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More than 7800 impacted by PNG landslide as bridge collapses on rescue route
Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the remote scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster.
- by David Rising
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Australia to send aid to PNG after up to 2000 people buried alive in landslide
The death toll in Papua New Guinea is expected to rise following a catastrophic landslide that destroyed a village in remote Enga province.
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‘The land continues sliding’ in PNG as up to 300 reported dead
The PNG Post Courier reported the increased death toll and said 1182 houses were destroyed, citing an MP. At least six villages were affected, Australian officials said.
- by Sam McKeith and Rod McGuirk
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Hundreds believed killed by landslide in Enga Province, PNG
More than 50 homes, many with people still asleep inside, were buried when the landslide hit Kaokalam village around 3am.
- by Lewis Jackson and Renju Jose
Opinion
Protests
Macron’s supreme arrogance to blame for riots in New Caledonia
In the ongoing blame game, it’s hard not to point to Macron himself as the arsonist in chief. He’s the one who set in motion a vote in Paris that triggered the protests in New Caledonia.
- by Anne-Elisabeth Moutet
Macron lands in New Caledonia amid deadly unrest
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in riot-hit New Caledonia and says that he wants to see peace, calm and security return.
- by Thomas Adamson
Macron heads to riot-hit New Caledonia as Australia, NZ evacuate tourists
Some 108 Australians and other tourists landed in Brisbane, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said. More flights are expected.
- by Kirsty Needham and Dominique Vidalon
French-Australians urged to house stranded New Caledonians
The French embassy in Australia is calling on the “solidarity and generosity” of French expatriates living in Melbourne to billet French people stranded in the city by the conflict in New Caledonia.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and John Leicester
Tuvalu is being swallowed by the ocean. Its people face a difficult choice
Climate change is devastating this island nation. Has Australia thrown it a lifeline?
- by Jewel Topsfield and Benjamin Preiss
Australians stranded in New Caledonia ‘running out of food’ amid civil unrest
Penny Wong said the government was working with authorities in France and New Caledonia, to find a way for Australians to safely leave the island.
Just a two-hour flight from Australia, idyllic New Caledonia implodes
This week, the tropical Pacific holiday destination erupted amid tensions with the French government in Paris over voting rights.
- by Matthew Knott