangatta branch of the Country Women's Association is very 2021 — it's a hip-hop class.
Papua New Guinea

Gold Coast CWA offering crochet, cooking and hip-hop classes

They still cook and crochet but the most popular class run by the Coolangatta branch of the Country Women's Association is very 2021 — it's a hip-hop class.

How a hero's death, a leadership spill and some late paperwork put PNG on the brink of viral disaster

For almost a year, PNG appeared to escape the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, but the numbers now coming out of the Pacific nation's biggest hospital are staggering and frightening.
Papua New Guinea

How a hero's death, a leadership spill and some late paperwork put PNG on the brink of viral disaster

For almost a year, PNG appeared to escape the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, but the numbers now coming out of the Pacific nation's biggest hospital are staggering and frightening.

Calls for refugees to be brought to Australia amid PNG COVID-19 outbreak

Refugee advocates say six asylum seekers in PNG have tested positive to coronavirus in the past two weeks as the local health system threatens to buckle under the weight of a spiralling outbreak.
Papua New Guinea

Calls for refugees to be brought to Australia amid PNG COVID-19 outbreak

Refugee advocates say six asylum seekers in PNG have tested positive to coronavirus in the past two weeks as the local health system threatens to buckle under the weight of a spiralling outbreak.

PNG coronavirus outbreak growing at 'alarming' rate, stretching health system to limit

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced Australia will share 8,000 vaccine doses with Papua New Guinea, but experts warn the country is already on the precipice of a COVID-19 catastrophe.
Papua New Guinea

PNG coronavirus outbreak growing at 'alarming' rate, stretching health system to limit

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced Australia will share 8,000 vaccine doses with Papua New Guinea, but experts warn the country is already on the precipice of a COVID-19 catastrophe.

Queensland records no community transmission as vaccine protocol changed after rise in allergic reactions

Queensland records no community transmission but a rise in allergic reactions prompts health authorities to change protocols around the vaccine roll out. It comes as flights into Cairns from Papua New Guinea are suspended.
Papua New Guinea

Queensland records no community transmission as vaccine protocol changed after rise in allergic reactions

Queensland records no community transmission but a rise in allergic reactions prompts health authorities to change protocols around the vaccine roll out. It comes as flights into Cairns from Papua New Guinea are suspended.

'Catastrophic': Torres Strait communities fear worst-case scenario if virus spreads from PNG

Some islands in the Torres Strait are just a short dinghy trip from Papua New Guinea, and the community on the Australian side of the border is ramping up efforts to protect people from the possibility of coronavirus crossing over.
Papua New Guinea

'Catastrophic': Torres Strait communities fear worst-case scenario if virus spreads from PNG

Some islands in the Torres Strait are just a short dinghy trip from Papua New Guinea, and the community on the Australian side of the border is ramping up efforts to protect people from the possibility of coronavirus crossing over.

Scott Morrison says the government will send 8,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to PNG

Mr Morrison says the Australian government will aid Papua New Guinea by providing vaccine doses and freezing most travel to and from PNG as the COVID-19 situation there worsens.
Papua New Guinea

Scott Morrison says the government will send 8,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to PNG

Mr Morrison says the Australian government will aid Papua New Guinea by providing vaccine doses and freezing most travel to and from PNG as the COVID-19 situation there worsens.

Pacific: A year of COVID-19 told by a tattoo artist, women's rights activist

It's been a year since Leo Pugram picked up his tattoo gun, but he's finding other ways to stay positive during the pandemic. His is one of four stories chronicled in a new documentary about the global pandemic's impacts on the Pacific.
Papua New Guinea

Pacific: A year of COVID-19 told by a tattoo artist, women's rights activist

It's been a year since Leo Pugram picked up his tattoo gun, but he's finding other ways to stay positive during the pandemic. His is one of four stories chronicled in a new documentary about the global pandemic's impacts on the Pacific.

