Media releases

2020

August

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

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