This page links to media releases from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Media releases from our portfolio ministers are available on other websites.

2022

• Launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) – joint Statement, 23 May 2022
• Joint media release of Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand and the United States on the occasion of the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting, 23 May 2022
• Australian and Chinese officials discuss the Pacific, 6 May 2022
• Joint Press Release of the 13th meeting of the India-Australia Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism, 5 May 2022
• Joint Press Release: Australia and Denmark lead new global tech network, 24 March 2022
• Emergency humanitarian assistance to Tonga - Joint Statement from FRANZ, 1 February 2022
• 7th Australia-Lao PDR Human Rights Dialogue, 28 January 2022
• 17th Annual Australia-Viet Nam Human Rights Dialogue, 13 January 2022
• Joint Statement on Russian Court Decisions to Liquidate Memorial, 1 January 2022

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2021

• Joint Statement on detentions in Ethiopia, 07 December 2021
• Recent incidents in the South China Sea, 22 November 2021
• Joint Statement on the release of the OHCHR-EHRC joint investigation, 6 November 2021
• Joint Statement of Support for the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar, 15 October 2021
• Australia’s steadfast commitment to ASEAN centrality, 20 September 2021
• Joint Statement on the Seventh Indonesia-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministers 2+2 Meeting, 9 September 2021
• Joint Statement on Afghanistan Evacuation Travel Assurances, 30 August 2021
• Joint Statement on Afghanistan, 15 August 2021
• Seventh Australia-ROK Joint Economic Committee, 21 July 2021
• Call with Myanmar Deputy Commander-in-Chief, 16 June 2021
• United Nations Security Council open debate on The Middle East including The Palestinian question, 16 May 2021
• Joint Statement on the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, 27 April 2021
• Joint Statement on the WHO-Convened COVID-19 Origins Study, 30 March 2021
• Australia-Bangladesh Senior Officials’ Talks, 11 March 2021
• Australia-ROK senior officials policy dialogue on our support for Southeast Asia and ASEAN, 25 February 2021
• Australia-India-France Trilateral Senior Officials’ Meeting, 25 February 2021
• G7 Joint Statement - WHO Executive Board, 19 January 2021

2020

• Australia-India-Japan-United States Quad Senior Officials’ Meeting, 18 December 2020
• 12th meeting of the India-Australia Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism, 17 December 2020
• Commencement of the Foreign Arrangements Scheme, 10 December 2020
• Seventh Australia-ROK Strategic Dialogue, 11 November 2020
• Joint press release EU-Australia Joint Committee, 19 October 2020
• Statement on Dr Yang Hengjun, 10 October 2020
• Australia-India-Japan-United States Quad Consultations, 25 September 2020
• First Australia-India-France Trilateral Dialogue, 9 September 2020
• Australia-India-Japan Economic Ministers’ Joint Statement on Supply Chain Resilience, 1 September 2020
• European Union Cyber Sanctions Listings, 1 August 2020
• US Department of Justice indictment of cyber actors, 22 July 2020
• Joint Statement by the co-convenors of a meeting of Pacific Women Leaders, Australian Foreign Minister and Minister for Women Marise Payne, and Samoan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Natural Resources and the Environment Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, 4 June 2020
• DFAT Secretary discusses COVID-19 response with Indo-Pacific countries, 13 May 2020
• Protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights and promoting gender-responsiveness in the COVID-19 crisis, 6 May 2020
• Joint Ministerial Statement on action plans to facilitate the flow of goods and services as well as the essential movement of people, 1 May 2020
• DFAT Statement on arrangements at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, 9 April 2020
• Statement from the DFAT Secretary, 20 March 2020
• Statement on cost of assisted departures from Wuhan, 2 February 2020
• Shared bilateral and regional priorities feature at Senior Officials Meeting between Timor-Leste and Australia, 27 January 2020
• 6th Australia-China High Level Dialogue, 20 January 2020
• Taiwan elections, 12 January 2020
• Australia-Japan Ministerial Economic Dialogue, 10 January 2020

