Some see West Papua as “the Ukraine of the Pacific”. So it’s ironic that Australia is helping faraway Ukraine,but not the one next door to us.
Tim Page was a humanist first and foremost,always alive to the power of photography.
China has shown its hand with its latest offering to 10 Pacific nations. We must be ready to defend Melanesian interests as our own.
Tension on the Pacific's only land border with Asia poses strategic challenges for Australia,but there's a simple path to good relations in the region.
Ben Bohane draws on his archive of photos spanning 25 years of Bougainville's history in times of war and peace and more recently,their vote for nationhood.
The final say will now go to lawmakers in the Papua New Guinea Parliament.
Marilyn met her husband Moses in 1967. From that moment her fate was fixed to Bougainville's fight for freedom.
China is on the front foot across the south Pacific,as allegations of bribery emerge in the Solomon Islands and a leader on Bougainville reveals a Chinese “masterplan”.
An Anglo-Australian copper and gold mine helped trigger a deadly civil war 30 years ago. Now Bougainville is poised to vote for independence.
The people of Bougainville are poised to vote for independence and already Australians,including Andrew"Twiggy"Forrest,are hoping to exploit their resources.
Australia has sent the amphibious Bay Class landing ship HMAS Choules to help move the entire population of Ambae island.