At the 2024 PNG Update, the PNG Prime Minister James Marape went to great lengths to argue that political stability is a prerequisite for economic development. He referenced the high economic growth ...

However, because no political party has ever had more than 50% of MPs, all governments have been coalitions. This model would mandate the largest party to form the government without the need to meet ...

“I just don’t feel the PNG arrival into our comp — maybe I will when it happens (but) I’m not excited by it,” Weidler said. “I feel like it’s a political move — I hate when sport ...

But of course, it is all about China. Those opposed to mixing sport and politics should regard it as a bargain should it prevent PNG from following the Solomon Islands’ mounting embrace of China ...

Because it wasn’t a rugby league decision in the end, it was a political decision. It turns out, and they’ve been pretty explicit about it, that giving PNG the NRL team is to keep them out of ...

Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists. Peter V’landys’ most ambitious project has been unveiled, with ...