2019

• Third India-Australia-Indonesia Trilateral Senior Officials’ Dialogue, 18 December 2019
• Third Australia-India 2+2 Foreign and Defence Secretaries' Dialogue, 10 December 2019
• Joint Statement on the Sixth Indonesia-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministers 2+2 Meeting, 6 December 2019
• Statement on DFAT employee Julie Delforce, 19 November 2019
• Australia-India-Japan-United States 'Quad' Consultations, 4 November 2019
• 16th Annual Australia-Viet Nam Human Rights Dialogue, 9 September 2019
• 6th Australia-Lao Human Rights Dialogue, 28 August 2019
• Second EU-Australia Joint Committee highlights concrete steps forward in the bilateral partnership, 27 June 2019
• US, Japan, Australia Reaffirm Commitment to Indo-Pacific Infrastructure Development, 25 June 2019
• Australia-India-Japan-United States Consultations, 31 May 2019
• Statement on Julian Assange, 31 May 2019
• Statement from Australian Ambassador to the United States Hon. Joe Hockey , 22 February 2019
• Mr Yang Jun: update, 25 January 2019
• Consular Case in China, 23 January 2019

2018

• Statement to Australian Story on James Ricketson case, 17 December 2018
• Visit to Australia by His Excellency Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, 24 November 2018
• Australia-India-Japan-United States Consultations, 15 November 2018
• 1st EU-Australia Joint Committee charts the way forward for enhanced cooperation, 13 November 2018
• Fourth Australia-India Maritime Dialogue in Canberra, Australia, 5 November 2018
• 13th High Level Consultations between the Lao PDR and Australia further strengthens an important partnership, 1 November 2018
• First Senior Officials Meeting between Timor-Leste and Australia continues positive momentum in relationship, 16 October 2018
• Second India-Australia 2+2 Foreign And Defence Secretaries' Dialogue, 10 October 2018
• Second Indonesia-Australia-India Senior Officials' Strategic Dialogue, Canberra, Australia, 27 September 2018
• Australian Statement on the 15th Annual Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, 31 August 2018
• Rohingya crisis – One year on, 25 August 2018
• UK-Australia Trade Working Group Joint Statement, 30 July 2018
• Australia-India-Japan-United States consultations, 7 June 2018
• Meeting of the Australia-UK Trade Working Group, 27 April 2018

2017

• Joint statement calling for Japan to end lethal research whaling in the Southern Ocean, 18 December 2017
• Japan-Australia-India Foreign Secretaries' Trilateral Dialogue. 13 December 2017
• First India-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defence Secretaries' Dialogue. 12 December 2017
• The first Indonesia-Australia-India Senior Officials' Strategic Dialogue, Bogor, Indonesia, 28 November 2017
• Australia-India-Japan-United States consultations on the Indo-Pacific, 12 November 2017
• IAEA completes nuclear security advisory mission, 10 November 2017
• Report finds trade supports one-in-five jobs, 31 October 2017
• 1st Australia-Islamic Republic of Iran Human Rights Dialogue, 29 August 2017
• 14th Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, 21 August 2017
• Australia Indonesia Youth Exchange Program: Applications now open, 18 August 2017
• Australia-ASEAN Council promotes food and agricultural trade with ASEAN partners, 15 August 2017
• Joint UK-Australia Statement on Cyber Co-operation, 26 July 2017
• Statutory Review of Existing Autonomous Sanctions Listings in Relation to Ukraine - Public consultations, 14 July 2017
• High-Level Security Dialogue with China: Joint Statement, 24 April 2017
• Australia's trade by State and Territory, 7 February 2017
• Strong trade results for Australia, 16 January 2017

2016

• Statutory review of existing Autonomous Sanctions listings – DPRK – public consultations, 24 October 2016
• Australia-United States dialogue in support of the human rights of LGBTI persons, 14 October 2016
• Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program: Applications now open, 6 October 2016
• Allegations of diversion of Australian aid funds to Hamas, 5 August 2016
• Statutory review of UN counter-terrorism listings – public consultation, 29 July 2016
• NAIDOC Week 2016, 5 July 2016
• International Day of the Tropics, 29 June 2016
• Australian support for the 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, 22 June 2016
• Celebrating 70 years of diplomatic relations with the Philippines, 20 June 2016
• Statutory review of UN counter-terrorism listings – public consultation, 10 June 2016
• Statutory review of existing autonomous sanctions public consultation, 7 June 2016
• 2016 DFAT Ramadan message
• Australia-ASEAN Council building inter-school links in South-East Asia, 30 May 2016
• China's Foreign NGO Management Law, 04 May 2016
• Australia-Indonesia Institute grants, 16 March 2016
• Australia hosts Antarctic talks with China, 1 March 2016
• Review of existing UN terrorism listing – public submissions, 12 February 2016
• Taiwan elections, 17 January 2016
• Joint statement on whaling and safety at sea, 12 January 2016
• Australia-Japan Foundation 40th anniversary, 1 January 2016

