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PNG to possibly re-think a decision to grant a company a monopoly in the local rice sector.

An Iranian refugee at the Manus Island regional processing centre in Papua New Guinea has been given an international award for his work as a cartoonist.

Pacific countries are aiming to sign off on a proposed free trade agreement with Australia and New Zealand before the end of the year.

The Australian government's plan to raise the pension age has left some older jobseekers "terrified" of seeking work in a prejudicial environment.

Over eight years of negotiations on the Pacific free trade agreement, known as PACER-Plus, are due to wrap up in New Zealand today.

The New Zealand government says it has not been consulted by Australia about any plans to close the Christmas Island immigration detention centre.

A man has been charged with murder, attempted murder and animal cruelty over a stabbing attack at a Queensland backpackers' hostel.

Protestors and opposition MPs in Wellington say New Zealand should be holding Australia to account over its treatment of asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island.

Protesters have called on the government to more forcefully oppose Australia's use of offshore detention camps. Audio

An Australian Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has called on the prime minister Malcolm Turnbull to intervene after Nauru refused to give her a visa.

A British woman has been stabbed to death at a backpackers' hostel in Australia in what police say may have been an "extremist" attack.

The Australian woman credited with creating the burkini says bans on the full-bodied Islamic swimsuit in France have boosted sales.

A parliamentary delegation from Denmark plans to visit Nauru as part of a study tour of Australia's asylum seekers policy.

New Zealanders who move to Australia report higher levels of discrimination than most other migrant groups, according to a new report.