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‘Right on our doorstep’: Australia to send medical team to PNG as it battles COVID-19 outbreak
Australia will send a team of doctors including an infectious diseases expert to Papua New Guinea and consider fast-tracking vaccine supplies for the country.
- Anthony Galloway
Hundreds turn out in Brisbane to honour former PNG PM Michael Somare
Sir Michael died on February 26 at the age of 84, with a memorial held at Brisbane’s St Stephen’s Cathedral on Sunday.
- Cloe Read
From the Archives, 1975: Australia's flag lowered as PNG gains independence
On September 16, 1975, Australia's 69-year rule in Papua New Guinea ended. At 12.01 am PNG's new Governor-General broadcast to the nation: “Papua New Guinea is now independent.”
- Patrick Boyce
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