2015

• Grants strengthen Australia-Arab relations, 21 December 2015
• Australia-ASEAN Council inaugural grants, 16 December 2015
• Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb awarded 'Policy Maker of the Year', 4 December 2015
• The Royal Navy's HMS Protector in Hobart ahead of historic Southern Ocean patrol, 1 December 2015
• DFAT Launches Women in Leadership strategy, 23 November 2015
• Grants strengthen Australia Latin America relations, 17 November 2015
• DFAT security to be provided by Indigenous supplier, 13 October 2015
• Joint Statement: Inaugural Australia-India Cyber Policy Dialogue, 31 August 2015
• Australian trade continues to grow, 4 August 2015
• Demonstration outside Chinese Consulate-General, Sydney, 23 July 2015
• Recent human rights developments in China, 17 July 2015
• Counter-terrorism related sanctions listing, 4 June 2015
• Amazing voices of Africa, 29 April 2015
• Australia-Korea Foundation 2015-16 funding round open, 10 March 2015
• Australia's Trade by State and Territory, 25 February 2015
• Celebrating 50 years of DFAT's Composition of Trade publication, 25 February 2015
• Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis listed for counter-terrorism targeted financial sanctions, 25 February 2015
• Inaugural Australia-Japan Cyber Policy Dialogue, 13 February 2015
• Australia-Japan Foundation Welcomes 15 January Start for Trade Agreement with Japan, 6 January 2015

2014

• Be a smart traveller these holidays, 19 December 2014
• Sports Diplomacy: DFAT Hosts AFC Asian Cup Trophy, 9 December 2014
• Trade agreement strengthens regional ties, 5 December 2014
• Australia-Japan Foundation Chair Mr Murray Mclean AO, receives the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from the Government Of Japan, 21 November 2014
• 50th Australia in Brief publication showcases our country, 17 October 2014
• 'The Embassy' television documentary series, 16 October 2014
• Australia's trade with East Asia grows, 14 October 2014
• Review of five existing UN terrorism listings – public submissions, 24 September 2014
• Promoting cultural, educational and scientific links with Thailand, 15 September 2014
• First procurment under the International Communications Network program, 16 August 2014
• Cultural grants connect Australian creativity and education innovation with Malaysia, 14 August 2014
• Australia's trade in services for 2013, 5 August 2014
• Eleventh Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, 1 August 2014
• Cultural grants connect Australian creativity with the world, 28 July 2014
• Australia's resource export volumes surge in 2013, 25 July 2014
• Japanese Prime Minister Abe's announcement on Japanese security policies, 2 July 2014
• Australia supports ASEAN's infrastructure development, 26 May 2014
• DFAT wins e-learning awards for education project , 23 May 2014
• Flooding in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, 22 May 2014
• Women's economic empowerment a priority for Australia, 22 May 2014
• Declaration of martial law in Thailand, 19 May 2014
• Statement on developments in the South China Sea, 14 May 2014
• Environmental Goods Trade Negotiations: Call For Submissions, 15 April 2014
• The Australia-Thailand Institute 2014-15 General Grant Program, 26 March 2014
• Australia records strong trade surplus in January, 6 March 2014
• Trade in services increase in 2012-13, 4 March 2014
• 15th Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue, 20 February 2014
• Northern Territory trade volumes surge, 11 February 2014
• Professor Takatoshi Ito to deliver Australia-Japan Foundation Annual Address, 5 February 2014

2013

• Joint statement on whaling and safety at sea, 20 December 2013
• New Smartraveller business travel advice, 13 December 2013
• Australia-Korea Foundation welcomes conclusion of free trade agreement negotiations, 5 December 2013
• Foreign Minister renews UN terrorism listings, 25 November 2013
• IAEA Completes Nuclear Security Review Mission In Australia, 15 November 2013
• DFAT Launches Book: Wife and Baggage to Follow, 22 October 2013
• Smartraveller advice to Schoolies and Leavers, 22 October 2013
• Australia hosts second round of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Negotiations in Brisbane, 3 October 2013
• ICT Industry Briefing, 2 October 2013
• Consular: Detention of Greenpeace activist in Russia – update, 30 September 2013
• DFAT supports "Australia" exhibition at the Royal Academy, 25 September 2013
• Australia's trade and investment with APEC grows, 16 September 2013
• Joint Statement on Syria, 6 September 2013
• Australia brings women's voices to New York on peacebuilding, 6 September 2013
• Trade deficit in July 2013, 5 September 2013
• Australia taking lead role in international efforts to raise standards and accountability for private security contractors, 15 August 2013
• Australia welcomes UN cyber report, 13 August 2013
• Australia's trade with East Asia, Europe and the Americas: 2012, 13 August 2013
• Australia welcomes Mexico into Australia Group, 13 August 2013
• Appointment of new Executive Committee Members to Council on Australia Latin American Relations, 7 August 2013
• DFAT congratulates Australian Arts in Asia Award winners, 2 August 2013
• Strengthening ties with Asia through support for Australian arts, 30 June 2013
• Australia's trade in services for 2012, 30 July 2013
• Australia's export volumes grow strongly in 2012, 20 June 2013
• Review of UN terrorism listings – Public Submissions, 12 June 2013
• DFAT announces new Data Centre partnership with Canberra Data Centres, 11 April 2013
• The Australia-Japan Foundation welcomes students to Victoria from Japanese disaster zone, 25 March 2013
• DFAT confirms IT contract to improve passport security, efficiency and integrity, 22 March 2013
• Australia's trade in services for 2011-12, 5 March 2013
• Travel Tale winners announced, 3 March 2013
• Trade success in Australia's states and territories, 19 February 2013

