Port Moresby

Mass rally for Port Moresby

Jo Chandler and Eoin Blackwell Protests planned in PNG as O'Neill moves to defer national elections and sack judges.

Homes torched in Port Moresby tribal fight

Ilya Gridneff, AAP Papua New Guinea Correspondent Innocent residents have been caught up in a terrifying tribal fight in a normally calm part of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby.

Port Moresby on 'worst cities' list

Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby has once again been ranked among the world's five worst cities to live in by The Economist business magazine.

Cholera outbreak hits Port Moresby

PORT MORESBY Papua New Guinea's prolonged cholera outbreak has surfaced in the capital Port Moresby, claiming three more lives.

Aussies' remains flown to Port Moresby

Sandra O'Malley The remains of six victims of the Papua New Guinea plane crash have been flown to Port Moresby, where the process of identification will formally begin.

Battle to keep PNG ballot boxes safe

Hamish McDonald, Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea Elections are falling behind schedule across the densely populated Highlands of Papua New Guinea as poor preparations cause angry scenes and security forces battle to keep ballot boxes safe.

A new day dawns for PNG politics

Jo Chandler Political and economic transitions that evolved over centuries in other lands have transformed PNG in a generation.

Somare cabinet blocked

Court-appointed prime minister fails to have the Governor-General swear in his cabinet after police refuse to let him enter Government House.

PNG calls state of emergency in capital

Eoin Blackwellm, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea MPs have voted to declare a state of emergency in the nation's capital after rogue police officers surrounded Parliament House.

Life goes on at the bottom as PNG reels from the top

Jo Chandler Enlisting the mighty modern epistle of the tweet, and the old magic of a powerful image, the ABC's Port Moresby correspondent nailed the bleak, stranger-than-fiction reality his city woke to...

GG won't sign papers

Port Moresby Governor-General washes his hands of both sides of the nation's political dispute, his office saying he will not sign any documents until a government is formed after the election.

Confusion rules as two prime ministers traded for none

Jo Chandler The bar keeps getting higher for Papua New Guinnea's political conspiracy theorists.

PNG's top job up for grabs again

Port Moresby Peter O'Neill said he will stand again for Papua New Guinea's prime ministership.

Election back on track

Port Moresby The Prime Minister and the electoral commissioner say Papua New Guinea's election will take place as scheduled, following a massive protest in the capital Port Moresby.

PNG Speaker accuses leading MP of contempt

Jo Chandler Leader of Papua New Guinea's two-member opposition is accused of contempt of Parliament by the Speaker and targeted for investigation for alleged crimes that carry a hefty jail sentence.

PNG leader pledges to make most of resources

Hamish McDonald THE Papua New Guinean Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, launched his election campaign last night, promising to use the country's multiplying natural resource wealth to improve education and health...

Seeking truth behind a tragedy

Jo Chandler Stories of shipwreck, real and imagined, have a special place in the archive of human misery. The notion of being lost at sea, frail souls at the mercy of the elements, taps into our most deep-set...