PNG to provide troops to Australia under first new alliance since Anzus

Pukpuk mutual defence treaty will establish Australia’s first new alliance since the Anzus agreement was signed in 1951

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Australia will elevate its relations with Papua New Guinea to the same level as the US and New Zealand, with a major defence treaty set to be signed as soon as next week.

Delayed last month due to political complications within the PNG government, the new treaty won approval from prime minister James Marape’s cabinet ministers on Wednesday night.