Media releases

2024

December

Australia bolsters support for Ukraine
18 December 2024
Update on Australia’s response to Vanuatu earthquake
18 December 2024
Australia’s response to Vanuatu earthquake
17 December 2024
Statement on Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) December 2024
17 December 2024
Joint statement from Foreign Ministers condemning DPRK-Russia cooperation
16 December 2024
Return home of five Australians
15 December 2024
14th Australia – United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations
15 December 2024
Australia–Thailand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
11 December 2024
Nauru-Australia Treaty
9 December 2024
Joint Statement on Australia–New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN)
6 December 2024
Visit to New Zealand for Australia–New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Consultations
5 December 2024
Visit to Malaysia for the annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
4 December 2024
6th Malaysia-Australia Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
4 December 2024
14th Meeting of the Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee in Singapore
3 December 2024
Investing in Southeast Asia's clean energy transition
3 December 2024
Final Chinese trade impediments on red meat establishments lifted
3 December 2024
Visit to Singapore for the Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee
2 December 2024

November

Humanitarian assistance to the Philippines
30 November 2024
New strategy to promote and protect the rights of people with disability in the Indo-Pacific and beyond
28 November 2024
Launch of ASEAN-Australia Centre to strengthen Southeast Asia ties
27 November 2024
Additional humanitarian assistance to Sudan
27 November 2024
Lebanon ceasefire
27 November 2024
Sentencing of Mr Gordon Ng
19 November 2024
Australia contributes $50 million for loss and damage from climate change
19 November 2024
$125 million to support the Pacific’s renewable energy transition
16 November 2024
Turbocharging Climate Action: new program to drive Indo-Pacific’s Net Zero Push
15 November 2024
Visit to Peru to attend APEC Ministerial Meeting
13 November 2024
Innovative Indo-Pacific NGO Accelerator to boost development projects
8 November 2024
G7 and Partners Foreign Ministers Statement: 5 November 2024
5 November 2024
ASEAN-Australia Centre inaugural Advisory Board appointments
5 November 2024
Visit to Australia by India’s Minister for External Affairs
5 November 2024
Board appointments to foundations for relations with China and Japan
2 November 2024

October

Australia joins global conventions to protect workers’ rights and safety
30 October 2024
Additional humanitarian assistance to Lebanon
25 October 2024
Bolstering Food Security in Africa
24 October 2024
Appointment of High Commissioners and Ambassadors
23 October 2024
High Commissioner to Niue
23 October 2024
High Commissioner to Tuvalu
23 October 2024
High Commissioner to Canada
23 October 2024
Ambassador to France
23 October 2024
Ambassador to Italy
23 October 2024
New monitoring team for violations of UN sanctions on North Korea
17 October 2024
Australia-Vietnam Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Economic Partnership Meeting
17 October 2024
Qantas to operate Palau Paradise Express
16 October 2024
Negotiations to begin for an Australia-Mongolia Social Security Agreement
16 October 2024
Australia’s new Humanitarian Policy
16 October 2024
Targeted sanctions in response to Iran's destabilising actions
15 October 2024
Humanitarian assistance to Myanmar
14 October 2024
Resumption of live rock lobster trade with China
10 October 2024
Assisted-departure flights for Australians in Lebanon
4 October 2024
Cyber sanctions imposed on Russian citizens for cybercrime
2 October 2024

September

Humanitarian Assistance to Lebanon
28 September 2024
Action against Afghanistan over violations of human rights of women and girls
26 September 2024
Additional humanitarian assistance for Gaza and the West Bank
23 September 2024
Joint statement towards a new declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel
23 September 2024
Visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly high level week
22 September 2024
Expanded support to address priority health needs in the region
19 September 2024
Joint statement two years after Mahsa Zhina Amini’s death
17 September 2024
Targeted Sanctions in Response to Human Rights Violations in Iran
16 September 2024
Humanitarian assistance to Vietnam
12 September 2024
Appointment of Ambassador and Consul-General
7 September 2024
Ambassador to the Organization of American States
7 September 2024
Consul-General in Surabaya
7 September 2024
Eleventh Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations
5 September 2024
Humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh
5 September 2024
Australia-Japan Foundation Chair appointment
5 September 2024
Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting
4 September 2024

August

Elizabeth O’Neill Journalism Award 2024
22 August 2024
Australia’s International Development Policy – Delivering for our region and Australia
20 August 2024
Australia’s contribution to the Solomons International Assistance Force
18 August 2024
Eighth Australia-China High Level Dialogue
15 August 2024
Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program
11 August 2024
Australia and New Zealand support disaster preparedness in the Pacific and Timor-Leste
9 August 2024
Visit to Fiji and the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting
8 August 2024
Joint Statement on Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2024
7 August 2024
Australia formally joins US-led Landsat Next satellite program
6 August 2024
Australia's participation in the United States Global Entry program
6 August 2024
Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations
4 August 2024
Maitri grants and partnerships to promote Australia-India ties
4 August 2024
Special Adviser report on Israel's response to the IDF strikes against World Central Kitchen
2 August 2024

July

World Day against Trafficking in Persons
30 July 2024
Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Joint Statement, Tokyo
29 July 2024
Launch of the Cable Connectivity and Resilience Centre
29 July 2024
Visit To Laos, Japan and The Republic of Korea
26 July 2024
Human Rights Sanctions in response to Israeli settler violence in the West Bank
25 July 2024
Visit to Japan for the Japan-Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting
17 July 2024
10 years since downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17
17 July 2024
Strengthening broadcasting and media partnerships in the Indo-Pacific
13 July 2024
50 Years of protecting Australia from dangerous nuclear proliferation
10 July 2024
Visit to Australia by Tuvalu's Prime Minister
10 July 2024
Appointment of Ambassadors, High Commissioner, Consul-General and Special Representative
3 July 2024
Special Representative on Afghanistan
3 July 2024
Ambassador to Cambodia
3 July 2024
Consul-General in Honolulu
3 July 2024
Ambassador to Morocco
3 July 2024
Ambassador to Nepal
3 July 2024
High Commissioner to Vanuatu
3 July 2024
Australia, New Zealand and Solomon Islands deliver upgraded Seghe Airfield
2 July 2024

June

Australian progress on tackling modern slavery recognised in key report
25 June 2024
Council for Australian-Arab Relations grants program
23 June 2024

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