Category: News
Dr Haydee Paiva triumphantly waves PNG and Solomon Island flags at Mt Everest base camp
A Solomon Islands doctor has given her PNG ‘tambus’ a sneak peek of Mount Everest. Dr Haydee Paiva, a keen hiker and budding mountaineer, reached the base camp of Mt Everest on April 15...
Electronic Tuberculosis (TB) patient management system
Australia is proudly supporting Dr Patrick Koliwan and David Valentine, founders of health-tech startup Refer Tech that have developed an electronic tuberculosis (TB) patient management system. The prototype is being piloted at the Kaugere...
International federation of basketball team visits PNG
The team from FIBA, the international federation of basketball, were in Port Moresby recently along with representatives from Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea. Since last year #PNGAusPartnership supported the #Hoops4Health program in communities...
Joint national strategy to combat sorcery accusation related violence
Papua New Guinea’s major churches have committed to a joint national strategy to combat sorcery accusation related violence, declaring their determination to help end a practise blamed for destroying hundreds of lives and damaging...
Health Information Management Conference and Sponsorship opportunity for PNG
With thanks to one of our PNGAA members, Dwayne Richards, who has provided the following useful information in the hope that someone will benefit from this sponsorship offer. If you know of anyone who...
PNGAA 68th AGM and Luncheon – 28 April 2019
Where: Boronia Room, Hornsby RSL, 4 High Street, Hornsby (Sydney) When: Sunday 28 April 2019 Registration: 11am Cost: $40pp includes light lunch (drinks at own expense; please advise any dietary requirements by 18 April)...
Graham Henry John Pople MBE 14 March 1935-11 February 2019
With sadness PNGAA advises that Graham Pople passed away on 11 February 2019, aged 83 years. The Pople family extend an invitation to Graham’s family and friends to join them in celebrating Graham’s life...
Oceanic Art Society Forum
Aboriginal and Pacific art: collections and artists, then and now Coinciding with new displays of Oceanic and Indigenous Australian art at the Art Gallery of NSW and at the Australian Musuem, this two-day forum...
Advice regarding the 2018 Polio Outbreak in Papua New Guinea: Australian Government Department of Health
There is an outbreak of polio currently occurring in Papua New Guinea (PNG). What is polio? Polio is short for poliomyelitis. It is a serious viral disease that can lead to long-term disability, paralysis...
Butterfly Bows Quilt – a Silent Auction item at the Sydney Christmas Lunch 2 December 2018
YES! Early bids accepted! If you would like to bid in the lead up to the Christmas luncheon, please Email: events@pngaa.net PNGAA is delighted, and very appreciative, that the Canberra “Broomsticks & Bobbins’ Quilters’...
Speech by the Hon Bill Shorten MP on Labour’s Foreign Policy at the Lowy Institute on 29 October 2018
A speech at the Lowy Institute by the Hon Bill Shorten MP stated that: ‘The foreign policy of the next Labor Government will be different from those of the past – because the world...
Sean Dorney in Manus – Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV, Tuesday 21 August 2018 at 8pm, AEST.
Join Sean Dorney on a special visit to Papua New Guinea – Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV, Tuesday night 21 August 2018 at 8pm AEST. Few correspondents have etched themselves more deeply into the life...
‘Headhunt Revisited with Brush, Canvas & Camera’ documentary screening 27 July 2018 NFSA
Australian Premiere Screening Where: Arc Cinema, National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, ACT When: 27 July 2018 at 6pm Tickets: $10 Book at: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/events/headhunt-revisited-brush-canvas-and-camera The documentary film, Headhunt Revisited: With Brush, Canvas and Camera...
New opportunities for Australian Broadcasting collaborations with the Pacific!
New opportunities for Australian Broadcasting collaborations with the Pacific! Monday 16 July 2018 University of Queensland By Jemima Garrett If you – or anyone you know – would like to make a submission to...
