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Papua New Guinea's entry into the Australian National Rugby League Competition will see sports playing a bigger hand in foreign diplomacy with Australia.

Papua New Guinea prime minister and his Australian counterpart believes sports diplomacy will unify both nations.

Ok Tedi Mining Limited is expected to generate K40 billion in social benefits, taxes, royalties and dividends to its shareholders over the next 26 years.

The National Department of Health through the COVID-19 Emergency Response Project funded by the World Bank Health Portfolio Projects has 40 containers packed with Personal Protective Equipment [PPEs] for 20 Provincial Health Authorities. 

The Australian Army and PNG Defence Force partnered in a series of training activities in Wewak, East Sepik Province for this year’s Exercise Wantok Warrior.

Customs detect and seize a record 15.02kg of cocaine bound for Australia with a street value of over K12.3 million or Australian $5.2 million.

The internal revenue supporting Bougainville’s recurrent and development budgets is only at 7 percent and must be raised to over 50 percent to adequately support the Special Region’s autonomous restructure aspirations.

Papua New Guinea will officially join the Australia National Rugby League in 2028.  

A short video of chewing of betel-nut, its red spittle and vulgar words from two-participants of the 2024 PNG Investment Week conference in Sydney, Australia as gone viral on social media.     

The dream hatched few years back to unite Papua New Guinea through the sport of rugby league is now a reality.