Media releases

2022

May

Further Russia and Belarus Sanctions
18 May 2022
Joint Statement of Foreign Ministers on increased restrictions on the human rights of Afghan women and girls
13 May 2022
Passing of PNG Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, the Hon Sam Basil, MP
12 May 2022
Attribution to Russia for malicious cyber activity against European networks
10 May 2022
Additional sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion
4 May 2022
Joint statement through the Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse on World Press Freedom Day
3 May 2022

April

Additional Sanctions on Russia
22 April 2022
Joint Statement on Solomon Islands
19 April 2022
Additional sanctions on Russian state-owned enterprises
14 April 2022
Further Australian support for Tonga
9 April 2022
Supporting Food Security in Sri Lanka
8 April 2022
Australia and Vanuatu sign Pacific Fusion Centre MOU
8 April 2022
Cooperation with NATO's Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
7 April 2022
Further Russia Sanctions
7 April 2022
Australia-India Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative Partnership grant recipients
5 April 2022
Australia ratifies International Forced Labour Protocol
5 April 2022
Luxury Exports Ban to Russia
5 April 2022
Visit to Belgium for NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting
4 April 2022
Australian support to Afghanistan
1 April 2022
Additional Support for Global COVID Vaccine Access
1 April 2022

March

Statement on Cheng Lei
31 March 2022
High Commissioner to New Zealand
31 March 2022
Supporting Australian labour mobility opportunities for Papua New Guinea
31 March 2022
Australia to impose tariff increases on all imports from Russia
31 March 2022
2022-23 Budget: Investing in a strong future, advancing our national interests and supporting regional prosperity
29 March 2022
Australia's first Magnitsky-style sanctions
29 March 2022
Australia and the UK work together to get vital aid to Ukraine
28 March 2022
Vietnam joins the Australian Agriculture Visa Program
28 March 2022
A Joint Statement on Armed Forces Day in Myanmar
27 March 2022
Statement on the US Department of Justice indictment of cyber actors
26 March 2022
Statement on Ms Cheng Lei
26 March 2022
Sanctions response to North Korea's missile tests
25 March 2022
Joint Statement of Female Foreign Ministers on the occasion of the re-opening of schools in Afghanistan
25 March 2022
Statement on Solomon Islands
25 March 2022
International Engagement Strategy on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
25 March 2022
Australia places additional sanctions on Russia and Belarus
25 March 2022
Centre for Australia-India Relations
22 March 2022
Ambassador to Peru
21 March 2022
Ambassador to Lebanon
21 March 2022
New Consuls-General in key Canada, Brazil posts
21 March 2022
Additional support to Ukraine
20 March 2022
Inaugural Southeast Asia Dialogue of Women Leaders
18 March 2022
New sanctions on Russian banks and oligarchs
18 March 2022
Australia and the Netherlands initiate MH17 legal proceedings
14 March 2022
Australia joins the UK and US in sanctioning key Russian oligarchs
14 March 2022
Female Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Afghanistan
9 March 2022
Inaugural Southeast Asia Dialogue Of Women Leaders 2022
8 March 2022
Further sanctions on Russia
8 March 2022
Statement on Shane Warne
5 March 2022

February

Joint statement: Australia-Nauru cooperation on critical transport infrastructure
28 February 2022
Economic measures against Russia and lethal military equipment for Ukraine
28 February 2022
Strengthening Australia’s ties with Laos
27 February 2022
Statement on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
24 February 2022
Australia’s response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine
23 February 2022
Australia condemns Russia’s unlawful moves on eastern Ukraine
22 February 2022
Bali Process Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
21 February 2022
Attribution to Russia of malicious cyber activity against Ukraine
20 February 2022
Visit to the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Poland, France, the Czech Republic and Laos
17 February 2022
Deployment of Royal Australian Air Force to support Solomon Islands COVID-19 response
14 February 2022
Strengthening our ties with India
14 February 2022
Strategic Investment in our Region’s Health Security
14 February 2022
Statement on Ukraine
13 February 2022
Joint Statement on the Inaugural India-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Cyber Framework Dialogue
12 February 2022
Quad Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
11 February 2022
High Commission in Maldives
11 February 2022
Enhancing engagement in the North East Indian Ocean
11 February 2022
Australia to host fourth Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
10 February 2022
Australia – Timor-Leste Foreign Ministers’ meeting
10 February 2022
Visit to Australia by Lithuanian Foreign Minister
9 February 2022
Joint statement of the Foreign Ministers of Australia and Lithuania
9 February 2022
Statement on Professor Sean Turnell
6 February 2022
Statement on North Korea missile launches
3 February 2022
Joint statement on the situation in Myanmar
1 February 2022
Statement on Myanmar coup anniversary
1 February 2022

January

Ambassador for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation
31 January 2022
High Commissioner to Vanuatu
31 January 2022
Ambassador of Australia for Women and Girls
31 January 2022
Australian Representative in Ramallah
31 January 2022
High Commissioner to Niue
31 January 2022
High Commissioner to Brunei
31 January 2022
AUSMAT deployed to further support Solomon Islands COVID-19 response
29 January 2022
Further humanitarian support for Tonga
26 January 2022
Australian medical support to boost Solomon Islands COVID-19 response
23 January 2022
Papua New Guinea Port repairs and upgrades to improve trade, connectivity and commercial capacity
21 January 2022
AUKMIN 2022 Joint Statement
21 January 2022
UK and Australia team up to encourage – clean, reliable and transparent infrastructure investment in the Indo-Pacific
20 January 2022
RAAF C-17A flight with Australian supplies arrives in Tonga
20 January 2022
Statement on the UK-Australia Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership
20 January 2022
Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) 2022
19 January 2022
Australia to provide assistance to Tonga following volcanic eruption and tsunami
16 January 2022

