SYDNEY, May 23 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea (PNG) will not be used as a base for "war to be launched", and a defence agreement with the United States prohibited "offensive military operations", its ...

At a ceremony in Canberra yesterday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his counterpart from Papua New Guinea (PNG) James Marape signed a formal defence treaty between the two countries.

ANU international law expert Don Rothwell made the assessment as Anthony Albanese backed his PNG counterpart James Marape’s push for up to 10,000 Papua New Guineans to serve in the ADF – a level that ...