Tag: Australia-PNG defence pact
PNG defence minister steps aside amid army recruitment controversy
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
Papua New Guinea's Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph has stepped aside to allow investigations into allegations he interfered...
Experts split on Australia’s Papua New Guinea military recruitment plan
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Australia's plan to recruit from Papua New Guinea for its Defence Force raises "major ethical concerns", according to the...
!["That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-WikiP-680wide-100x70.png "Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof")