2012

• Ministers welcome the adoption of the UN Resolution on the Final Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, 24 December 2012
• Agriculture exports bounce back in 2011-12, 21 December 2012
• China's rise dominates yearly trade round-up, 21 December 2012
• Joint statement on whaling and safety at sea, 21 December 2012
• Technology makes smart travel simple, 5 November 2012
• Leaders of disaster-stricken Japanese communities visit Australia, 5 October 2012
• Australia expresses concern over ILO team's departure from Fiji, 20 September 2012
• Consular services: Letter to Seven Network's Today Tonight, 3 September 2012
• Australia's trade expands in face of global turbulence, 28 August 2012
• Australia trades $109 billion in services in 2011, 26 July 2012
• Australian exports surge to new record, 11 July 2012
• NAIDOC Week 2012, 11 July 2012
• Fourteenth Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue, 10 July 2012
• Primary product exports nudge record $200 billion in 2011, 21 June 2012
• Australia Group Plenary 2012 - Media Release, 15 June 2012
• Foundation for Australian Studies in China, 16 May 2012
• Ensure mum gets the break she deserves this Mother's Day, 4 May 2012
• Playground for children displaced by the Fukushima nuclear accident, 20 April 2012
• Gold Coast welcomes students from Japanese disaster zone, 27 March 2012
• Australian Government - Australia-Japan Foundation, 14 March 2012
• Autonomous financial sanctions: Transition of regulatory responsibility, 7 March 2012
• Australia trades $108 billion in services in 2010-11, 3 March 2012
• Inaugural Australian Indigenous cultural festival in Cuba, 27 January 2012
• Western and South Australia lead export growth, 24 January 2012
• Seeking Public Submissions for the Charter of the Commonwealth, 10 January 2012
• Australia records its ninth consecutive trade surplus in November 2011, 5 January 2012

2011

• Agricultural Exports Bounce Back in 2010–11, 14 December 2011
• Australia's strong trade performance continues, 12 December 2011
• Australian Exports Approach $300 billion, 8 December 2011
• Australia's trade with Africa rebounds, 1 December 2011
• Five listed under terrorist asset-freezing regime, 15 November 2011
• APEC Trade and Investment in 2010, 7 November 2011
• DFAT passports IT upgrade goes out to tender, 30 September 2011
• Australia's trade with East Asia, the Americas, and the European Union: 2010, 17 August 2011
• Australia's finance and insurance foreign affiliate trade, 5 August 2011
• Australian trade surplus reaches record high in 2010-11, 3 August 2011
• Trade with China Hits $100 billion, 29 June 2011
• Australia's Trade in Primary and Manufactured products 2010 - record trade surplus, 22 June 2011
• China becomes Australia's largest services export market, 15 March 2011
• Summit marks International Women's Day, 8 March 2011
• Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, 21 February 2011
• Second charter flight for Australians departing Egypt, 1 February 2011
• Australia's trade by state and territory, 31 January 2011

2010

• China tops trade in goods and services, 22 December 2010
• Australia's exports of primary and manufactured products 2009-10, 9 December 2010
• Know the rules for travelling with PBS medicine this Christmas, 7 December 2010
• APEC Trade and Investment in 2009, 12 November 2010
• Elizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award, 23 September 2010
• Regional Operational Experts Group Meeting and Exercise Pacific Protector '10, 13 September 2010
• Canonisation Ceremony for the Blessed Mary MacKillop, 10 September 2010
• Safety Campaign for International Students, 6 August 2010
• Australia's International Television Broadcasting Service, 19 July 2010
• Scheme for the Recognition of Bodies to Issue Certificates of Origin for Free Trade Agreements, 19 July 2010
• 14th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, 23 June 2010
• Appointments to the Board of the Australia-Japan Foundation, 7 June 2010.
• Australian trade volumes grow despite financial crisis, 4 June 2010.
• Appointment of Director General of AusAID, 12 May 2010.
• Thirteenth session of the Human Rights Council, 27 March 2010
• Joint approach to stabilise and rebuild Afghanistan - joint media release - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), AusAID, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF). 2 March 2010
• Australian National Commission for UNESCO recognises the 150th Melbourne Cup, 1 February 2010
• Exports of Primary and Manufactured Products Australia 2008-09, 29 January 2010
• Australian Statement on Haiti – UN Human Rights Council, 29 January 2010

