Marian Faa

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Hannah Meagher |Marian Faa |Theckla Gunga

Asel Tui's childhood on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea was coloured with tales of a legendary Russian explorer and scientist who sailed up to his village 150 years ago. But no one ever mentioned the skulls. "My ancestors didn't tell me anything about it. Maybe they were frightened," he told 7.30. Mr Tui can sit under a tree and look at the stone monument erected in memory of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay, the Russian scientist who explored the area in 1871.

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

Papua New Guinea's national tax office has been hit with a massive cyber attack - potentially exposing sensitive data belonging to hundreds of thousands of people. Australian citizens and businesses operating in the country have also been impacted and tax agents are tearing their hair out over the incident.

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

Papua New Guinea's tax office has been hit with a major cyber attack, pushing systems offline and potentially exposing sensitive data belonging to hundreds of thousands of people and businesses, including Australian companies and citizens. On January 29, the Internal Revenue Commission (IRC) — PNG's version of the ATO — notified the public of a "system outage" affecting its network. It said a team was working to resolve the issue, however many of the IRC's functions remain offline two weeks later.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Stephen Dziedzic |Marian Faa

Papua New Guinea's government has promised not to push ahead with economically unviable infrastructure projects after Australia handed the cash-strapped Pacific nation a $570 million loan. The loan is the fifth Australia has made to PNG since 2020, taking total budget support to more than $3.1 billion since the COVID pandemic and cementing Australia's position as PNG's largest bilateral lender.

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

The last of Papua New Guinea's founding fathers and one of the country's longest serving politicians, Sir Julius Chan, has died. Sir Julius passed away at his home in Huris, New Ireland province, where he has served as governor since 2007. In recent years, the 85-year-old has been referred to as "the last man standing" after the deaths of other independence leaders, including PNG's first prime minister Sir Michael Somare. His death comes as PNG prepares to celebrate its 50th year of independence.