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Concern over Beijing’s sway prompts closer engagement with region’s small nations
Inspired by TV shows, a new trip offers the Robinson Crusoe experience to tourists
After 10 years at home with her kids, Glenys Watson became a pilot in Papua New Guinea
Older, bolder holidaymakers seek out increasingly far-flung destinations
Stand-off ended at Australian-run centre
Authorities at Australian-funded detention centre accused of beating inmates
Asylum seekers refuse to leave PNG’s Manus Island detention centre for fear of violence
Investigation raises concerns that logging followed land theft and deforestation
Trader faces scrutiny over claims it plans to clear rainforest in Papua
Resource companies are again making money, and promising to ‘learn the lessons’ of a boom that left them drowning in debt
Victory against infection would be first such eradication since smallpox
Writing, drawing and film give detainees at camps in the South Pacific a voice
A single tablet has been shown to treat yaws cheaply and effectively but drugs and funding are in short supply
Board deems US oil major’s proposal ‘superior’ to $2.2bn Oil Search bid
Ikea recall, Goldman in BHS spotlight, Europe banks fail US stress tests
Anglo-Australian group relinquishes holding in shuttered mine with reserves worth billions
Government representatives to meet investors ahead of potential debt issue
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