2009

• Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, 10 December
• Strengthening Political Cooperation with Mexico, 7 December
• Australia's Composition of Trade 2008-09, 30 November
• Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Torres Strait Treaty, 5 November
• Australian and African parliamentarians working for food security, 23 October
• Meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, 8 October
• Australian elected as Chair of Executive Committee of the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 6 October
• Australia's trade with East Asia, the European Union and the Americas in 2008, 3 September
• Australia-Malaysia Institute: Strengthening Australia's Ties with Malaysia, 18 August
• Appointment of Acting Director-General of AusAID, 1 July
• Exports of Primary and Manufactured Products, 2008, 23 June
• Australia's Composition of Trade 2008, 17 June
• Australian Grant to the Nuclear Security Fund of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 8 May
• Australia's trade in services grows strongly, 18 March
• The 2009 Australia-Japan Talkback Classroom Forum, 16 March
• Australian and Indonesian teachers build BRIDGE of learning and friendship, 13 March
• AKF Scholarships to strengthen Australia's engagement with the Republic of Korea, 6 March
• Doing business with the Arab world, 5 March
• Promising Indigenous students recognised in DFAT's Roni Ellis Indigenous Study Awards, 23 February
• Travel Bulletin for Australians travelling to Turkey for ANZAC Day, 19 February
• State exports rose strongly in 2007-08, 28 January
• New procedures for Australians travelling to the USA, 7 January

2008

• 22 December, Australia's finest arts and culture to shine at the Shanghai World Expo 2010
• 22 December, International Venue Group to provide staffing, retail and operations services for the Australian pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010
• 18 December, Exports of Primary and Manufactured Products in 2007-08
• 25 November, Australia's Composition of Trade 2007-08
• 20 November, International Venue Group to Provide Staffing, Retail and Operations Services for the Australian Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010
• 13 November, Smartraveller Consultative Group Meeting on Indonesia
• 6 November, Bovis Lend Lease to Build Australian Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010
• 1 October, New Passport Application Forms
• 18 September, Australian Company Wins Major Contract for Shanghai World Expo 2010
• 7 August, Australian digital game design exports exceed $100 million
• 7 August, Opening of HIV shelter for children, Mexico
• 28 July, Australia's trade with East Asia, the European Union and the Americas in 2007
• 25 June, New Passport Application Forms
• 24 June, Nickel Exports Shine: New DFAT Trade Report: Exports of Primary Products and Manufactures in 2007
• 19 May, Australia's Composition of Trade 2007
• 17 April, Australia's Exports in the December Quarter
• 28 March, Services Exports Continue to Rise in 2006-07
• 17 March, International Design Competition for the International Criminal Court
• 12 March, Rebuilding Afghanistan exhibition
• 25 February, Australia's Exports in the September Quarter
• 8 February, WA leads states in exports, NT grows fastest

2007

• 16 November, Dr Ashton Calvert AC
• 15 November, Roni Ellis Indigenous Study Awards 2007 - Recipients Announced
• 29 October, Remembered exhibition commemorates the 90^th anniversary of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• 16 October, Exports continue to grow in the June quarter
• 2 August, R.G. Neale Lecture 2007 – Australia's relations with China
• 23 July, Australia-Mexico IPPA enters into force
• 13 July, Inaugural Australia-China Council Churchill Fellowship
• 6 July, Celebrating 50 years of trade with Japan - Australia's best customer
• 2 July, Trade Statistical Publication now free-on-line
• 26 June, Australia celebrates 60 years of contributing to UNESCO's culture of peace
• 18 June, The Prospects for Uranium Enrichment in Australia - Correcting the Record
• 15 June, Exports of Primary Products and Manufactures Posted Double-Digit Growth in 2006
• 10 May, Australia's Record Breaking Export Performance in 2006
• 17 April, Australian-Mexican Joint Expert Group
• 12 April, All Export Sectors Expanded in 2006
• 10 March, Death of Australian Diplomat, Elizabeth O'Neill, OAM
• 1 February, Exports of Primary and Manufactured Products Continue to Grow Strongly
• 12 January, APEC Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM), Canberra 15-26 January 2007
• 11 January, Export Growth Broad Based in the September Quarter

