Contributing to Peace and Stability, at Home and in Our Region
Defence
- Enhance the Australian Defence Force's access and deployments through Singapore.
- Increase the Singapore Armed Force's access to Enhanced Training Facilities in Australia.
- Deepen Defence Science and Technology Cooperation.
- Strengthen cooperation in Defence Logistics and Supply Chains.
- Expand professional Defence Exchanges and Collaboration.
Border, Security and Policing
- Implement the 'Border of the Future' partnership on immigration, customs and coast guard.
- Renewed MOU on combatting transnational crime and police cooperation.
- MOU on police operational Science and Technology cooperation.
- Implement MOU on Cooperation in Security Matters.
- Expanded Security Dialogue.
Geostrategic, Capacity Building and Legal
- Establish regularised track consultations and dialogues on conflict prevention efforts.
- Track 1 Expert Level Talks on geostrategic, strategic communications and international legal issues.
- MOU on a Third-Country Training Programme to jointly extend technical assistance to Southeast Asian countries.
- Progress a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.
Connecting our Economies
Economics, Trade and Investment
- Establish cooperation on economic resilience through an MoU on Economic Resilience.
- Establish the Australia-Singapore Economic Resilience Dialogue.
- Work towards an arrangement on trade in essential supplies.
- Increase two-way trade and investment aligned with Invested: Australia's Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040 and the Future Made in Australia plan.
- Deepen cooperation on food security, including under our landmark bilateral Food Pact.
- Continue implementation of the Digital Economy Agreement.
- Strengthen food supply resilience, including through the Simplified Transshipment Model to encourage trade and distribution of Australian food products through Singapore to the wider region.
Regional and Multilateral Cooperation
- Commit to WTO reform and support for the multilateral trading system.
Connectivity
- Continue discussions on maritime supply chains.
- Reviewing the bilateral Air Services Agreement.
Transitioning To Net-Zero
- Hold a Ministerial Dialogue on Energy.
- Deepen collaboration under the Green Economy Agreement with new and refreshed initiatives.
- Implement the Green and Digital Shipping Corridor.
- Enhanced collaboration to support the ASEAN Power Grid.
- Enhanced cooperation on batteries and low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia certification schemes.
- Share information on battery technologies.
- Accelerate the region's energy transition through Singapore's Financing Asia's Transition Partnership (FAST-P).
- Promote bilateral partnerships between businesses to drive trade and commerce in green industry sectors.
- Develop standards and frameworks to inform nature finance and markets in the region.
- Work towards a legally binding bilateral instrument for the cross-border movement of carbon dioxide for offshore geological sequestration.
- Launch the bilateral Cross-Border Electricity Trade Framework.
Forging New Frontiers
- Establish the Australia-Singapore Partnership on Innovation and Research (ASPIRE).
- Establish a Cyber and Digital Senior Officials' Dialogue.
- Renew the Cyber MOU.
- Implement the Artificial Intelligence MOU.
- Uplift research partnerships, to foster bilateral research and development through collaboration between universities.
- Continued engagement on health, including deepening cooperation through the Health Policy Dialogue on topics of mutual interest such as digital health and ageing.
- Establish a regular senior officials Space Dialogue to deepen space cooperation and expand collaboration between our space sectors.
Deepening Friendships and Capabilities
- Institute regular education policy dialogue at the Ministerial level.
- Expand cooperation in sustainability education, student well-being, teacher exchanges, continuing education and training, and tertiary partnerships.
- Explore discussions on transnational education.
- Explore a regular roundtable to facilitate more regular exchanges between our universities.
- Establish Australia Awards scholarships for Singaporean postgraduate students in areas of mutual interest.
- Enhance collaboration in public administration under the renewed MoU on Cooperation between the Australian Public Service Commission and the Singapore Public Service Division.
- Enhance collaboration in culture and the arts, including through the Australia-Singapore Arts Group.
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