Papua New Guinea News

Paul Bradfield, 38, a father of four died in his attempt to walk for charity on the Kokoda track in Papua, New Guinea – he wanted to raise money for treatment of his youngest daughter Haidee who is fighting leukaemia....

A spokeswoman from the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed the man died earlier today. She says the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby is providing consular assistance to a family member who was also on the trek. Staff are also...

Yesterday, 55-year-old Sydney man Phillip Brunskill died from a suspected heart attack while taking part in a trek. He is the fourth Australian to die on the Kokoda Track this year. Earlier today a woman from the same group as...

Gold rose to a record high of $US1,062.70 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Thursday. The value of gold has soared in recent weeks as the US dollar experienced weakness, China restocked and investors looked for a...

Australian Paralympian Kurt Fearnley completed a grueling 96 kilometer (60 mile) crawl along a jungle trek on Wednesday, just weeks after taking the New York marathon wheelchair title. The three-time Paralympic gold-medalist, who was born without the lower part of...

Five men from Papua New Guinea who were lost at sea for two months have been rescued and are recovering, authorities say. Two other men were alive when found near the island nation of Nauru Sunday by a passing U.S....

Staff from the Australian High Commission travelled to the mountainside crash site last Friday after local villagers reported finding human remains. The Department of Foreign Affairs says they recovered "what appeared to be human remains" and brought them back to...