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Fighting off the bulldozers in the sacred kwila forests of Papua New Guinea
Villagers are pushing back against logging operations they say are encroaching on designated conservation areas
Jo Chandler in Madang
08, Oct, 2022 @6:00 PM
The million year ice project: the quest to find the oldest ice on Earth
Australia’s most ambitious over-snow Antarctic expedition in a generation is under way. In this edited extract from Griffith Review, meet the man searching for prehistoric ice to unlock the mysteries of our planet
Jo Chandler
26, Aug, 2022 @8:00 PM
Shouldering the weight of four million women: PNG elects its first female MP in a decade
Rufina Peter is just the eighth woman elected in Papua New Guinea. But the economist has been battling for her place in society since she was a child
Jo Chandler
08, Aug, 2022 @1:19 AM
‘Enough is enough’: the fight to elect women to Papua New Guinea’s men-only parliament
In nearly 50 years, PNG has elected just seven female MPs. Money, culture and corruption are all working against the women trying to address the problem
Jo Chandler in Port Moresby and Madang
31, Jul, 2022 @8:00 PM
Covid news: more Omicron cases in UK amid 53,945 new infections; German ‘lockdown’ for unvaccinated – as it happened
UK reports 53,945 new infections, and has identified 10 new Omicron variant cases; Germany is seeking to break a surge in coronavirus infections
Léonie Chao-Fong (now); Lucy Campbell, Martin Belam and Samantha Lock (earlier)
03, Dec, 2021 @12:46 AM
‘The fear of this vaccine is real’: how Papua New Guinea’s Covid strategy went so wrong
Public confusion and distrust over vaccination have been fuelled by what experts say are crippling failures in authorities’ response to the pandemic
Jo Chandler
02, Dec, 2021 @2:37 AM
Refugees on their own land: the West Papuans in limbo in Papua New Guinea
Up to 7,000 West Papuans live in refugee villages, separated from their homeland by the wide, despoiled Fly River
Jo Chandler in Kiunga
30, Nov, 2019 @9:00 PM
'Designed to torture': asylum seeker chooses Iranian prison over PNG detention centre
Man who spent nine weeks locked up inside Australian-funded centre in Port Moresby describes hunger, isolation and lack of legal support
Jo Chandler in Port Moresby
10, Nov, 2019 @5:00 PM
Manus, Maseratis and corruption: Peter O'Neill on eight years leading Papua New Guinea
Six months after he was ousted as prime minister of PNG, Peter O’Neill sat down to breakfast to talk scandals and legacy
Jo Chandler in Port Moresby
06, Nov, 2019 @1:05 AM
The Karida massacre: fears of a new era of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea
The shocking killing of 18 people in a highlands village may have ‘changed everything’, warns police minister
Jo Chandler
23, Jul, 2019 @1:06 AM
Unprecedented violence and fraud 'hijacked' 2017 PNG election – report
Damning analysis of elections found vote was undermined by fraud, violence and intimidation
Jo Chandler
30, Oct, 2018 @1:53 AM
'Newborns were fed fish soup': Papua New Guinea's malnutrition crisis | Jo Chandler
Undernutrition in under fives causes damage that has an impact throughout their lives – a legacy that is borne by nearly 50% of the nation’s children
Jo Chandler in Port Moresby
31, Jul, 2018 @6:00 AM
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