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2023
May
- Subjects: Indian Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Australia; Australia-India relations; cooperation on climate change and energy; violence at Hindu temples in Australia; Cricket World Cup.24 May 2023
- Subjects: Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Australia; Australia-India relationship; Khalistan referendum; Inaugural Advisory Board for Centre for Australia-India Relations.24 May 2023
- 24 May 2023
- Subjects: Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Australia; Australia’s relationship with India; Meeting of India’s Prime Minister and Ukraine’s President; Australia China relationship and trade impediments; Foreign interference.24 May 2023
- Subjects: Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Australia; Australia’s relationship with India; Human rights; Meeting of India’s Prime Minister and Ukraine’s President.24 May 2023
- 24 May 2023
- Subjects: Australia-Philippines relationship; Strategic Partnership with Philippines; Montevideo Maru; Joint maritime cooperation; South China Sea; ASEAN; China trade.18 May 2023
- Subjects: Philippines-Australia Relations; Philippines-Australia Status of Visiting Forces Agreement; ASEAN Nations; South China Sea; Relationship between China and ASEAN Nations, Trade Investment in the Philippines; Southeast Asia Economic Strategy.17 May 2023
- Subjects: China and the Pacific; Papua New Guinea-US security pact; Threat of climate change in the Pacific; Visits to Pacific Island Forum countries.11 May 2023
- Subjects: The Sudan conflict; Evacuation of Australians.3 May 2023
- Subjects: Rights to “Tasmanian Devils” name; Crisis in Sudan; Evacuation flight to Cyprus; Australia’s trade relationship with China; Australians detained in China; Conduct of Australians in Indonesia.3 May 2023
- Subjects: Crisis in Sudan; Humanitarian flight to Cyprus; Barley trade dispute; Pacific leaders meeting in Port Moresby.3 May 2023
- Subjects: 13th Singapore Australia Joint Ministerial Committee; defence cooperation; energy into the Singapore market; UN Convention on the Law of the Sea; research and development; China’s bid to join the CPTPP; AUKUS.1 May 2023
April
- Subjects: Visit to Tuvalu; Australia’s engagement with the Pacific; Labour mobility programs; Climate change; Visit to TCAP site; COP 31.21 April 2023
- Subjects: Visit to New Caledonia; Australia-New Caledonia relations; AUKUS and the Treaty of Rarotonga; Australia’s engagement with the Pacific.20 April 2023
- Subjects: Pacific and Southeast Asia; AUKUS; Tibet; Human rights; Taiwan; CPTPP; PALM scheme; Port of Darwin; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; First Nations diplomacy; Papua New Guinea population; Julian Assange; Regional cooperation; Climate change.17 April 2023
- Subjects: Voice to parliament; Australia-China trade; Taiwan; Prime Minister’s attendance at NATO summit.12 April 2023
- Subjects: China; Australian barley; Taiwan; Ukraine; Julian Leeser; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament; Matildas; FIFA Women’s World Cup.12 April 2023
- Subjects: Australian Government’s agreement with China on pathway towards lifting duties on Australian barley; Prime Minister’s attendance at NATO summit; Australia’s relationship with China.12 April 2023
- 11 April 2023
March
- AUKUS; China; Budget repair.16 March 2023
- Subjects: AUKUS; Australia-China relationship; storage of nuclear waste; Downing of US drone over Black Sea.15 March 2023
- Subjects: AUKUS; Downing of US drone; Australia-China relationship15 March 2023
- Subjects: AUKUS Agreement; South Australian manufacturing industry; Construction of new shipyards; Defence skills.14 March 2023
- Subjects: AUKUS; Australia-China relations; North Korean missile tests; Southeast Asia Economic Strategy.14 March 2023
- Subjects: AUKUS announcement; investment in South Australia; China’s response.14 March 2023
- Subjects: AUKUS Agreement; investment in South Australia; nuclear waste.14 March 2023
- Subjects: Adelaide International Women’s Day Breakfast; AUKUS.10 March 2023
- 7 March 2023
- Subjects: World Pride March; LGBTQIA+ rights.6 March 2023
- Subjects: Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting; G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting; freedom of the press; Russia’s presence in Ukraine.3 March 2023