2006

• 14 December, Australia-China Council Funding for Churchill Fellowship
• 6 December, Publication Commemorates the 30^th Anniversary of Papua New Guinea's Independence
• 17 October, Roni Ellis Indigenous Study Awards 2006 - Recipients Announced
• 6 October, Metallic Finish to Financial Year's Exports
• 22 August, Services Exports Continue to Rise
• 20 July, Trade Growth Strong Across Major Regions
• 13 July, Stronger Export Performance from the Rural Sector
• 30 June, Primary Products Fuel Export Growth
• 18 May, Australia's Record Trade Performance
• 5 April, Exports of Resources and Manufactures Driven by Strong World Demand
• 22 March, Services Exports Crucial Contributor to Trade Performance
• 20 February, New Publication Features Trade by States And Territories
• 7 February, Allegations Made Before Cole Commission
• 25 January, Australia and New Zealand Maritime Delimitation Treaty Enters Into Force

2005

• 23 December, Resources Sector Continues to Buoy Exports
• 16 December, Exports of Australian Manufactures Rebound
• 15 December, Women Working for Australia Exhibition
• 28 November, Strong Global Economy Pulls Australian Exports Higher
• 17 October, Roni Ellis Indigenous Study Awards 2005
• 26 September, Strong Resources Sector Leads to Record Australian Exports
• 26 August, Australia – Thailand Institute Announces Grants Program
• 25 August, DFAT Employee Wins Expand EA/PA of the Year for 2005
• 28 July, Greening Australia Recognises Environmental Efforts
• 12 July, New Publications Feature Regional Trade
• 29 June, Australia's Export Recovery Consolidates
• 7 June, Primary Products Drive Export Rebound
• 13 May, Report Highlights Trade Rebound
• 6 May, Education Exports Lead Services Trade Growth
• 20 April, Australia - China FTA: Call for Public Submissions
• 15 April, Australia-Malaysia FTA: Call for Public Submissions
• 4 April, Australia's Exports Continue to Strengthen
• 17 March, Australia UAE FTA: Call For Public Submissions
• 16 March, Australian Perspectives On WTO Dispute Settlement
• 14 February, Visit By Australia's European Heads Of Mission
• 14 February, First Meeting of Officials Under the AUSFTA.
• 1 February, New Publication Features Trade by States and Territories

2004

• 10 December, Rebound in Exports Assisted by Strong Asian Demand
• 3 December, Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand FTA: Call For Submissions
• 3 December, Roni Ellis Indigenous Study Awards 2004 Recipients Announced
• 22 November, Australia in International Agreement to Forgive Iraq's Debt
• 18 November, Australian Business Leaders to Attend APEC CEO Summit
• 11 October, Bali Tragedy Commemorations
• 1 September, Launch of Australia in the World: the Foreign Affairs and Trade Files
• 26 August, Strong Export Growth to European Union in 2003
• 19 August, Australia-Malaysia FTA Scoping Study: Call for Submissions
• 9 July, Exports Rise an Average of Seven Percent Per Year
• 3 June, Composition of Trade Report Released
• 7 May, New Publication Features Trade by States and Territories
• 30 April, CIE Study Confirms Gains from an Australia-US Free Trade Agreement
• 22 April, Education Exports Lead Services Trade Growth
• 31 March, Australia-China FTA Joint Feasibility Study call for Public Submissions
• 9 March, CIE to do Australia-US FTA Economic Analysis
• 12 January, Ten Years of Strong Export Growth Despite a Challenging 2002-03

2003

• 8 December, Arrest of Andrew Te'e
• 17 October, Roni Ellis Indigenous Study Awards 2003 Recipients Announced
• 1 October, Trade With Eu And The Americas Rises Despite Challenges
• 4 July, Launch of Kickin' up dust Photo Exhibition
• 21 May, Goods exports rise despite challenges
• 15 May, Services exports remain strong
• 22 March, Possible Terrorist Activity in Surabaya, Indonesia
• 24 February, Seasons of the Kunwinjku, Aboriginal art from West Arnhem Land, DFAT's International touring Indigenous Art Exhibition
• 11 February, Visit by Indonesian Religious Leaders
• 6 February, Betterridge's Passport Cancelled
• 7 January, Australia's Statement to the IAEA Board of Governors Following the IAEA Director-General's Report on the Implementation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement Between the IAEA and North Korea - Vienna 6 January 2003

