Marian Faa

2 days ago | abc.net.au | Marian Faa

Papua New Guinea has declared a national HIV crisis, with the number of new cases increasing almost 50 per cent in the last decade. It's a worrying trend for the country, at a time when global infection rates are on the decline.

3 days ago | abc.net.au | Marian Faa

The Australian Minister for the Pacific, Pat Conroy, is having a busy week in the region, having already passed through Fiji and Papua New Guinea, and now onto Solomon Islands. He'll be keen to reinforce Canberra's ties with Honiara, against a background of a continued Chinese security presence in the country.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Marian Faa

Papua New Guinea's anti-corruption agency has an enormous job… fighting crimes believed to cost the country more than a billion dollars a year. But since it was formed… the organisation has spent much of its time investigating its own commissioners. All three of them have levelled criminal allegations at each other … and senior staff warn the organisation is on the brink of implosion. Featured: Kerenga Kua, Opposition MP and former head of the PNG law society.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Marian Faa

Papua New Guinea's anti-corruption agency has an enormous job - fighting crimes that cost the country more than a billion dollars a year. But since it was formed, the organisation has spent much of its time investigating its own commissioners. All three of them have levelled criminal allegations at each other and senior staff warn the organisation is on the brink of implosion.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Marian Faa

Papua New Guinea's peak anti-corruption body is on the brink of implosion, senior staff say, as its three commissioners, who hail from Australia and New Zealand, level criminal allegations at each other. The country's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) began operating in 2023 but has been hamstrung by feverish leadership tensions.