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Solomon Islands and Australia

Iumi Stanap Strong Tugeda (Standing Strong Together)

• Honiara is only a 3 hour flight from Brisbane
• Up to 10,000 Australians visit Solomon Islands each year
• 87 Australian volunteers in 2018-19
• 573 Australia Award Scholarships since 2007
• Maintained 692km or roads and 19 bridges in 2017-18 /$187 million in official development assistance in 2018-19
• New National Birthing Centre
• 102 Health care workers trained in providing clinical services to survivors of gender-based violence
• New Security Treaty
• 2 New Patrol Boats
• 1559 females trained in business income generating skills in 2017-18
• 210 Solomon Islanders graduated from APTC with internationally recognized tertiary and vocational qualifications in 2017
• $2 billion Australian Infrastructure Financing facility for the Pacific
• Coral Sea Cable System/High speed reliable internet from Sydney to Honiara and beyond
• 322 Number of female police officers Australia has helped train in Solomon Islands
• Almost 900 Australian businesses export goods to Solomon Islands
• $317 million worth of two way trade in 2017
• 101 school infrastructure projects completed over the last year, including 74 new classrooms and the expansion of 13 schools for Solomon Islands