2021

December

Australian support to the Philippines in the wake of Super Typhoon Rai
23 December 2021
Pacific Fusion Centre leadership
23 December 2021
MIKTA Foreign Ministers’ statement
21 December 2021
Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office Director-General appointment
21 December 2021
Joint Statement on Legislative Council elections
20 December 2021
Consul-General in Ho Chi Minh City
20 December 2021
Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva
20 December 2021
High Commissioner to Canada
20 December 2021
Consul-General in Surabaya
20 December 2021
Ambassador to Timor-Leste
20 December 2021
New Caledonia statement
17 December 2021
MIKTA Foreign Ministers’ statement, 17 December 2021
17 December 2021
Appointment to the Policy Advisory Council for international agricultural research
16 December 2021
Statement on Caroline Kennedy
16 December 2021
Fiji’s economic recovery to benefit from additional support
14 December 2021
Improving East Micronesia telecommunications connectivity
12 December 2021
G7 Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting
11 December 2021
Human Rights Day
10 December 2021
Visit to Greece, Belgium and Austria
8 December 2021
Joint Statement on Reports of Summary Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Afghanistan
5 December 2021
Visit to Palau
2 December 2021
Strengthening Australia’s sanctions regime
2 December 2021
National Foundation for Australia-China Relations Chief Executive Officer appointment
1 December 2021

November

Pause to further easing of border restrictions
29 November 2021
Statement on climate MOU
29 November 2021
Joint statement on Solomon Islands
27 November 2021
Joint statement on increasing violence in Myanmar
26 November 2021
Solomon Islands
25 November 2021
Streamlining and Strengthening Pacific Labour for a New Era
23 November 2021
Further steps to reopen Australia and secure our economic recovery
22 November 2021
Australia Condemns Sexual Violence as Weapon of War in Joint International Statement
18 November 2021
Sports Diplomacy Advisory Council
18 November 2021
Russian anti-satellite weapons testing
17 November 2021
Strengthening our technology partnership with India
17 November 2021
Grants to further enhance Australia-Indonesia links
17 November 2021
National Foundation for Australia-China Relations grants
17 November 2021
First workers arrive under Pacific Pathways Plan
16 November 2021
Australia welcomes positive outcomes at COP26
14 November 2021
Australia-Aotearoa New Zealand Foreign Minister Consultations
12 November 2021
Additional vaccines for Indonesia’s recovery
10 November 2021
Additional Australian vaccines for Vietnam
10 November 2021
4th Australia-Malaysia Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
9 November 2021
Climate Action - mobilising private finance for sustainable land-use across Southeast Asia
8 November 2021
Professor Hilary Charlesworth AM elected to the International Court of Justice
6 November 2021
Visit to Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia
5 November 2021
Australia to become an original party to world’s largest free trade agreement
2 November 2021
Increasing support for region’s climate action and economic growth
1 November 2021
Singapore – Australia’s next steps to reopening to the world
1 November 2021

October

Further steps to support Australians to travel abroad
28 October 2021
Australia's humanitarian and COVID assistance
27 October 2021
COVID-19 partnership with Papua New Guinea strengthened
27 October 2021
Telstra decision to acquire Digicel Pacific
25 October 2021
30th Anniversary of Cambodia’s Peace Agreements
23 October 2021
Statement on the situation in Ethiopia
20 October 2021
Ambassador to Estonia
19 October 2021
High Commissioner to Cyprus
19 October 2021
Ambassador to Belgium
19 October 2021
Ticket to safe travel overseas
18 October 2021
Network of Pacific Women Leaders
16 October 2021
Joint Statement of Support for the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar
15 October 2021
High Commissioner to Tuvalu
6 October 2021
Ambassador to Ethiopia
6 October 2021
Ambassador to Serbia
6 October 2021
Ambassador to Turkey
6 October 2021
Next steps to reopen to the world
1 October 2021

September

Australia signs the Singapore Convention on Mediation
30 September 2021
Pacific work-ready numbers double ahead of Australia’s harvest season
30 September 2021
Australia seeks International Telecommunication Union re-election
29 September 2021
Australia stands in solidarity with the EU against malicious cyber activity
24 September 2021
Investing in Australia’s multilateral capability and leadership
21 September 2021
AUSMIN 2021 Global Health Security Statement
17 September 2021
The Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations Joint Statement: An Unbreakable Alliance for Peace and Prosperity
17 September 2021
Australia to pursue nuclear-powered submarines through new trilateral enhanced security partnership
16 September 2021
A new era for Pacific Australia labour mobility
14 September 2021
Joint Statement: Australia-Republic of Korea Foreign and Defence Ministers’ 2+2 Meeting 2021
13 September 2021
Australia and India elevate cyber and critical technology cooperation
13 September 2021
A family sized dose of hope as Morrison Government secures a million more Moderna doses to bolster community pharmacy vaccine program
12 September 2021
Joint Statement on Inaugural India-Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
New Delhi
11 September 2021
MIKTA Statement on the Situation in Afghanistan
10 September 2021
Joint Statement on the Seventh Indonesia-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministers 2+2 Meeting
9 September 2021
MIKTA Statement on Natural Disasters in Turkey
8 September 2021
Joint visit to Indonesia, India, the Republic of Korea, and the United States
8 September 2021
Four million Pfizer doses arrive to super-charge vaccine roll out
3 September 2021
Australia delivers vaccine doses to Indonesia
2 September 2021
Papua New Guinea–Australia Ministerial Forum 2021
2 September 2021

