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Ms Stephanie Copus Campbell has been appointed as Australia’s next Ambassador for Gender Equality. 

Ms Heather Ridout AO has been appointed as Australia’s next Consul-General in New York.

Minister for Trade and Tourism, Don Farrell, and German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and Vice Chancellor, Dr Robert Habeck have exchanged views on hydrogen, critical minerals cooperation and trade matters in Berlin.

The UN General Assembly adopted by a historic majority of almost two thirds a resolution that unequivocally calls for all countries to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty.

Australia is redoubling its efforts to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime.

The Australian Government is imposing Magnitsky-style sanctions on 13 individuals and two entities involved in egregious human rights violations and abuses.

Today Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Senator The Hon Don Farrell, Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State officially opened Australia's new Embassy in Bern, Switzerland

H.E. Mr. HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, H.E. Mr. HAMADA Yasukazu, Minister of Defence of Japan, the Hon. Richard Marles MP, the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, and Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, held the Tenth Japan-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations in Tokyo.

Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Pat Conroy MP will travel to the Kingdom of Tonga to strengthen our deep and longstanding partnership and to learn about Tonga’s priorities first-hand.

Australia has joined the G7 in implementing a price cap on seaborne Russian-origin oil.