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Australia to curb Chinese influence in Papua New Guinea through rugby partnership

Australia to curb Chinese influence in Papua New Guinea through rugby partnership

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The articles discuss the partnership between Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the National Rugby League (NRL). The deal includes Australia providing A$600m over 10 years to establish a PNG-based NRL team, in exchange for PNG reaffirming its commitment to Australia as its major security partner.

Anthony Albanese
Australian Government
1. The new team will belong to the people of Papua New Guinea… And I know it will have millions of proud fans barracking for it from day one.
James Marape
1. We stand as the most diverse nation on the face of planet Earth, over 830 spoken languages.
2. For us, it's not just sport and sport commerce, it is [about]... uniting the most diverse nation on the face of planet Earth and also uniting PNG-Australia together in ways that matter most, people to people.
3. We relate with China, for instance, a great trading partner, a great bilateral partner.
Oliver Nobetau
Lowy Institute
1. This is something the PNG government wants, and Australia has been able to leverage that … it's clever strategising, I guess, on the part of Australia.
2. China puts in a lot of money into sport infrastructure… which is sort of what China is good at… [but] China is not going to be offering any alternatives in this space.
3. In my view, what needs to be addressed first is trying to delve into an understanding as to why there's a lot of conflict that's happening.
4. Over the past couple of years, with the heightened geopolitical interest and engagement in the Pacific, something a lot of other middle powers and major powers have struggled to do is to get PNG on a deal of exclusivity for security partnerships.

Australia to curb Chinese influence in Papua New Guinea through rugby partnership

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