August

500,000 Pfizer-BioNTech doses boosts September vaccine rollout
31 August 2021
Inaugural Australia-France 2+2 Ministerial Consultations
30 August 2021
Joint Statement on Afghanistan Evacuation Travel Assurances
30 August 2021
Joint Communique of the 12th Meeting of the Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee
27 August 2021
Australia partners with Vietnam on vaccine rollout
26 August 2021
Human Rights Council 31st Special Session on serious human rights concerns and the situation in Afghanistan
24 August 2021
Joint Statement on Afghanistan women’s and girls’ human rights
24 August 2021
The Philippines-Australia Ministerial Meeting - Joint Ministerial Statement
23 August 2021
Joint media release: Australian Agriculture visa
23 August 2021
Australia delivers more COVID-19 vaccines to support Pacific partners
22 August 2021
Statement on Afghanistan
16 August 2021
Joint Statement on Afghanistan
15 August 2021
One million doses of Pfizer vaccine from Europe boosting Australian supplies
15 August 2021
Australia-India Council grants
15 August 2021
Statement on Cheng Lei
13 August 2021
Australia accelerates delivery of 500,000 covid-19 vaccine doses to Timor-Leste and Fiji
11 August 2021
Nomination to the International Court of Justice
11 August 2021
Enhancing the ASEAN-Australia partnership
7 August 2021
Strengthening Australia’s sanctions laws
5 August 2021
Supporting Indigenous filmmaking with Australia’s audio-visual heritage
5 August 2021
Senate Statement - Anniversary of the Beirut Port Explosion on 4 August 2020
4 August 2021
ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers’ meetings
4 August 2021
Ambassador to Denmark
4 August 2021
High Commissioner to Tonga
4 August 2021
Supporting tourism recovery in Fiji
2 August 2021

July

Australia increases support for Global Partnership for Education in the Indo-Pacific
29 July 2021
Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
28 July 2021
Australia joins international partners in attribution of malicious cyber activity to China
19 July 2021
Joint Statement on the 7th anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17
17 July 2021
Australian support for vaccination efforts in Vietnam
14 July 2021
Second Australian Medical Assistance Team to boost Fiji Covid-19 response
13 July 2021
Marking the 5th Anniversary of the South China Sea Arbitral Award
12 July 2021
Kathryn Campbell AO CSC announced as new DFAT Secretary
9 July 2021
Australia partners with Samoa in COVID-19 vaccine roll-out
9 July 2021
Statement on Indonesia
7 July 2021
Australia-India Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative Partnership
7 July 2021
Pacific and Timor-Leste to receive up to 15 million vaccine doses from Australia
6 July 2021
New measures to help grow Australia’s civil space sector
1 July 2021

June

Australia Provides Emergency Food Assistance to the Indo-Pacific
27 June 2021
Statement on the political situation in Samoa
26 June 2021
Vuvale through sport
26 June 2021
High Commissioner to Nauru
25 June 2021
Consul-General in Honolulu
25 June 2021
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
25 June 2021
Ambassador for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
25 June 2021
High Commissioner to Malaysia
25 June 2021
Reappointment of ACIAR Chief Executive Officer
24 June 2021
Australian support for COVID-19 vaccination in Tuvalu
19 June 2021
Additional support for Fiji
18 June 2021
Rosemary Kayess nominated for re-election to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
18 June 2021
Supporting reliable electricity for Solomon Islands
16 June 2021
Australia-Germany 2+2 Ministerial Consultations
10 June 2021
Submissions invited on streamlined Pacific Labour Mobility Initiative
10 June 2021
Australia's continued leadership on HIV/AIDS
9 June 2021
Ninth Japan-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations
9 June 2021
PacificAus Sports partnership unites Pacific Olympic and Paralympic athletes
8 June 2021
Australia delivers COVID-19 supplies to India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
4 June 2021
Extending COVID-19 vaccine access for our region
3 June 2021
Australian Government saddened at the passing of James Crawford, Judge of the International Court of Justice
1 June 2021

May

Statement on the Australian Embassy in Afghanistan
25 May 2021
Interception of a Ryanair flight by the Government of Belarus
24 May 2021
Statement on Dr Yang Hengjun
21 May 2021
Australia provides COVID-19 support to North East Indian Ocean neighbours
21 May 2021
Australian elected as Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
20 May 2021
Statement by Australia - United Nations General Assembly
20 May 2021
Additional financing support for Papua New Guinea
20 May 2021
Statement on Frances Adamson
19 May 2021
United Nations Security Council open debate on The Middle East including The Palestinian question
16 May 2021
Australians to return from India as more essential supplies are dispatched
14 May 2021
Statement on violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank
12 May 2021
Opening of the Dame Enid Lyons Room Australian Embassy, Washington DC
12 May 2021
Supporting our region, advancing our interests and investing in trade and tourism to secure Australia’s recovery
11 May 2021
Statement on visit to Afghanistan
10 May 2021
India-France-Australia Joint Statement on the occasion of the Trilateral Ministerial Dialogue
6 May 2021
Australia’s support for vaccine rollout in the Pacific and Timor-Leste
5 May 2021
Australia dispatches medical supplies to India
5 May 2021
Consul-General in Chengdu
4 May 2021
Ambassador to the Marshall Islands
4 May 2021
Consul-General in Papeete
4 May 2021
High Commissioner to Samoa
4 May 2021
New Australian missions in the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia
4 May 2021
Visit to United Kingdom, Switzerland and the United States
3 May 2021

