CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 16 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:

KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: The Prime Minister's landmark defence deal with Papua New Guinea seems to have hit a last minute snag.

SARAH ABO, HOST: To discuss, the PM joins us live now from Port Moresby. Prime Minister, good to see you. So, do we have a deal or not?

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. We certainly do, and PNG, of course, as a sovereign nation, are just going through their processes and that's appropriate. Today is a massive celebration here. Fifty years since the Australian flag was lowered and the flag of Papua New Guinea raised. So, that's very significant. In a lot of places, of course, flags are torn down when you ha...