- Subjects: Foreign Ministers' G20 Meeting and bilateral talks; Australia-China relationship; Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Indian Prime Minister Modi’s G20 address.2 March 2023
- Subjects: India-Australia relations; the G20 Summit; Indo-Pacific security; Russia-Ukraine war.1 March 2023
February
- Subjects: One year since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine; additional military assistance to Ukraine; further sanctions on Russian individuals and organisations; Pacific Islands Forum; US troops training in Taiwan; China-US relations24 February 2023
- 23 February 2023
- Subjects: Pacific Islands Forum, launch of the Fiji Rugby Union 2023 Women's Rugby campaign, PacificAus Sports program, Australian assistance to rebuild cyclone-damaged schools.22 February 2023
- Subjects: Signing of MOU between Australian and Kiribati Governments.21 February 2023
- Subjects: Australia-PNG Ministerial Forum; Australia-PNG visa processing; Australia-PNG security treaty; Fukushima water release; US-China relations; Australia’s relationship with China; Lombrum Naval Base.17 February 2023
- Subjects: Bali Process Ministerial Conference; Türkiye earthquake; AUKUS; meeting with President of Kiribati.10 February 2023
- Subjects: Security cameras in government buildings; US-China balloon incident; Bali Process Ministerial Conference in Adelaide.10 February 2023
- Subjects: Bali Process Ministerial Conference in Adelaide; earthquake in Türkiye; first shipment of Australian coal to China in more than two years; Australia’s relationship with China10 February 2023
- Subjects: US-China balloon incident; Australia-China relations; Voice to Parliament Referendum.6 February 2023
- Subjects: US-China balloon incident; Australia-China relations.6 February 2023
- Subjects: US-China balloon incident; US Secretary of State postponing visit to China; Australia’s relationship with China.6 February 2023
- Subjects: US-China balloon incident, Voice to Parliament.6 February 2023
- Australia’s contribution to training of Ukrainian soldiers; War in Ukraine.2 February 2023
- Subjects: Targeted sanctions in response to human rights violations in Myanmar and Iran; sanctions on individuals and entities in Iran over the supply of drones to Russia for use against Ukraine; Julian Assange; Australia’s identity and foreign policy1 February 2023
January
- Subjects: Australia-France relationship; Support for Ukraine; Climate change; The Indo-Pacific; AUKUS.31 January 2023
- Subjects: Resignation of NZ Prime Minister; Detention of two Australians in China; Australia-China relationship; Appointment of Kevin Rudd as Australian Ambassador to US; Defence Strategic Review.19 January 2023
2022
December
- Subjects: Meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi; Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue; Trade; Cheng Lei and Dr Yang Hengjun; Human rights; CPTPP.21 December 2022
- Subjects: Arrival in China; Detained Australians; Trade of Australian Goods.21 December 2022
- Foreign Minister visit to Beijing; Australia-China diplomatic relations; Appointments of new diplomatic postings; Gun laws; Australia-Pacific relations; Christmas wishes20 December 2022
- Subjects: Bipartisan delegation to the Pacific; Australia-Palau relationship; Palau’s climate leadership; Australia’s bid to co-host COP31; Palau tourism; recognition of Taiwan; Coalition’s track-record on climate.15 December 2022
- Subjects: Marking 35 years of diplomatic relations with FSM, bipartisan delegation visit, Pacific Islands Forum, bilateral security agreement with Vanuatu, relations with China, climate, COVID-1914 December 2022
- Subjects: Australia-Vanuatu Bilateral Security Agreement; China’s development assistance to the Pacific; Pacific priorities; climate change.13 December 2022
- Subjects: Bilateral security agreement between Australia and Vanuatu; launch of Guardian class patrol vessels; security in the Pacific; death of Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold.13 December 2022
- Subjects: Bipartisan visit to Pacific Islands; Australia-Vanuatu diplomatic relations; Climate change; Pacific Islands Labour Mobility Scheme; BO Declaration; Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific; Education; Bid to host COP.12 December 2022