April

Joint Statement by the co-convenors of the meeting of Women Foreign Ministers
28 April 2021
Flights from India now paused as Australia sends emergency medical supplies
27 April 2021
Australia stands with Pacific women
27 April 2021
Statement on ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting
25 April 2021
Strengthening trans-Tasman ties: Australia-New Zealand Foreign Minister Consultations
22 April 2021
Decisions under Australia’s Foreign Arrangements Scheme
21 April 2021
Launch of Australia’s International Cyber and Critical Technology Engagement Strategy
21 April 2021
Visit to New Zealand
19 April 2021
The Hon Andrew Peacock AC
17 April 2021
Attribution of cyber incident to Russia
15 April 2021
Consul-General in Mumbai
14 April 2021
Consul-General in Kolkata
14 April 2021
Ambassador to Indonesia
14 April 2021
Emergency relief dispatched to Timor-Leste
14 April 2021
Australia’s second National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security
12 April 2021
Timor-Leste flood and COVID-19 response
11 April 2021
Sharing COVID-19 vaccines with our neighbours
10 April 2021
Australia boosts assistance for Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 response
9 April 2021
Australia welcomes two-way Trans-Tasman travel
6 April 2021
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 venues announced
1 April 2021

March

Atrocities in Tigray, Ethiopia
30 March 2021
Australia imposes autonomous sanctions connected to Kerch Strait Railway
30 March 2021
Statement on fire at Cox's Bazar
25 March 2021
ADF supporting NSW flood emergency
23 March 2021
Joint statement on Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
23 March 2021
Ambassador to Nepal
19 March 2021
High Commissioner to Kiribati
19 March 2021
Consul-General in Chennai
19 March 2021
Ambassador to Afghanistan
19 March 2021
Supporting Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 response
17 March 2021
Joint statement on electoral changes in Hong Kong
13 March 2021
Australia’s partnership with COVAX delivers vaccines to our neighbours
12 March 2021
Statement on the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
11 March 2021
Statement on Myanmar
7 March 2021
Statement on Operation COVID-19 ASSIST
2 March 2021
Loyal Wingman aircraft takes first flight
2 March 2021

February

Statement on Vaccination
27 February 2021
Defence’s continued commitment to Operation ARGOS
24 February 2021
Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
19 February 2021
Australia aims for re-election to International Maritime Organization Council
19 February 2021
Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism
18 February 2021
High Commissioner to Nigeria
18 February 2021
Consul-General in New York
18 February 2021
National Foundation for Australia-China Relations grants
16 February 2021
Declaration against the use of arbitrary detention in state-to-state relations
16 February 2021
Statement on Professor Sean Turnell
11 February 2021
Statement on Ms Cheng Lei
8 February 2021
ICC Pre-Trial Chamber decision on jurisdiction in relation to the ‘Situation in Palestine’
6 February 2021
Australian detained in Myanmar
6 February 2021
US-Russia extension of a Critical Arms Control Treaty
4 February 2021
Sentencing of Alexei Navalny
3 February 2021
Defence personnel return from OP Fiji assist
2 February 2021
Statement on Myanmar
1 February 2021

January

Malka Leifer extradition
27 January 2021
Operation Fiji Assist – Return of ADF Contingent
19 January 2021
Government to support a further 20 facilitated commercial flights
16 January 2021
Joint statement on arrests in Hong Kong
10 January 2021
Australian Defence Force personnel progressing on operation Fiji assist
9 January 2021
Hong Kong statement
6 January 2021
Statement on Julian Assange
5 January 2021

2020

December

Australia stands with our Fijian Vuvale following Tropical Cyclone Yasa
23 December 2020
Australia strengthens global discussion on cyber and critical technology
23 December 2020
Appointment of Australia-ASEAN Council Board Members
22 December 2020
Tropical Cyclone Yasa
19 December 2020
Malka Leifer
17 December 2020
Australia-New Zealand Foreign Minister Consultations
17 December 2020
Third meeting of Pacific women leaders
16 December 2020
Ambassador to Iraq
16 December 2020
Consul-General in Lae
16 December 2020
Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
16 December 2020
Ambassador to Lao PDR
16 December 2020
Australia-India Water Security Initiative launched
16 December 2020
Australia-Indonesia-Timor-Leste Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
15 December 2020
Appointment to the Asian Development Bank
14 December 2020
Trade agreement with the Pacific enters into force
13 December 2020
Industry invited to engage on Antarctic aerodrome
11 December 2020
International Human Rights Day
10 December 2020
One-year anniversary of the Whakaari/White Island volcano disaster
9 December 2020
Ensuring consistent Australian foreign policy
8 December 2020
3rd Australia-Malaysia Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
4 December 2020

November

Ambassador to Jordan
29 November 2020
High Commissioner to Singapore
29 November 2020
Statement on Kylie Moore-Gilbert
26 November 2020
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
25 November 2020
Joint statement on Hong Kong
19 November 2020
Australia and SPC continuing partnership
16 November 2020
Statement on Hong Kong
12 November 2020
Statement on the Myanmar election
12 November 2020
Ms Natasha Stott Despoja AO elected to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
10 November 2020
Tongan workers arrive to support Queensland’s Horticultural Producers
9 November 2020
Strengthening our partnership through sport
6 November 2020

