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Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow has defended its military ties with Jakarta but has not denied claims that it sought access to an air base in West Papua, Indonesia.

Did we back the wrong war in the ’60s? Now Putin’s Russia is knocking on the door

Instead of backing West Papuan nationhood 60 years ago, Australia joined the US in suppressing Vietnam’s. Are national security chickens coming home to roost?

  • Ben Bohane

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Is this a dagger I see before me? Mel Ree in the title role of La Boite’s Macbeth.

‘I get to play a king’: Women of colour take on war and masculinity in Macbeth

The three witches seize the spotlight in La Boite’s reimagining of Shakespeare’s bloody “Scottish play”. 

  • Nick Dent
PNG: wild, mysterious, haunting and flamboyant.

The one country you’ll never see on any ‘must-visit’ list

It’s wild, mysterious, haunting and flamboyant, but most Australians view it with fear and loathing.

  • Michael Gebicki
Celebrities including Jamie Lee Curtis, Eugene Levy, Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, and Paris Hilton have been adversely affected by the LA fires.

Flame trees’ fiery warning for tinderbox Aussie bush

The wildfires ravaging Los Angeles hold important lessons for Australia which, like California, has large forests of highly flammable (introduced) eucalypt trees, which are nicknamed “gasoline trees” in the US.

Salvation Army Commissioner Miriam Gluyas.

Miriam wanted to be a pro golfer. Instead, she’s an executive on a $26,000 salary

The Big Cheese of the Salvation Army is radically counter-cultural.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Ian Roberts is eager to address the issue of sexuality with Papua New Guinean players where it is still illegal to be homosexual

Homosexuality is illegal in PNG. The NRL is all about inclusivity. How do they square the two?

Ian Roberts, still the only openly gay Australian rugby league player in the past 30 years, sees the new PNG NRL franchise as an opportunity to change attitudes in the Pacific nation.

  • Christian Nicolussi
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The rate of solar installation worldwide is accelerating as production skyrockets and costs fall.

Booming solar industry will make nuclear power obsolete

In 2023, China installed as much solar capacity as the entire world did in 2022.

PNG Prime Minister James Marape and Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese announcing the PNG NRL team … as Peter V’landys waits in the wings.

The NRL’s newest recruit PNG is good for sport and Pacific politics

The announcement that a team from Papua New Guinea will enter the NRL competition is a smart play.

  • The Herald's View
PNG Prime Minister James Marape and Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese announcing the inclusion of a PNG team in the NRL.

‘Better than a veto’: NRL soft power play packs a secret punch on China

The announcement of a new NRL team was about so much more than a new NRL team. The setting of the press conference told the story.

  • Matthew Knott
Respective Australian and Papua New Guinean prime ministers Anthony Albanese and James Marape.

The prime minister, PVL and the president: How PNG made it to the NRL

The PNG prime minister told Australian government leaders he didn’t want a gift to celebrate the country’s independence in 2025 - he just wanted an NRL team. Today he got his wish.

  • Michael Chammas and Chris Barrett

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