- Subjects: Visit by NZ Foreign Minister; CPTPP; Lehrmann trial; Neil Prakash; AUKUS; Legal system in Kiribati.2 December 2022
November
- Subjects: Professor Sean Turnell; MH17 criminal trial verdict; China-Australia relationship; detention of Cheng Lei and Dr Yang Hengjun; Chinese President Xi Jinping’s conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Australia’s Ambassador to Ira18 November 2022
- Subjects: Flight MH17 criminal trial verdict; Professor Sean Turnell; Myanmar.18 November 2022
- Subjects: Prime Minister’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping; detention of Cheng Lei and Dr Yang Hengjun; trade sanctions; human rights violations in Xinjiang; Taiwan; relationship with China.16 November 2022
- Subjects: Missile strikes on Ukraine, missile strike in Polish Territory; Prime Minister’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping; relationship with China; detention of Cheng Lei and Dr Yang Hengjun; human rights violations in Xinjiang.16 November 2022
- Subjects: Missile strikes on Ukraine, missile strike in Polish Territory; Prime Minister’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping; relationship with China16 November 2022
- Subjects: Missile strikes on Ukraine, missile strike in Polish Territory; Australia’s support to Ukraine; Prime Minister’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping; relationship with China; Donald Trump announcing 2024 US presidential bid16 November 2022
- Subjects: Australia-Thailand 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations; economic relations; technological innovation; renewable energy partnerships.1 November 2022
October
- Subjects: Australia-Cook Islands relations; Oa Tumanava partnership signing; climate change; Pacific Islands Forum.19 October 2022
- 18 October 2022
- Subjects: 35th anniversary of Australian relations with Marshall Islands; climate change; Minister launching content on ABC radio; regional cooperation in the Pacific.13 October 2022
- Subjects: Australia and India’s relationship; Indo-Pacific; the Quad; Ukraine; AUKUS; Australia’s nuclear submarines; AUKUS.10 October 2022
September
- Subjects: Professor Sean Turnell; Hurricane Ian; diplomatic postings; US-Pacific Island partnership.30 September 2022
- Subjects: Russia-Ukraine conflict; China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific; China-Taiwan relations.24 September 2022
- Subjects: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Russia-China Relations; UN Charter; AUKUS; Taiwan; Climate; First Nations foreign policy.24 September 2022
- Subjects: The UN General Assembly; UN Security Council; Solomon Islands; war crimes in Ukraine; referendums in Ukraine.24 September 2022
- Subjects: Meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi; 2050 strategy for the Blue Pacific; detention of Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun; Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Former Prime Minister Abe’s funeral.23 September 2022
- Subjects: National Day Mourning; downing MH17; Russia-Ukraine conflict; First Nations foreign policy; Declaration Indigenous People's Rights; debt load poorer countries; Greater Sunrise project; Chinese military escalation; UN Secretary-General's address22 September 2022
- Subjects: UN General Assembly, Ambassador for First Nations people, Voice to Parliament, China and Taiwan, Russia-Ukraine conflict.21 September 2022
- Subjects: Solomon Islands elections; Liz Truss; UK High Commissioner; human rights violations in Xinjiang; Timor-Leste economic sovereignty; Greater Sunrise project; Rachelle Miller settlement.6 September 2022
- Subjects: Liz Truss; David Pocock; climate change legislation; Australia’s relationship with Solomon Islands.6 September 2022
- Subjects: Foreign Minister’s visit to Timor-Leste; additional budget support for Timor-Leste; Greater Sunrise project; Timor-Leste’s accession to ASEAN and the WTO; labour mobility schemes; strategic competition in the region.1 September 2022
August
- Subjects: Visit to Papua New Guinea & Timor-Leste, engaging Pacific Nations, humanitarian assistance to Pakistan.31 August 2022
