Media releases

2024

November

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
Humanitarian Assistance to the Horn of Africa Region
22 June 2024
Strengthening preparedness across our region
21 June 2024
Enhancing health security across our region
21 June 2024
Review of the Foreign Arrangements Scheme
21 June 2024
Additional support for Papua New Guinea landslide recovery
20 June 2024
30th Papua New Guinea-Australia Ministerial Forum Joint Communiqué
19 June 2024
Delivering under the Australia-Papua New Guinea Bilateral Security Agreement
19 June 2024
Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum
18 June 2024
Ukraine Peace Summit
14 June 2024
Strengthening nuclear safeguards
14 June 2024
Major government investment in Women's Asian Cup
13 June 2024
Additional humanitarian assistance for Gaza
12 June 2024
Australia welcomes UNSC ceasefire resolution
11 June 2024
Dr Anne Aly to represent Australia at Gaza Humanitarian Conference
10 June 2024
Australia re-elected to UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
8 June 2024
Supporting our nearest neighbours through antivenom partnership
6 June 2024
Australia calls on parties to agree ceasefire
4 June 2024
Visit to Solomon Islands
4 June 2024
Tiananmen Square - 35th Anniversary
4 June 2024
Making Australia stronger and more influential through sport
2 June 2024

May

Joint Statement on DPRK-Russia
31 May 2024
Energy and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine
31 May 2024
Verdicts in the Hong Kong NSL47 cases
30 May 2024

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