The Australian Government is progressing reforms to Australia’s sanctions framework. A four-week public consultation period on an exposure draft of the primary bill underpinning these reforms commenced on Monday 7 September 2026 and will run until Friday 2 October 2026.

During this period, stakeholders can provide feedback on the proposed reforms through written submissions and ask questions via town hall information sessions.

India’s Foreign Secretary Shri Vikram Misri hosted a Quad Sherpas’ Meeting in New Delhi, attended by Elly Lawson, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Hiroyuki Namazu, Japan Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Sergio Gor, Special Envoy to South and Central Asia and Ambassador of USA to India.

Today marks nine years since the Myanmar military launched targeted attacks against Rohingya communities in Rakhine State, causing mass displacement, widespread human rights violations and abuses, and enduring suffering.

Joint statement from the foreign ministries of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom on Israel closing the investigation into strikes on the World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza on 1 April 2024.