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International relations

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Foreign Arrangements Scheme
 

Trade and investment

About free trade agreements (FTAs)

 

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For Australian exporters and importers

 

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Australia's free trade agreements (FTAs)

Trade and investment data, information and publications

 

WTO, G20, OECD, APEC and IPEF

 

Services and digital trade

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. 

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

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  • Getting help overseas

Visas

Publications

Country Information Reports

Country Information Reports are prepared by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for protection status determination purposes only. They provide DFAT's best judgment and assessment at time of writing and are distinct from Australian Government policy with respect to the countries in question. DFAT reports are a snapshot in time and situations in countries can change rapidly – for example, in Afghanistan and Myanmar.

The reports provide a general, rather than an exhaustive country overview. They are prepared with regard to the current caseload for decision makers in Australia without reference to individual applications for protection visas. Reports do not contain policy guidance for decision makers. Decision makers have access to a wide range of current country of origin information, in addition to DFAT Country Information Reports.

Ministerial Direction Number 84 of 24 June 2019, issued under s 499 of the Migration Act 1958, states that:

Where the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has prepared [a] country information assessment expressly for protection status determination purposes, 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 take into account relevant and credible open source reports, as well as information obtained on the ground.

Country information reports

Older reports are available on request.

These documents may not meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. If you require a fully accessible copy of this document or for further information, please contact please contact CIS@dfat.gov.au

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