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Wapu Sonk was a driving force in delivering an NRL team to Papua New Guinea.

‘Forged’ and ‘fake’: PNG sport, business supremo hits out at corruption concerns

The man who led the bid that secured millions from the Australian government to support a new rugby league team has threatened legal action over a controversial letter.

  • Chris Barrett and Nick McKenzie

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Noosa reptile sighting might be a croc, but I’ve been up close with the real thing

Residents of Noosa are in a lather over reports of a visiting reptile. They need to get a grip.

  • Margot Saville
PNG businessman Wapu Sonk stood down from the country’s NRL franchise on Friday.

PNG leader demands quick action on corruption concerns linked to Australia

Wapu Sonk has stood down from the PNG NRL team board, but there is scrutiny on the country’s national oil company, which has ties with an Australian energy giant.

  • Chris Barrett, Nick McKenzie and Simon Johanson
Kumul Petroleum chief executive Wapu Sonk

Key figure standing down in PNG’s league team bid is a welcome move

Establishing an NRL team in Port Moresby was always going to be a fraught exercise.

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Wapu Sonk, who led Papua New Guinea’s campaign for a new NRL team.

PNG NRL director stands down over corruption concerns

Wapu Sonk, who led the Pacific nation’s bid to join the Australian competition in 2028, has stepped aside amid questions about whether he sought to benefit personally from his power as chief of PNG’s national oil company.

  • Chris Barrett, Nick McKenzie and Matthew Knott
PNG businessman Wapu Sonk, who led the Pacific Island nation’s bid to join the National Rugby League.

Man who won $600m from Albanese government for PNG rugby league embroiled in corruption scandal

The Australian government’s support was supposed to head off Chinese influence, but the suspect deal would have invited just that.

  • Nick McKenzie and Chris Barrett
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be at the rugby union Test between Australia in Fiji in Newcastle on Sunday.

‘Nail in the coffin’: Pacific rugby leaders raise alarm about NRL’s PNG deal

Officials in the region are concerned about the Albanese government’s bankrolling of rugby league and are proposing a greater share in funding for their national game.

  • Chris Barrett
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Demolition experts go to great lengths

But it’s time to go out with a bang.

A woman has been arrested and charged after allegedly luring people to Australia with the promise of fake scholarships.

Woman accused of human trafficking arrested at Brisbane Airport

The 56-year-old is accused of luring young people from Papua New Guinea on fake scholarships, and instead forcing them to work on farms.

  • Cloe Read
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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