"Is Australia pushing this on us? Far from it. It is in our interests to have a secure PNG, a secure border, a secure relationship," he said. A Pacific diplomatic source told the ABC that Papua ...

Australian Border Force (ABF) officers have intercepted three suspected illegal foreign fishing vessels off the Northern Territory coast and arrested 18 Indonesian nationals onboard. The fishers ...

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and the Australian Border Force have announced a hired helicopter will be used as part of Operation Lunar, to help reduce illegal foreign boat arrivals in NT waters.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP ... a year ago had officially come into force. China has pursued its own bilateral security pact on policing with Papua New Guinea and with other South Pacific ...