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Foreign Arrangements Scheme
 

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Australia's free trade agreements (FTAs)

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WTO, G20, OECD, APEC and IPEF and ITAG

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Development

Australia’s development program

Who we work with

Development topics

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Where we deliver our Development Program

Humanitarian action

Where and how Australia provides emergency assistance.

Performance assessment

People-to-people

Australia Awards

New Colombo Plan

Public diplomacy

Foundations, councils and institutes

International Labour Mobility

Australian Volunteers Program

Supporting organisations in developing countries by matching them with skilled Australians. 

Sports diplomacy

Australia is a successful global leader and innovator in sport.

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai

A global platform for achievement, innovation, collaboration, and cooperation

About Australia

Australia is a stable, democratic and culturally diverse nation with a highly skilled workforce and one of the strongest performing economies in the world.

Australia in Brief publication

This is the 52nd edition of Australia in Brief, revised and updated in February 2021

Travel

Travel advice

To help Australians avoid difficulties overseas, we maintain travel advisories for more than 170 destinations.

International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate

Prove your COVID-19 vaccinations when you travel overseas.

Passports

The Australian Passport Office and its agents are committed to providing a secure, efficient and responsive passport service for Australia.

24-hour consular emergency helpline

Visas

Publications

Country Information Reports

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) prepares Country Information Reports for protection status determination purposes. They provide factual overviews distinct from Australian Government policy and do not contain policy guidance for decision makers.

According to Ministerial Direction 84 of 24 June 2019, issued under the Migration Act 1958:

Where the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has prepared [a] country information assessment expressly for protection status determination processes, and that assessment is available to the decision maker, the decision maker must take into account that assessment, where relevant, in making their decision. The decision maker is not precluded from considering other relevant information about the country.

Reports are prepared with regard to the protection visa caseload at a given point in time, without reference to individual applications. They provide DFAT’s best assessment at the time of writing.

Reports draw on in-country knowledge and discussions. They take into account reporting from a range of credible sources, including: other governments, United Nations agencies, human rights and civil society organisations, local and international media and academia. Source details may be omitted to protect sources.

Country information reports

Older reports are available to those with a reasonable request by emailing: CIS@dfat.gov.au

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