Category: PNGAA updates and news
NEWS & VIEWS
ROUNDUP Featuring reports and updates on PNGAA projects and other news of interest to members The Kiap Memorial Update At the time of writing, the final design for the Kiap Memorial has been...
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From the President Honouring the voices that carry our history, our culture, our spirit, and inspire us to reach further, is a theme reflected in celebrations acknowledging Papua New Guinea’s 50th Anniversary of Independence...
PNGAA Report
A Note from the President We are privileged to have this wonderful Association filled with energy 74 years after it was founded. The AGM on Sunday, 27 April 2025 highlighted the unique connections, the...
PNGAA Report
Vision for an Australian-Pacific Cultural and Community Centre It is crucial for Australians to learn about Pacific people and cultures. Acknowledging Australia’s taking PNG to a peaceful independence is very much a significant part...
Notice of Annual General Meeting Sunday 27 April 2025 – Rydges Hotel, North Sydney
The 74TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia Incorporated will be held in Sydney on Sunday 27 April 2025 at the Rydges Hotel, Gibbes Room, 54 McLaren Street, North...
PNG IN THE NEWS
PNG’s National Rugby League Bid PNG is reportedly set to join the NRL as its 19th team in 2028, following a $600 million expansion deal backed by the Australian federal government. While not yet...
PNGAA REPORT
Management Committee Update PNGAA 74th Annual General Meeting 2025 The 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia (PNGAA) require elections for the PNGAA Management Committee. Please see the notice to...
PNG IN THE NEWS
30th Australia-PNG Ministerial Forum The largest delegation of Australian ministers attended the 30th Australia-PNG Ministerial Forum on 19 June, which saw Australia commit to a suite of new initiatives aimed at strengthening PNG’s national...
PNGAA REPORT
Management Committee Update With the 50th anniversary of independence fast approaching, a letter has been sent from PNGAA to the Australian Prime Minister with a request that Australia celebrate this occasion. It requests consideration...
Helpim Wantok – UPNG receives furniture from Australia
By Roy Ranney Around the middle of 2017 the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) realised that they would have a quantity of furniture surplus to their requirement as a result of an upgrade in...
Helpim Wantok Project – UPDATE
By: Steven Gagau, PNGAA committee member and President Sydney Wantok Association “Helpim Wantok” is a project undertaken by the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia (PNGAA) and Sydney Wantok Association (SydWan), the Sydney based...
PNG IN THE NEWS
PNG PM Survives Vote of No Confidence PNG PM James Marape survived a vote of no confidence in mid-February 2024. A statement from the Australian Institute of International Affairs: In mid-February, rather than wait...
PNGAA REPORT
2024 PNGAA AGM The PNGAA Annual General Meeting and Lunch on Sunday, 5 May 2024, was a happy, friendly, successful day for PNGAA. The guest speaker was Joanne Sharpe, the Director for Justice and...
PNGAA 73rd AGM & Luncheon
The 73rd Annual General Meeting of the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia, Incorporated will be held in Sydney on Sunday, 5 May 2024 at the Hornsby RSL, 4 High Street, Hornsby, NSW, commencing...
