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Australia and PNG are set to begin negotiations on a new defence treaty that would see Papua New Guineans serve in the ADF.

PNG officials say Australia has indicated it needs thousands of Papua New Guineans to join the ADF to help address recruitment issues.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kind of strange to have them join the AU army instead of the PG army

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not that strange. The Australian military is more powerful, and due to our proximity and history makes it a good fit for helping defend PNG.

Plus I suspect our wages are higher, leading to more money going to Papuans.