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Papua New Guinea struggles to find the estimated 670 killed in landslide
About 670 people — many of whom are feared to be children — are assumed dead after a landslide deluged several villages in Papua New Guinea ... Foreign Minister Penny Wong also said in a ...
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Australia pivots foreign aid to Pacific to cover US cut
Australia will shift $119 million of its foreign aid budget to the Pacific and Southeast Asia to plug holes in critical ...
The Mandarin20d
Diplomats dispatched to four Australian missions
Wong’s diplomatic appointments reinforce Australia’s global engagement, prioritising security, economic growth, and ...
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Bodies being pulled from rubble as people use shovels, bare hands to dig after landslide strikes remote PNG village
Mr Marles said Australia's Defence Force would be "working closely" with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force to assist with the response. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the package would assist ...
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“Is your job as Foreign Minister more difficult today than it was a week ago?”
This morning at an International Women’s Day breakfast in Adelaide, Penny Wong was asked a simple ... To underscore the brittleness of the times, New Zealand’s High Commissioner to London has been ...
The Strategist7dOpinion
The permanent Australia-China contest in the South Pacific
Foreign Minister Penny Wong in 2024 said that ‘we’re in a state of permanent contest in the Pacific—that’s the reality.’ ...