Media releases

2021

February

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

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