- Subjects: Australia-PNG relationship, infrastructure building, women in PNG leadership, Australian visas, Pacific labour mobility scheme.30 August 2022
- Subjects: Australia’s relationship with Papua New Guinea; regional stability; trade with Papua New Guinea; Digicel; fatal shooting of Indonesian fisherman.29 August 2022
- Subjects: Australia’s relationship with Latvia; Russia’s war on Ukraine; EU Australia Free Trade Agreement; Cross-Strait tensions; Australia’s relationship with China.8 August 2022
- Subjects: Opening of Australian Centre for Education campus, 70th anniversary of Australia-Cambodia relations, ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Taiwan, Myanmar, Sean Turnell, AUKUS.4 August 2022
- Subjects: Visit by Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, ASEAN meetings, Defence strategic review.3 August 2022
July
- Subjects: COVID management, Pacific Islands Forum, US engagement in the Pacific, Kiribati.13 July 2022
- Subjects: Meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister, Australia-China relations, Pacific Islands Forum, US engagement in the Pacific.13 July 2022
- Subjects: Pacific Island Forum; visit to Fiji; bilaterals with Pacific Island leaders; relationship with the Pacific region; climate change; China; Vice President of the United States announcement; migration; Pacific Island workers in Australia.13 July 2022
- Subjects: Pacific Islands Forum, climate change, COVID recovery, COP29 hosting, Vanuatu request to ICJ, emissions target, US-Pacific relations, Australian assistance to Kiribati, 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, Pacific labour mobility.12 July 2022
- Subjects: Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe, G20, meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.8 July 2022
- Subjects: G20, Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Minister’s Meeting, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Australia-China relations, Taiwan.8 July 2022
- Subjects: G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Australia-China relations, Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Solomon Islands, Japan.7 July 2022
- Subjects: Australia-Singapore relations, Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, global supply chains, green energy, G20 meetings, Australia-China relations, Australia-Singapore Green Economy Agreement.6 July 2022
June
- Subjects: Australia-Malaysia relations, modern Australia, parliamentary diversity, South China Sea.30 June 2022
- Southeast Asia visit, ASEAN centrality, Pacific Islands Forum, AUKUS Five Power Defence Arrangement, cybersecurity, consular, visit to Kota Kinabalu, Myanmar sanctions, Professor Sean Turnell.29 June 2022
- Subjects: Australia-Malaysia relations; Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; ASEAN-Australia relations; regional issues; Foreign Minister Malaysian heritage; AUKUS; food prices.29 June 2022
- Subjects: Visit to Solomon Islands; Pacific labour mobility; regional security; Solomon Islands election; climate change.17 June 2022
- Subjects: 501 visa policy, Australia–New Zealand relations, Pacific engagement, Foreign Ministers meeting.16 June 2022
- Subjects: Solomon Islands, Pacific engagement, Australia–New Zealand relations, 501 visa policy, First Nations foreign policy.16 June 2022
- Subjects: Australia/New Zealand relationship, First Nations foreign policy, Pacific engagement, climate change, Pacific Islands Forum, regional security, regional architecture, 501 visa policy, Nauru, Taiwan Strait.16 June 2022
- Subjects: Tonga visit; Australian Government’s action on climate change; Pacific labour schemes; Pacific Engagement visa; development assistance to Tonga.3 June 2022
- Subjects: Visit to Samoa; Chinese Foreign Minister’s visit to Pacific; relationship with China; detention of Australian citizens in China; Julian Assange.3 June 2022
- Subjects: Visit to Samoa; Australian Government’s action on climate change; new Guardian-class patrol boat for Samoa; Pacific worker schemes; Pacific Engagement visa; PACER Plus agreement; China’s proposed regional security pact.2 June 2022
- Subjects: Visit to Samoa and Tonga; Chinese influence in the Pacific; visit to Indonesia.2 June 2022
May
- Subjects: Australia's relationship with Fiji; Pacific labour visas; Chinese influence in Pacific.27 May 2022