Media releases

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

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