October

Joint statement by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia and the Foreign Ministry of the State of Qatar on the Hamad International Airport (Doha) incident
31 October 2020
Australian support for COVID-19 vaccine access in the Pacific and Southeast Asia
31 October 2020
Qatar announcement on airport incident
30 October 2020
Australia partnering with Japan and the United States to finance Palau undersea cable
28 October 2020
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization
27 October 2020
Songlines exhibition to join UK/Australia Season
27 October 2020
Australia supporting Fiji with flood alleviation project
23 October 2020
Standing with our region in response to COVID-19
23 October 2020
High Commissioner to Kenya
22 October 2020
Ambassador to Colombia
22 October 2020
Ambassador to Germany
22 October 2020
Ambassador to France
22 October 2020
Ambassador to Japan
22 October 2020
Australia to participate in exercise MALABAR 2020
19 October 2020
Pacific Fusion Centre to be established in Vanuatu
19 October 2020
More flights helping Australians return
16 October 2020
Russian withdrawal from trilateral talks on MH17
16 October 2020
UN Human Rights Council Final Session
15 October 2020
Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
14 October 2020
Statement on Dr Yang Hengjun
14 October 2020
Boosting trade and investment ties across the Pacific
14 October 2020
50th Anniversary of Fiji's Independence
10 October 2020
Visit to Singapore
7 October 2020
Australia-India-Japan-United States Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting
6 October 2020
2020-21 Budget - Protecting Australia's National Interests and Trade Relations
6 October 2020
New Caledonia Referendum of 4 October on Independence
5 October 2020
National Foundation for Australia-China Relations Advisory Board
5 October 2020
Ambassador to Israel
4 October 2020
Ambassador to ASEAN
4 October 2020
High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam
4 October 2020
Consul-General in Hong Kong
4 October 2020
Ambassador to Ukraine
4 October 2020
Visit to Japan for Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting
3 October 2020
Safe travel zone with New Zealand
2 October 2020
Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict
1 October 2020

September

Australia now eligible to purchase Covid-19 vaccine doses through COVAX
23 September 2020
Australian candidate nominated to lead the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty Organisation
18 September 2020
Normalisation of relations in the Middle East
15 September 2020
Australia's Support for Southeast Asia's COVID-19 Recovery
13 September 2020
Statement on Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert
11 September 2020
Joint Statement from Deputy Prime Minister McCormack & Minister Payne on Gulf Livestock I
11 September 2020
Statement on the transfer of sensitive Afghan prisoners to Qatar
11 September 2020
ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers’ Meetings
9 September 2020
Statement on consular support for two Australians in China
8 September 2020
High Commissioner to Malta
4 September 2020
Ambassador to Morocco
4 September 2020
Ambassador to the Holy See
4 September 2020
High Commissioner to Mauritius
4 September 2020
High Commissioner to Niue
4 September 2020
Consul-General in Los Angeles
4 September 2020
Helping Australians Overseas
2 September 2020

August

Statement on Cheng Lei
31 August 2020
Appointment of Australia-India Council board members
31 August 2020
COVID-19 vaccine access for our region
26 August 2020
Seasonal and Pacific workers to help fill labour gaps
21 August 2020
Australia delivers humanitarian supplies to Beirut
15 August 2020
2nd meeting of Pacific women leaders
13 August 2020
Statement on Hong Kong
10 August 2020
Australia-New Zealand Foreign Minister Consultations
6 August 2020
Statement on Beirut
5 August 2020
Northern Territory Pacific Labour Mobility trial
4 August 2020

July

Vanuatu 40th independence anniversary
30 July 2020
AUSMIN 2020 Global Health Security
29 July 2020
COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea
28 July 2020
AUSMIN 2020 Global Health Security Statement
28 July 2020
Joint Statement Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2020
28 July 2020
Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2020 in Washington DC
25 July 2020
Combating Zoonotic Diseases in our Region
17 July 2020
Independent evaluation into COVID-19
10 July 2020
Extradition treaty with Hong Kong
9 July 2020
Statement on the Middle East
1 July 2020
Statement on Hong Kong
1 July 2020

June

Special ASEAN-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on COVID-19
30 June 2020
Owen Harries
30 June 2020
Vital Australian research projects to fight antimicrobial resistance and TB in the Pacific
27 June 2020
Australia-NZ to host FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023
26 June 2020
New Consuls-General appointed to key Austrade posts
26 June 2020
Ambassador to Italy
26 June 2020
High Commissioner to Ghana
26 June 2020
Ambassador to Ireland
26 June 2020
Ambassador to Spain
26 June 2020
Consul-General in Makassar
26 June 2020
National Foundation for Australia-China Relations Advisory Board appointments
24 June 2020
Statement on the University of the South Pacific
10 June 2020
Australia signs maritime declaration with India
4 June 2020
Australia and India agree new partnership on cyber and critical technology
4 June 2020
Improving access to vaccines in the Indo-Pacific
4 June 2020
Standing with Pacific women during COVID-19
4 June 2020
Working together to combat COVID-19 in the Pacific
1 June 2020

May

International day of UN peacekeepers
29 May 2020
Partnering with our neighbours to respond to COVID-19
29 May 2020
Joint statement on Hong Kong
28 May 2020
Australian content boost for audiences in the Pacific
25 May 2020
Joint statement on Hong Kong national security legislation
23 May 2020
Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking
22 May 2020
World Health Assembly resolution on COVID-19
19 May 2020
Condemning terrorist attacks in Afghanistan
14 May 2020
Australians returning from overseas
9 May 2020
International aviation network to continue repatriation of Australians overseas
8 May 2020
Increasing COVID-19 testing capacity in the Pacific
8 May 2020

April

Message of condolence following shooting in Canada
21 April 2020
Statement on arrests of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong
19 April 2020
Australia extends support for Tropical Cyclone Harold recovery
16 April 2020
Immediate response to Tropical Cyclone Harold
10 April 2020
Facilitating flights to bring Australians home
9 April 2020
Release of the first OPCW report attributing chemical weapons use in Syria
9 April 2020
Australia supporting Pacific workers
4 April 2020
International Aviation Network established to get Australians home
3 April 2020
Statement on Australians on cruise ships
1 April 2020
Responding to the COVID-19 challenge in the Pacific
1 April 2020

