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May-June 2026: Her Excellency the Hon Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, travelled to Apia for a bilateral visit on the occasion of Samoa's 64th Independence Day celebrations.
April 2026: Minister for Customs, the Hon Masinalupe Leatuavao Makesi Pisi attended the Joint Heads of Pacific Security Conference hosted by Australia in Brisbane.
April 2026: Associate Minister for Women, Community and Social Development, the Hon Afioga Tilafono David Hunter attended the Women Deliver Conference in Melbourne.
March 2026: Minister for Finance and Public Enterprises, the Hon Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo visited Sydney and Canberra for bilateral discussions relevant to her portfolio.
February 2026: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong travelled to Samoa for a bilateral visit, including signing a Memorandum of Understanding on Cyber Cooperation.
November 2025: Minister for Sport and Recreation, the Hon Seuamuli Fasi Toma, and Associate Minister for Sport and Recreation, Fiu Ponifasio Vasa, visited Sydney for the Rugby League Pacific Championship Cup Final.
July 2025: Minister for Climate Change and Energy, the Hon Chris Bowen MP visited Apia to discuss COP31 with Samoa's then Minister for Environment, Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster.
October 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, hosted by Samoa in Apia.
April 2024: then Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Tuala Tevaga Iosefo Ponifasio visited Sydney to attend the World Customs Organisations Regional Heads Meeting.
November 2023: then Minister for Police and Prisons, the Hon Faualo Harry Jeffrey Schuster, visited Australia for the handover of Samoa's new Guardian-class Patrol Boat, the Nafanua III in Perth and high-level meetings in Canberra.
September 2023: then Minister for the Environment and Water, the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP and then Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator the Hon Jenny McCallister travelled to Apia to attend the 31st Secretariate of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) meeting.
July 2023: then Minister for Women, Community and Social Development, the Hon Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo visited Brisbane to attend the FIFA Women's World Cup Gender Equality Symposium.
June 2023: His Excellency General the Hon David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), then Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia travelled to Apia for a bilateral visit.
April 2023: Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Pat Conroy MP, travelled to Apia for a bilateral visit.
March 2023: then Prime Minister of Samoa, the Hon Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa visited Canberra, Brisbane, Uluru and Tasmania on a Guest of Government visit.
September 2022: then Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, the Hon Toeolesulusulu Cedric Pose Salesa Schuster and then Minister for Women, Community and Social Development, the Hon Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo visited Brisbane to attend the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
July 2022: then Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, the Hon Toeolesulusulu Cedric Pose Salesa Schuster travelled to Sydney to attend the Sydney Energy Forum and Canberra for a bilateral visit.
June 2022: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong travelled to Apia for a bilateral visit.
September 2019: then Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi visited Sydney as a Guest of Government, including to watch a rugby match between Manu Samoa and the Wallabies.
August 2019: then Deputy Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa visited Perth to formally receive Samoa's new Guardian-class Patrol Boat under the Pacific Maritime Security Program.
November 2018: then Prime Minister Tuilaepa visited Brisbane en route to the APEC meeting in Port Moresby.
August 2018: then Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Julie Bishop and then Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells visited Apia.
September 2017: then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and then Minister for International Development and the Pacific Fierravanti-Wells, attended the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in Apia, Samoa.
July 2017: His Excellency General the Hon Sir Peter Cosgrove AK AC CVO MC (Ret'd), then Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, visited Samoa on a bilateral visit.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Laʻaulialemalietoa and signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding on Cyber Cooperation during her visit to Samoa in February 2026. Credit: DFAT.
