Liam Cochrane is the ABC's Papua New Guinea correspondent. A former Managing Editor of the Phnom Penh Post, he has hosted Radio Australia's Connect Asia and reported for radio and television across Asia and the Pacific. You can follow him on Twitter @Liam_Cochrane
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| UpdatedThe United Nations raises the confirmed death toll in Vanuatu in the wake of Cyclone Pam from 11 to 16 with aid now starting to reach some of the worst-hit areas.
Topics: cyclones, disasters-and-accidents, weather, cyclone, relief-and-aid-organisations, vanuatu, pacific
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| UpdatedFrustrations mount over the coordination of aid roll-out in cyclone-struck Vanuatu, but humanitarian workers say meticulous planning is imperative.
Topics: cyclones, relief-and-aid-organisations, international-aid-and-trade, vanuatu
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| UpdatedAustralian officials locate five international volunteers who went missing in Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam, but continue search for 14 others.
Topics: missing-person, cyclone, vanuatu, pacific, australia
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A group of 25 asylum seekers on Manus Island is mounting a fresh challenge in Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court against their detention.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, refugees, immigration, papua-new-guinea, australia
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Papua New Guinea's Ombudsman Commission recommends two more government ministers face leadership tribunals over allegations of misconduct in office.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedThe murder trial in Papua New Guinea for two men accused of beating asylum seeker Reza Barati to death on Manus Island is due to start next week.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, immigration, government-and-politics, refugees, papua-new-guinea, pacific, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's deeply Christian northern neighbour, Papua New Guinea, is the most pornography-obsessed country in the world, according to Google Trends.
Topics: pornography, information-and-communication, internet-culture, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedPapua New Guinea's rates of domestic violence are described as at "pandemic" levels, a member of the Australian Federal Police says.
Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, police, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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| UpdatedAsylum seekers at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea mark one year since Iranian man Reza Barati was beaten to death while in custody.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, government-and-politics, death, police, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea, pacific, australia, iran-islamic-republic-of
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An Australian man has been charged with illegally possessing firearms and ammunition in Papua New Guinea, after police responded to an assault complaint.
Topics: international-law, crime, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea
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The Australian Government refuses to pay the hotel bill for a PNG police unit guarding the Manus Island detention centre after it moved to more expensive accommodation owned by the brother of a former police commissioner.
Topics: immigration, police, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, papua-new-guinea, indonesia, australia
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| UpdatedPapua New Guinea grants refugee status to a further 30 men on Manus Island but also amends laws to allow asylum seekers to be jailed for "misbehaving".
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, world-politics, foreign-affairs, papua-new-guinea, australia, pacific
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| UpdatedThe United Nations High Commission for Refugees questions Papua New Guinea's plans to send back asylum seekers currently detained on Manus Island.
Topics: refugees, immigration, law-crime-and-justice, unrest-conflict-and-war, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedThe Greens criticise Papua New Guinea's plans to repatriate a "substantial number" of asylum seekers currently detained on Manus Island.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, australia, papua-new-guinea, iran-islamic-republic-of, pacific
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| UpdatedOne of the first refugees to be released from the Manus Island detention centre says he is happy to be free and keen to contribute to PNG society.
Topics: refugees, federal-government, immigration, community-and-society, papua-new-guinea, australia
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| UpdatedTwo men have tried to kill themselves at the Manus Island detention centre but have reportedly survived.
Topics: immigration, refugees, suicide, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedPNG's government says weapons were not used by asylum seekers during a standoff with guards on Manus Island detention centre, contradicting comments from Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.
Topics: refugees, federal-government, papua-new-guinea, pacific, australia
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| UpdatedAsylum seekers at the Manus Island detention centre say they will continue their hunger strike despite the temporary jailing of more than 40 men from Delta compound.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, refugees, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedAsylum seekers who have barricaded themselves inside a compound at the Manus Island detention centre say police and guards are preparing to enter the compound by force, a claim the PNG government denies.
Topics: immigration, refugees, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea, australia
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| UpdatedAsylum seekers at the Manus Island detention centre say they are prepared to die and donate their organs to Australians, with one detainee saying it would mean at least part of them would taste freedom.
Topics: immigration, refugees, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea, australia
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| UpdatedGroups of protesting asylum seekers barricade a compound within the Manus Island detention centre, and claim they are being denied food and water.
Topics: refugees, immigration, government-and-politics, federal-government, papua-new-guinea, australia, pacific, asia
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| UpdatedThe Papua New Guinean government denies reports of a violent confrontation between asylum seekers and security staff at the Manus Island detention centre.
Topics: refugees, immigration, unrest-conflict-and-war, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea, australia, asia
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| UpdatedSecurity guards have reportedly clashed with asylum seekers at the Manus Island detention centre, after days of self-harm protests by detainees.
Topics: refugees, community-and-society, immigration, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea, australia, asia
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| UpdatedPeter Dutton issues a blunt warning to protesters on Manus Island as the Greens accuse the new Immigration Minister of presiding over a "human disaster".
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, papua-new-guinea, australia, pacific
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government confirms a hunger strike is underway at the Manus Island detention centre, with one detainee's sister saying she fears for her brother's life.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, papua-new-guinea, australia, pacific