March

Government-facilitated flights from South America
26 March 2020
Treatment of Dr Yang Hengjun
25 March 2020
Australians abroad during COVID-19
25 March 2020
Australians unjustly detained overseas
24 March 2020
Visit to the USA
9 March 2020
Ambassador of Australia for Gender Equality
8 March 2020
Statement on International Women’s Day
8 March 2020
Australia welcomes the start of MH17 trials in the Netherlands
7 March 2020
Australia’s candidate for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
5 March 2020
Ambassador for Regional Health Security
3 March 2020
Coronavirus assistance to Pacific and Timor-Leste
3 March 2020
Afghanistan: US-Taliban Agreement
1 March 2020

February

National Foundation for Australia-China Relations advisory board members
27 February 2020
High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea
25 February 2020
Ambassador to Palau
25 February 2020
Consul-General in Mumbai
25 February 2020
Attribution of malicious cyber activity in Georgia by Russian Military Intelligence
21 February 2020
Continuing travel ban to protect Australians from the coronavirus
20 February 2020
Ambassador to Chile
18 February 2020
Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia
18 February 2020
Ambassador to Mexico
18 February 2020
Visit to Brunei Darussalam
18 February 2020
High Commissioner to India
18 February 2020
Assisted departure flight from Wuhan
9 February 2020
Visit to Australia by UK Foreign Secretary, the Rt Hon. Dominic Raab
4 February 2020
Indonesian support to bushfire response
3 February 2020
Updated travel advice to protect Australians from the novel coronavirus
1 February 2020

January

The United States 'Vision for Peace'
29 January 2020
Assisted departure and strict quarantine for Australians from Wuhan/Hubei
29 January 2020
The 75th Anniversary of the end of the Holocaust
27 January 2020
United States bushfire support
26 January 2020
Australians in Hubei province, China
26 January 2020
Condolences on the deaths of three US Firefighters
23 January 2020
Visit to India
15 January 2020
Papua New Guinea Defence Force lends a hand in our time of need
13 January 2020
Fijian military support to bushfire emergency response
10 January 2020
Iranian missile attack on Iraq military sites
8 January 2020

2019

December

Murder of Jamal Khashoggi: Sentences handed down
24 December 2019
Ambassador of Australia for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation
18 December 2019
National Foundation for Australia-China Relations Sydney headquarters
18 December 2019
New Australian diplomatic missions in Palau and Cook Islands
18 December 2019
Ambassador to United Arab Emirates
16 December 2019
High Commissioner to Bangladesh
16 December 2019
High Commissioner to Vanuatu
16 December 2019
Ambassador to Greece
16 December 2019
High Commissioner to Solomon Islands
16 December 2019
Ambassador to Cambodia
16 December 2019
Whakaari/White Island Volcano Disaster: Visit to New Zealand
15 December 2019
Bougainville Referendum
12 December 2019
International Human Rights Day
10 December 2019
Australia-Republic of Korea Foreign and Defence Ministers' meeting
10 December 2019
New International Development Policy
10 December 2019
Australia-Indonesia Foreign and Defence Ministers’ meeting
5 December 2019
Visit to Indonesia
4 December 2019
International Volunteer Day: Celebrating Australian volunteers
4 December 2019
Australia marks treaty anniversary with increased Antarctic commitment
2 December 2019
Detention of Dr Yang Hengjun
2 December 2019

November

Australia continues to play a key role on the International Maritime Organisation Council
30 November 2019
Australia signs new screen agreement with Malaysia
29 November 2019
2nd Australia-Malaysia Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
29 November 2019
World AIDS Day 2019
27 November 2019
2018-19 Consular State of Play
25 November 2019
New Colombo Plan 2020 scholars
25 November 2019
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
25 November 2019
Delivering on our historic commitment to improve the safety of women and children
25 November 2019
Statement on Samoa measles outbreak
21 November 2019
Visit to the Republic of Korea and Japan
20 November 2019
Observer team for Bougainville Referendum
20 November 2019
Release of Tim Weeks, kidnapped in Afghanistan
19 November 2019
Statement on the release of the WGEA’S annual dataset
19 November 2019
Ambassador for the Environment
18 November 2019
Statement on reports on Xinjiang
17 November 2019
Statement on call for witnesses in MH17 investigation
16 November 2019
Statement on Hong Kong
14 November 2019
Statement on North Korean missile launches
1 November 2019

October

Visit to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
30 October 2019
Joint statement on the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
28 October 2019
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations
17 October 2019
2020 New Colombo Plan - Mobility Program
14 October 2019
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
13 October 2019
Statement on Northeastern Syria
10 October 2019
Australia-New Zealand Foreign Minister Consultations
3 October 2019

September

Visit to the United Nations
22 September 2019
Australia-India Council Grants
19 September 2019
Forum Fisheries Agency: 40 years of Pacific Island cooperation
17 September 2019
Prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia affecting justice for MH17 victims
8 September 2019
IORA Blue Carbon Hub
6 September 2019
Visit to Bangladesh
2 September 2019

