Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, centre right, and Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape, second left, pose with Papua New Guinea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Justin Tkatchenko, left, Australia's Minister of Defence Richard Marles, second right, and Australian Minister of Defence Industry and Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy, right, after the signing of the Pukpuk treaty at Parliament House in Canberra on 6 October 2025. Photo: AFP / David Gray
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about Australia and PNG signing a landmark security treaty to become formal allies, the formation of a Triple Zero Custodian to oversee the emergency call network after two big outages that cost lives and mushroom murderer Erin Patterson indicating she will lodge appeals against her conviction and sentence.
Karen Middleton is a political journalist based in Canberra
