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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) promotes and protects Australia’s international interests to support our security and prosperity.

We work with international partners and other countries to tackle global challenges, increase trade and investment opportunities, protect international rules, keep our region stable and help Australians overseas.

Latest news

  • The Australian Government remains deeply concerned about ongoing military clashes between Cambodia and Thailand, including the rapid escalation in the scale and intensity of the conflict, the use of heavy destructive weapons and the growing humanitarian impact the fighting is having on both sides.

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    International relations
  • Secretary Jan Adams’ Sir John Quick Lecture at La Trobe University, 25 November 2025

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    International relations
  • From December 8 to 12, Quad partners (Australia, India, Japan and the United States) successfully conducted their first Field Training Exercise (FTX) on the sidelines of Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as part of the Quad Indo-Pacific Logistics Network (IPLN).

    Category
    International relations
  • Australia is deeply concerned by the guilty verdict handed down to Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong today.

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    News, speeches and media
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