August

Consul-General in Phuket
28 August 2019
Ambassador to Iran
28 August 2019
Ambassador to Sweden
28 August 2019
Ambassador to Austria
28 August 2019
Coral Sea Cable lands in Australia
28 August 2019
Arrest of Dr Yang
27 August 2019
Papua New Guinea-Australia Ministerial Forum
25 August 2019
Statement on North Korean missile launches
24 August 2019
Australia joins International Maritime Security Construct in the Gulf
21 August 2019
Samoa ratifies PACER Plus Agreement
13 August 2019
Stepping up Climate Resilience in the Pacific
13 August 2019
ANU to lead Australia Pacific Security College
10 August 2019
Australia-ASEAN Emerging Leaders Program
10 August 2019
Australia and the United States: An Alliance for the Future
4 August 2019
Joint Statement Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2019
4 August 2019
Visit to Australia by NATO Secretary General
3 August 2019
Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Joint Ministerial Statement
2 August 2019
Combatting transnational crime in Southeast Asia
1 August 2019
ASEAN-Australia Counter-Trafficking Initiative
1 August 2019

July

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
30 July 2019
Visit to Bangkok for ASEAN meetings
30 July 2019
Establishing Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea
29 July 2019
Australia to host AUSMIN 2019
26 July 2019
Visit to Fiji
24 July 2019
Australia's support for religious freedom dialogue
19 July 2019
Detention of Dr Yang
19 July 2019
Ambassador to Poland
19 July 2019
High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago
19 July 2019
Visit to the Cook Islands
17 July 2019
MH17 fifth anniversary
17 July 2019
Australian Aid: Friendship Grants - Round two now open
16 July 2019
Visit to New Zealand
11 July 2019
Visit to the United Kingdom
9 July 2019
Australia advances its commitment to aid for trade
5 July 2019
Alek Sigley
4 July 2019
Japan withdraws from the International Whaling Convention
2 July 2019
Enhancing Infrastructure in the Pacific
1 July 2019

June

Ambassador to Portugal
28 June 2019
Ambassador to Russia
28 June 2019
Visit to New Caledonia
22 June 2019
Stepping up support for Pacific island countries on maritime boundaries
21 June 2019
Visit to New Caledonia
20 June 2019
Statement – Iran and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
20 June 2019
Visit to Papua New Guinea
20 June 2019
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
19 June 2019
Suspension of Legislative Consideration of Hong Kong Extradition Bill
16 June 2019
Attacks on civilian shipping in the Gulf of Oman
14 June 2019
Statement on protests in Hong Kong
12 June 2019
Visit to Vietnam
12 June 2019
Visit to Singapore
6 June 2019
Australia joins International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
5 June 2019
Tiananmen Square - 30th Anniversary
4 June 2019
Australia contributes to European Union's Advisory Mission in Iraq
3 June 2019
Visit to Fiji
3 June 2019

May

Appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women
26 May 2019
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
9 May 2019

April

Terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka
22 April 2019
Statement from the Minister for Foreign Affairs on Julian Assange
11 April 2019
Solomon Islands National Election
9 April 2019
Ambassador to Afghanistan
8 April 2019
High Commissioner to Pakistan
8 April 2019
Consul-General in Shanghai
8 April 2019
Fiji joins the Pacific Labour Scheme
5 April 2019
Australia to host International Disaster Risk Conference
5 April 2019
Enhancing Australia’s role in Pacific infrastructure projects
4 April 2019
2019-20 Foreign Affairs and Trade Budget
2 April 2019

March

Australia and Afghanistan mark 50 years of diplomatic relations
30 March 2019
Timor-Leste joins the Pacific Labour Scheme
29 March 2019
2019 Elizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award
29 March 2019
Strengthening the Future of the Australia-China Relationship
29 March 2019
Joint Communique of the 11th Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee
29 March 2019
Ambassador to China
29 March 2019
Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee
28 March 2019
Supporting Solomon Islands' National Election
28 March 2019
Territorial defeat of Da'esh
24 March 2019
Australian Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking
22 March 2019
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the OECD
22 March 2019
Consul-General and Senior Trade Commissioner San Francisco
22 March 2019
Consul-General in Noumea
22 March 2019
Ambassador to Vietnam
22 March 2019
High-Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation
20 March 2019
Papua New Guinea joins the Pacific Labour Scheme
20 March 2019
Australia Now ASEAN 2019
19 March 2019
Visit to Indonesia for High Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation
19 March 2019
Financial sanctions and travel bans in response to Russia's continued aggression against Ukraine
18 March 2019
Five years of success for New Colombo Plan
15 March 2019
Australia to help boost digital trade in the Indo-Pacific
13 March 2019
Tonga Joins the Pacific Labour Scheme
12 March 2019
Oil spill adjacent to UNESCO World Heritage site, Solomon Islands
3 March 2019
Ambassador to Qatar
2 March 2019
High Commissioner to South Africa
2 March 2019
High Commissioner to Nigeria
2 March 2019
Consul-General in Bali
2 March 2019
High Commissioner to New Zealand
2 March 2019
Consul-General in Shenyang
2 March 2019

February

India-Pakistan tensions over terrorist attack
26 February 2019
Visit to France and the United Kingdom
26 February 2019
Attendance at Human Rights Council
24 February 2019
Helping enhance infrastructure in the Pacific
21 February 2019
Statement - Jamal Khashoggi
15 February 2019
Hakeem al-Araibi
12 February 2019
Australia-New Zealand Foreign Ministerial Consultations
9 February 2019
Opening of Australian High Commission in Tuvalu
7 February 2019
Hakeem Alaraibi
5 February 2019
Launch of Sports Diplomacy 2030
1 February 2019

January

High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
29 January 2019
Visit to the United States
28 January 2019
Statement on Venezuela
28 January 2019
Applications open for the 2019 Elizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award
25 January 2019
Statement on detention of Mr Yang Hengjun
24 January 2019
High Commissioner to Tonga
23 January 2019
Consul-General Chicago
18 January 2019
Head of the Office of the Pacific
18 January 2019
Australian support to fight epidemics
16 January 2019
Consul-General in Kolkata
10 January 2019
Australia invests in South Asian connectivity
9 January 2019
Visit to Thailand
9 January 2019
Visit to India
7 January 2019

