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Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, and Samoa’s Minister for Finance, the Hon Mulipola Anarosa Molioo Ale, convened and co-chaired the fourth virtual Pacific Women Leaders’ Network meeting.

The Governments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Timor‑Leste, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on behalf of the European Union, remain deeply concerned about the dire situation in Myanmar, its growing toll on the people of Myanmar, and its worsening implications for regional stability. A peaceful and non-violent resolution of the crisis and return to democracy is a matter of urgency.

I-Kiribati workers will support Queensland’s aged care sector from today, in a significant step forward for the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme.

Australia and Singapore are developing a Green Economy Agreement (GEA) that will further accelerate both countries’ transition towards a green and sustainable future, and help to create good jobs and lower carbon emissions.

Australia’s Minister for Trade, Investment and Tourism, the Hon Dan Tehan MP, and the Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment, His Excellency Mr Nguyen Chi Dung, co-chaired the Second Australia-Vietnam Economic Partnership Meeting on 8 October 2021.

The Australian Government is partnering our Pacific family, and with a leading international development organisation – DT Global – to grow agricultural trade with Pacific Island countries and enhance biosecurity.

Mr Robin McKenzie OAM as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Tuvalu.