2002

• 21 November, Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement: Call for Submissions
• 27 October, Repatriation for Bali Bomb Victims
• 25 October, Repatriation for Bali Bomb Victims
• 17 October, Roni Ellis Indigenous Study Award 2002: Recipients Announced
• 13 October, Bali Explosions
• 26 July, White Paper on Foreign and Trade Policy - Statement by DFAT Secretary
• 22 July, Ambassador Flies to Venice Following Suspected Meningococcal Death
• 19 July, Australia-Thailand: Trade Negotiations - Call for Submissions
• 19 July, Call for Public Submissions on Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
• 5 July, DFAT Takes Tiwi Island Art to the World
• 28 June, New Priority Passport Service
• 07 May, Study on an Australia-Thai Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Points to Real Benefits for both Countries
• May, Seasons of the Kunwinjku, Aboriginal art from West Arnhem Land, DFAT's International touring Indigenous Art Exhibition
• 16 April, Advancing the National Interest: Call for Public Submissions
• 14 March, Australia's 100 Years of Trade
• 11 March, September 11 - Newspaper Claims
• 07 March, Changing Corporate Asia - What Business Needs to Know
• 07 March, Women in Agriculture Pay Their Way

2001

• India: Economic Analytical Unit Report, 5 December
• India: New Economy Old Economy, the latest report by the Economic Analytical Unit, 3 December
• Australia-Indonesia Institute Announces Recipients of Journalist Scholarship Program, 3 December
• Trade and Investment in the APEC Region, 30 October
• APEC Automotive Dialogue Report to APEC Ministers, 24 October
• Report on Globalisation, Poverty and Inequality, 15 October
• US Terrorist Attacks - Australian Involvement , 12 September
• Trade in Services Australia 1999-2000 - Release of Publication, 30 August
• Deadline for Public Submissions on WTO-Related Issues Looms, 25 July
• Australian Communications Hub to Support Nuclear Test Ban, 11 July
• Nuclear Safeguards - Memorandum of Understanding Between Australian and Indonesian Authorities, 5 June
• WTO Consultations to be held in Sydney and Melbourne, 19 June
• BIAK Suppression Claim is Baseless, 3 June
• East Timor: Plunkett Allegations, 17 May
• Workshop Addresses Small Arms Problem in the South Pacific, 11 May
• Australia Hosts Pacific Islands Forum Small Arms Workshop, 8 May
• Special Envoy for Cyprus Meets President Clerides, 10 April
• Joint Statement on the Proposed Australia-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, 6 April
• Gaisford Settlement, 29 March
• Australian IP industry boost for regional business opportunities, 21 March
• Australia Hosts Meeting of Asia-Pacific Intellectual Property Group, 19 March
• Women Playing Vital Role in Australian Diplomacy, 8 March
• Asia Heads of Mission Meet in Canberra, 7 March
• Visit by Canadian Public Policy Expert, 6 February

2000

• The Jenkins Case, 1 December
• Australian Diplomatic Communications Network (ADCNET) Project, 1 November
• Foreign and Trade Ministry Best Practice Review, 17 October
• Release of Document on East Timor, 19 September
• Amendment to Australia-Japan bilateral Safeguards Agreement, 3 August
• NAIDOC WEEK 2000 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture, 30 June
• Solomon Islands: Return of Evacuees to Australia, 11 June
• Solomon Islands: HMAS Tobruk Evacuation, 9 June
• Travellers to Gallipoli Should Plan Early, 17 March
• Media Reports Concerning the Handling of Classified Material in the Australian Embassy in Washington, 15 February
• Visit to Australia by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 4 February

1999

• Australian Travellers Urged to be Y2K-Ready, 21 December
• Alexander Downer at the National Press Club, 29 November
• Seattle - Australia's Best Chance For Opening Export Markets, 22 November
• Australia and France Sign an Implementing Arrangement, 15 November
• Australian and United States Sign Technology Transfer Unit, 1 November
• OECD Secretary-General Donald J. Johnston to Visit Australia, 8 October
• Australia and New Zealand Sign Bilateral Safeguards Agreement, 14 September
• Amendment To Australia-Japan Bilateral Safeguards Agreement, 10 September
• DFAT leads the Australian Public Service onto the New Silk Road, 27 August
• New Head for Automotive Market Access, 27 August
• Press Articles On Australia-US Discussions On East Timor, 2 August
• Singapore and Australia Announce Young Ambassadors Program, 28 July
• Composition of Trade Australia 1998 - Release of Publication, 8 July
• Department Of Foreign Affairs And Trade To Celebrate Aboriginal And Torres Strait IslanderCulture, 2 July
• Portugal - Change of Visa Requirements for Australians, 29 June
• Expo 2000 Project Developer Appointed, 16 June
• New Trade Publication Shows Manufactures Still Growing, 19 April
• Visit To Australia By The President Of Hungary - Media Opportunities, 10 February
• Composition of Trade Australia 1997-98 - Release of publication, 21 January

