Section 2: Performance reporting
- Outcome 1: The advancement of Australia's international strategic, security and economic interests including through bilateral, regional and multilateral engagement on Australian Government foreign and trade policy priorities
- Outcome 2: The protection and welfare of Australians abroad and access to secure international travel documentation through timely and responsive travel advice and consular and passport services in Australia and overseas
- Outcome 3: A secure Australian Government presence overseas through the provision of security services and information and communications technology infrastructure, and the management of the Commonwealth's overseas owned estate
The then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Rudd, with the Russian Foreign Minister, Mr Sergey Lavrov, in the gardens of NSW Government House in January 2012.
Photo: Jack Atley
During her official visit to the Gambia in March 2012, the Prime Minister's Special Envoy, Ms Joanna Hewitt, and High Commissioner to the Gambia, Mr Ian McConville, pose with beneficiaries of the Australia–Africa Community Grants Scheme project on food security.
The Minister for Trade and Competitiveness, Dr Emerson, welcomes negotiators and stakeholders to Melbourne for the 11th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations, March 2012.