2018

December

Japan to exit from International Whaling Commission and cease Southern Ocean whaling
26 December 2018
Passing of Speaker of Parliament of Fiji
22 December 2018
Australia’s commitments to security in the Middle East
21 December 2018
Attribution of Chinese cyber-enabled commercial intellectual property theft
21 December 2018
Australia-Indonesia Institute Chair
18 December 2018
Statement on visit to Myanmar
14 December 2018
Visit to Myanmar
11 December 2018
70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
10 December 2018
Launch of G'Day USA 2019
10 December 2018
Detention of Hakeem Ali Alaraibi in Thailand
9 December 2018
Failure of UN General Assembly Resolution on 'Activities of Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza'
8 December 2018
Celebrating Australian volunteers on International Volunteer Day
5 December 2018
Visit to Indonesia for Bali Democracy Forum
5 December 2018
ASIS officers to better protect Australia’s national security interests
5 December 2018
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
3 December 2018

November

Helping Australian businesses engage with the world
30 November 2018
Australian Aid: Friendship Grants recipients
30 November 2018
Intelligence Services Act Amendment Bill 2018
29 November 2018
Australia's commitment to Afghanistan
28 November 2018
Ambassador to Myanmar
28 November 2018
Bill introduced to implement Treaty with Timor-Leste
28 November 2018
Ambassador to the Philippines
27 November 2018
2019 New Colombo Plan scholars announced
26 November 2018
International day for the elimination of violence against women
25 November 2018
The 2017-2018 Consular State of Play
23 November 2018
India business partnerships
22 November 2018
Boosting our economic ties with India
22 November 2018
Global Compact for Migration
21 November 2018
Ambassador to Ethiopia
21 November 2018
Timor-Leste to access the Pacific Labour Scheme
20 November 2018
Fiji’s 2018 election result
18 November 2018
Greater cooperation with Japan
16 November 2018
Guilty verdict in Khmer Rouge trials
16 November 2018
Australia and New Zealand: Pacific cyber cooperation
16 November 2018
Expanding the Pacific Labour Scheme and establishing an Office of the Pacific
15 November 2018
Visit to Papua New Guinea for APEC
14 November 2018
Australian Co-Chair of the Multinational Observer Group for Fiji's 2018 Election
11 November 2018
Sri Lanka - Political Situation
10 November 2018
Australian Defence Force officer appointed to command UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
9 November 2018
MIKTA Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Third Inter-Korean Summit
8 November 2018
Strengthening Australia’s commitment to the Pacific
8 November 2018
Australia re-elected to ITU Council
7 November 2018
New Caledonia Referendum
5 November 2018
Visit to China for 5th Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue
5 November 2018
Ambassador to Mongolia
2 November 2018

October

Ambassador to Thailand
31 October 2018
Political Developments in Sri Lanka
31 October 2018
Consul-General in Ho Chi Minh City
30 October 2018
High Commissioner to Tuvalu
26 October 2018
Ambassador to Peru
24 October 2018
Myanmar and the Rohingya crisis
23 October 2018
Ambassador to Argentina
22 October 2018
Jamal Khashoggi
20 October 2018
Australia-Indonesia Institute Board appointments
19 October 2018
Visit to Brussels for ASEM Summit
18 October 2018
Joint media statement
17 October 2018
Launch of Australia’s Strategy for Abolition of the Death Penalty
15 October 2018
Deepening our relationship with Papua New Guinea
12 October 2018
Boosting internet connectivity in Papua New Guinea
11 October 2018
Additional support for PNG polio outbreak
11 October 2018
Visit to Papua New Guinea
10 October 2018
Eighth Japan-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations
10 October 2018
Ambassador to Lebanon
9 October 2018
Framework Agreement between the European Union and Australia is provisionally applied
8 October 2018
Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting
8 October 2018
Further Australian support following the Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
6 October 2018
Statement
5 October 2018
Australian Humanitarian supplies depart for Indonesia
4 October 2018
Attribution of a pattern of malicious cyber activity to Russia
4 October 2018
Australian support to Fiji’s 2018 election
3 October 2018
MIKTA Foreign Ministers’ Joint Statement on the Recent Earthquake and Tsunami in Indonesia
3 October 2018
Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami assistance
3 October 2018
39th Session of the Human Rights Council
1 October 2018

September

Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
30 September 2018
MIKTA Foreign Ministers' Statement on MIKTA's Fifth Anniversary
27 September 2018
Australia working to end the tuberculosis epidemic
27 September 2018
Statement on Maldives election
25 September 2018
Principles to guide Government action to combat human trafficking in global supply chains
24 September 2018
Visit to the United States
23 September 2018
Ambassador to Brazil
22 September 2018
UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar: release of full report
19 September 2018
Humanitarian assistance to the Philippines
16 September 2018
$10 million boost for immunisation in PNG
13 September 2018
UK Police investigation confirms Russian agents responsible for Nerve Agent attack in Salisbury
6 September 2018
Forty-Ninth Pacific Islands Forum: Communiqué
6 September 2018
Australia to support new Pacific Fusion Centre
5 September 2018
Expanded access to the Pacific Labour Scheme
4 September 2018
Providing access to safe medicines in the Pacific
4 September 2018
High Commissioner to Cyprus
3 September 2018
Visit to Nauru for Pacific Islands Forum
3 September 2018

August

Ambassador to Egypt
30 August 2018
UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar: Release of summary report
29 August 2018

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