The three years Papua New Guinean soldier Derek Levi spent seconded with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) were some of the best of his life. "Australia felt like a second home. I never got ...

Australia and PNG already enjoy close defence ties, with more than 1000 personnel from both countries participating in joint training and exercises in 2024.

Joanne Wallis receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Australian Department of Defence. She is a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public ...

The treaty between the two nations will solidify Australia’s position as PNG’s major defence partner and follows a key defence agreement signed by the two Pacific nations in 2023 to strengthen ...

But with the Defence Force about 5000 personnel short of its 63,000 target – and with ambitions to grow the size of the military to 69,000 by the early 2030s – the government’s strategy ...

Members of the Australian Army and Papua New Guinea Defence Force training together in Wewak on the north coast of PNG. (Supplied: Australian Army/3rd Brigade)It's often been reported that young ...