PNG: Announcement of COVID-19 'isolation strategy' imminent

As infections rise, speculation continues to mount in Papua New Guinea over what shape a proposed COVID-19 «isolation strategy» will take.
Papua New Guinea

PNG: Announcement of COVID-19 'isolation strategy' imminent

As infections rise, speculation continues to mount in Papua New Guinea over what shape a proposed COVID-19 «isolation strategy» will take.

8000 COVID-19 vaccine doses rushed to PNG as PM warns of 'very real risks' to Australia

Australia will send 8,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine supply to Papua New Guinea, in response to a worsening outbreak of the virus in the country.
Papua New Guinea

8000 COVID-19 vaccine doses rushed to PNG as PM warns of 'very real risks' to Australia

Australia will send 8,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine supply to Papua New Guinea, in response to a worsening outbreak of the virus in the country.

Flights into Queensland from PNG suspended amid fears over growing COVID-19 outbreak

Flights into Cairns from Papua New Guinea will be suspended from midnight as the country struggles to contain a surge in coronavirus infections.
Papua New Guinea

Flights into Queensland from PNG suspended amid fears over growing COVID-19 outbreak

Flights into Cairns from Papua New Guinea will be suspended from midnight as the country struggles to contain a surge in coronavirus infections.

Australian government aims to have 20 per cent COVID-19 vaccine coverage in the Pacific by June

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will announce Australian-made AstraZeneca vaccines will be distributed throughout the Pacific from May — slightly later than some analysts expected.
Papua New Guinea

Australian government aims to have 20 per cent COVID-19 vaccine coverage in the Pacific by June

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will announce Australian-made AstraZeneca vaccines will be distributed throughout the Pacific from May — slightly later than some analysts expected.

PNG: Calls for Australia to fast track vaccines

Australia's Opposition is urging the Government to send vaccines to PNG immediately, so frontline health workers can be immunised, after local authorities confirmed another five COVID-19 deaths and almost 100 new positive cases. Australian officials have tol
Papua New Guinea

PNG: Calls for Australia to fast track vaccines

Australia's Opposition is urging the Government to send vaccines to PNG immediately, so frontline health workers can be immunised, after local authorities confirmed another five COVID-19 deaths and almost 100 new positive cases. Australian officials have told the ABC they're «deeply worried» about the situation and are in talks to confirm what support the government will provide.

'Staggering rise in infections': Australia to give more help to PNG as coronavirus situation worsens

PNG's Prime Minister James Marape asks Australia to supply vaccines for health workers, warning his nation is approaching an infection rate «of about one person to three or four».
Papua New Guinea

'Staggering rise in infections': Australia to give more help to PNG as coronavirus situation worsens

PNG's Prime Minister James Marape asks Australia to supply vaccines for health workers, warning his nation is approaching an infection rate «of about one person to three or four».

Queensland Premier flags 'major concerns' over PNG coronavirus situation

Annastacia Palaszczuk says she hopes to speak to the Prime Minister about the emerging health crisis in Papua New Guinea, where a high number of COVID-19 tests are returning positive results.
Papua New Guinea

Queensland Premier flags 'major concerns' over PNG coronavirus situation

Annastacia Palaszczuk says she hopes to speak to the Prime Minister about the emerging health crisis in Papua New Guinea, where a high number of COVID-19 tests are returning positive results.

'It's broken loose': PNG Prime Minister reports 97 new COVID cases as Queensland remains on alert

Concerns mount after Papua New Guinea, which is on the doorstep of the Torres Strait and Queensland, faces a significant rise in coronavirus cases, with hospitals struggling to keep up with demand.
Papua New Guinea

'It's broken loose': PNG Prime Minister reports 97 new COVID cases as Queensland remains on alert

Concerns mount after Papua New Guinea, which is on the doorstep of the Torres Strait and Queensland, faces a significant rise in coronavirus cases, with hospitals struggling to keep up with demand.