With the scramble for Papua New Guinea's resources new dangers are emerging in a country whose state lacks the institutional machinery, or political inclination, to robustly oversee gas, oil and mineral operators.
When Julian Assange and Wikileaks released a cache of US government cables in 2010, Australia's prime minister, Julia Gillard, denounced the leak in the strongest terms. Fast forward three years, and it would appear the Australian government has had a road to Damascus experience.
The Duchess of Cornwall won the hearts of a group of Second World War veterans on a Diamond Jubilee tour of Papua New Guinea with the Prince of Wales....
Prince Charles had a blast from the past after being reunited with an old Papua New Guinea schoolmate he shared student digs with almost half a centur...
Researchers investigating the disappearance of aviator Amelia Earhart 75 years ago say underwater video of man-made debris may have revealed her final...
Human rights groups have criticised a plan to deport asylum seekers, who travel to Australia by boat, more than 1,000 miles away to Papua New Guinea.
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So, we're smack bang in the middle of a drought in our fair land. To remedy our hose-pipe ban blues here at Black Tomato we've selected our favourite water-based adventures from across the globe to whet your travel appetite.
53-year-old fisherman Jeremy Wade is the host of ITV's River Monsters TV show, which sends our man Wade across the globe to hook a variety of nasty un...