1998

• Australia Strengthens Ties With Greece, 2 December
• Launch Of Major Touring Exhibition - 'New Directions' - Aboriginal Australia And Business, 9 November
• The APEC Region Trade and Investment - Release of Publication, 5 November
• Exhibition Highlights Australia's Cultural Diversity, 22 October
• Expanding Asia-Pacific Networks: Good News for the Textile and Clothing Industries, 22 October
• Situation in Bali, 8 October
• Australia Committed To A World Free Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction, 22 September
• Geneva Conference On South Asia's Nuclear Tests, 7 September
• New Australian Safeguards And Non-Proliferation Office, 31 August
• Deaths of Australian Journalists in East Timor, 24 August
• Cambodia Nuon Paet, 22 July
• Singapore Australia Business Forum (SABAF), 12 June
• Australia's Statement to the Conference on Disarmament, 2 June
• Australia-Euratom Nuclear Safeguards: Plutonium Retransfers, 1 June
• Exports of Primary and Manufacturing Products, 1 June
• Analysis of Australian Trade Released, 22 May
• Executive Pilot Program - Women on Boards, 30 March
• Iraqi Charge d'Affaires Called into DFAT, 9 February
• South Africa Joins the Cairns Group of Agricultural Countries, 2 February
• Australia Condemns Bombing, 30 January

1997

• New Reports Confirm the Benefits of Liberalisation, 12 December
• The APEC Region Trade and Investment - Release of Publication, 3 December
• Postponement of Visit by Netherlands Foreign Minister, 6 November
• Deputy PM to Open DFAT Childcare Centre, 22 October
• Australia signs new Convention on Compensation for Nuclear Damage, 3 October
• Australia-Republic of Korea Nuclear Safeguards: Front-End Retransfer Agreement, 13 August
• Australia-China Joint Ministerial Economic Commission Meeting, 22 July
• DFAT Opens Climate Change Website, 15 July
• Report Recommends Revised Charge for Uranuim Producers, 23 June
• Romanian Reforms Bring Business Opportunities, 28 April
• United Nations Compensation Commission - Payment of Claims Resulting from the Iraqui Invasion of Kuwait, 19 May
• Minister Meets Korean Scholarship Students, 13 February
• Composition of Trade - Release of publication, 16 January

1996

• Federal Court Decision relating to Mr Alistair Gaisford, 29 November
• Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention, 27 November
• Philipines Country Economic Brief, 21 November
• Opening of Australia's Largest Passport Office, 21 November
• The APEC Region, Trade and Investment - Release of publication, 20 November
• Torres Strait Meeting, 20 November
• Allegations by The Age of Security Breach, 13 November
• Australia United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) Sydney, 16 July
• Suspension of Sanctions against the Bosnian Serb Party, 12 April
• Presentation Of Credentials: Ambassador To Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia, 6 March
• Mururoa And Fangataufa Test Site Study, 5 March

1995

• Avalanches in Nepal: Australian trekkers, 16 November
• IPU conference calls on France and China to cease nuclear weapons testing, 5 October
• DFAT GATT/WTO Press Release, 18 August
• German Interest in Asia - Boost for Australia, 4 August
• Appointment of new Director General for AusAID, 2 August
• Cambodia: Trial of Killer of Ms Kellie Wilkinson, 27 July
• Research Paper on Trade and Competition Policy, 23 July
• French Nuclear Testing Regional Action Committee, 19 July
• Chinese Media Delegation To Visit Australia, 28 June
• Australia - Korea Joint Economic Committee, 14 June
• Aldred allegations against M.J. Costello - Secretary Of The Department Of Foreign Affairs And Trade. Statement By Mr Costello, 5 June
• Apec Seminar On Intellectual Property Rights, 22 May
• East Asian Hemisphere Ambassadors To Meet In Canberra, 1 May
• Grawemeyer Award To Senator Evans, 27 April
• The Department Of Foreign Affairs And Trade Joins The Information Superhighway, 23 April
• Visit To Australia By Executive Deputy President Of The Republic Of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, 21 April
• Head Of Plo Political Department To Visit Australia, 26 March