In 2001 he opened camps for boat people in Nauru and on Manus Island in PNG. He hailed this as a “Pacific Solution”. In his first stint as prime minister, Mr Rudd closed the camps.

Australia's Santos Ltd on Friday finalised the initial sale of a 2.6% stake in its PNG liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to Papua New Guinea state-owned Kumul Petroleum for $736 million.

IT BEGAN, as it usually does, with an unexpected death: in this case, of Jenny’s husband, an esteemed village leader in the province of Eastern Highlands, in Papua New Guinea (PNG).