Papua New Guinea gains a team in Australian rugby league in diplomatic push aimed at curbing China
Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal linked to limiting Chinese ...
Papua New Guinea’s $200m back taxes claim rocks gold miner St Barbara
St Barbara boss Andrew Strelein has accused authorities in Papua New Guinea of miscalculations and errors in law after the ...
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Why the NRL's expansion into Papua New Guinea is the most ambitious and complex move in rugby league history
There has been plenty of smoke around Papua New Guinea's entry to the NRL ... for sustained success and relevance after almost 20 years of life in a highly developed rugby league heartland.
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Papua New Guinea to enter NRL from 2028 in $600m deal
The Pacific island nation will officially enter the NRL in four years in a $600m deal that mixes rugby league with diplomacy. Australia will pay $600m to prop up the initial 10-year “rugby ...
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Papua New Guinea gains a team in Australian rugby league in diplomatic push aimed at curbing China
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape announced the deal at a Sydney news conference. They also announced that a bilateral security deal struck a year ...