A Chinese fishery on Australia’s doorstep could have catastrophic consequences for the Far North, federal MP Warren Entsch has warned. The recent announcement of a $204 million Chinese fish processing ...

The plan for a new multimillion-dollar fish processing plant on his small island came as a complete surprise to Samuel Winggu. There's concern Chinese fishing could destroy marine life in the area ...

A cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has claimed the lives of at least 100 people. One of the worst affected areas is the island of Daru, some four kilometres south of the PNG mainland and ...

FILE - In this July 22, 2019, file photo, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape, left, shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison after signing the visitors' book at ...

A doctor on the remote island of Daru in Papua New Guinea's Western Province has died of Covid, following two patients who died of the virus in the last fortnight. The doctor, who worked at Daru ...

The Island of Daru in Papua New Guinea is a global flashpoint for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The World Bank and our development partners are working with the government of PNG to address this ...

Daru Island, in the south west of Papua New Guinea (PNG), has some of the highest, per capita, rates of Tuberculosis (TB) and Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB) in the world. Meet the team that are ...

A Chinese company has put forward a multi-billion-dollar plan to build a new city on the Papua New Guinean island of Daru, which sits on the nation's sea border with Australia. The proposal includes ...

A YOUNG woman from Papua New Guinea's Daru Island has become a medical refugee in Cairns after contracting a deadly variant of tuberculosis. Catherina Abraham, 20, is one of six confirmed cases and ...

The recent announcement of a $204 million Chinese fish processing plant on Daru Island, only 200km from Thursday Island, has ramped up anxiety about China’s intentions in Papua New Guinea. “They are ...

CANBERRA--The Australian prime minister on Monday dismissed as “speculative” reports that a Chinese company plans to build a new industrial island city near Australia’s porous sea border with Papua ...