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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his delegation arrived in Port Moresby after 9:30am. He’s being accompanied by the Minister responsible for the Pacific, Pat Conroy, as well as senior members of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials.  Australian PM Anthony Albanese arrives in PNG  [NBC Photo] Deputy Prime Minister, John Rosso including the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Justin Tkatchenko were on hand at Jackson’s APEC Terminal to welcome them.  He received a nineteen-gun salute upon arrival.  Also in attendance are the Chief Secretary, Ambassador Ivan Pomaleu, and Australian High Commissioner, Jon Philp among others.  Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, in a motorcade was escorted to the Government House.  He paid a courtesy call to Governor General Sir Bob Dadae at the government at 10.30 this morning.  Prime Minister Albanese will then be escorted to the parliament where his colleague Prime Minister James Marape is expected to meet him.  Austral

If they stick with it, Volkswagen’s Polo supermini will hit its big 50th birthday in 2025, writes Brian Byrne. A lot of years, but the company’s Golf will pip it to that anniversary next year, in so doing just making it into the top 20 list of longest continuing car models. For comparison, the one in first place is the Chevrolet Suburban at 88 years old. So Polo isn’t going to make any nameplate records. But it does have a place in the history of many first time drivers, as a starter car that would get them going (for many, young fellows particularly, with the ambition to eventually get to the ultimate upgrade, a Golf GTI). In its sixth generation, since 2017, the Polo had grown up, and I remember thinking when I drove it then for review that it had reached the stage of being a viable rival for that same big brother Golf. The version had its mid-life upgrade just short of two years ago, and it’s probably appropriate that I take it up again to see how or if it is holding its place. In s