Polio death recorded in PNG for the first time in more than two decades
ABC News 3 October 2018 A nine-year-old child has been confirmed as the first death from polio in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since the country was declared polio-free 18 years ago....
View ArticleUpdate 2 – Search and rescue operation, Torres Strait
QPS News 4 August 2019 Police are continuing a search and rescue operation in the Torres Strait for five people missing after a vessel was reported overdue on July 31. The 7-metre vessel departed Badu...
View ArticleAustralian researchers are calling for greater vigilance along the border...
Radio Australia (Asia Pacific), Sydney, Pacific Beat, Catherine Graue 06 Aug 2019 Australian researchers are calling for greater vigilance along the border between Australia’s far north and PNG to stop...
View ArticlePNG health authorities are finalising a report after investigating claims...
Radio Australia (Asia Pacific), Sydney, Pacific Beat, Catherine Graue 07 Aug 2019 PNG health authorities are finalising a report after investigating claims that 35 people have died in recent months at...
View ArticlePapua New Guinean man dies after eating fish caught near nickel mine spill
ABC News John Papik 2 October 2019 A man has died in Papua New Guinea after eating a fish caught near the site of a massive nickel refinery spill, however the mine’s Chinese operator denies the...
View ArticleAustralian woman sues employer after contracting virus while working in Papua...
ABC News Melanie Vujkovic 24 December 2019 Joy Price said she celebrated her 60th birthday as a fit and healthy woman working for an Australian company in Papua New Guinea. But late in 2016, she...
View ArticleCOVID -19 [Australian news compilation]
Coronavirus cases confirmed among Australian Diamond Princess evacuees in Darwin 21 February 2020 Authorities have confirmed two people evacuated to Darwin from the Diamond Princess cruise ship...
View ArticleImproving the collection of birth and death data worldwide
EurekAlert University of Melbourne 9-Mar-2020 University of Melbourne researchers have identified and implemented the key interventions and tools that countries can – and should – use to improve the...
View ArticleNCD reports new COVID-19 case
LoopPNG Salome Vincent 20 June 2020 The National Capital District is faced with its second COVID-19 case, the 9th reported so far in Papua New Guinea. Test results were confirmed by Queensland...
View ArticlePNG’s coronavirus spike appears to have been triggered by a COVID-19 lab...
ABC News 2 August 2020 For months, Papua New Guinea has avoided a large-scale coronavirus outbreak, but in the space of two weeks things have changed. Key points: Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James...
View ArticleThe mystery of PNG’s failing mosquito nets
Radio National Health Report Norman Swan, Stephan Karl 10 August 2020 Nets impregnated with mosquito killing insecticide played a key role in pushing malaria in Papua New Guinea down to less than 1%,...
View ArticleTwo men accused of using ‘black flights’ to smuggle drugs between Australia...
ABC News Karen Percy 13 August 2020 A sophisticated drug syndicate used covert flights, encrypted devices and false identities to import drugs from Papua New Guinea to northern Queensland, a Melbourne...
View ArticleA catastrophe looms with PNG’s COVID crisis. Australia needs to respond urgently
The Conversation Brendan Crabb, Leanne Robinson 15 March 2021 Since its first case was diagnosed 12 months ago, PNG has avoided a large number of reported cases and corresponding deaths. That situation...
View ArticlePNG health system ‘on brink of collapse’, Qld may feel the aftershocks
InQueensland Paul Osborne 26 March 2021 A major international doctors’ group says Papua New Guinea’s health system is on the brink of collapse as COVID-19 cases soar, vaccine doses fall well short and...
View ArticlePolice had eyes on ‘black flight’ drug run between Mareeba and Papua New...
ABC News | ABC Far North Christopher Testa 30 May 2022 Law enforcement officials had a light plane under surveillance when it departed far north Queensland on an ill-fated drug run to Papua New Guinea,...
View ArticleAudit reveals Torres Strait clinicians face deadly dilemma in PNG spillover...
ABC News Rory Callinan 14 November 2022 Children suffering from tuberculosis (TB) are dying in the Torres Strait border region after being referred away from Queensland clinics under inconsistent...
View ArticleAustralian man dies while hiking Kokoda Track
ABC News Tim Swanston 17 April 2023 An Australian man has died while walking the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, the ABC understands. A spokesperson for Port Moresby’s Pacific International Hospital...
View ArticleAustralian World War II soldiers’ partial remains recovered off Kokoda Track,...
ABC News Tim Swanston 25 July 2023 Australian archaeologists have recovered partial remains of WWII soldiers on the Kokoda Track. They are believed to belong to 15 soldiers who were buried in temporary...
View Article‘Forensic investigation’ launched after woman charged with drug importation...
ABC News, 24th January 2024 An Australian-funded refugee program in Papua New Guinea will be forensically investigated following allegations a woman arrested over an alleged $15 million drug...
View ArticleMeth arrives in Australia through many routes, but it’s destroying lives on...
ABC News Tim Swanston, Theckla Gunga 18 February 2024 With soaring demand for illicit drugs and high street value for methamphetamine and cocaine, Australia is a tempting target for transnational crime...
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