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One million additional Pfizer doses will begin arriving in Australia from tonight after a significant agreement was reached with the Republic of Poland.

As we enter the 75th year of India's independence, we continue to build ongoing collaboration between Australia and India under our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, including through the Australia-India Council (AIC) grants.

The Australian Government remains seriously concerned about Ms Cheng's detention and welfare and has regularly raised these issues at senior levels.

On 12 August, senior officials from Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, India’s Ministry of External Affairs, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US Department of State met by videoconference to progress initiatives agreed by Quad leaders at their inaugural Summit in March and by Foreign Ministers at their third meeting in February.

The Australian Government will reform and modernise Australia’s autonomous sanctions laws to enable the imposition of targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against the perpetrators of egregious acts of international concern.

ASEAN and the ASEAN-led architecture are central to Australia’s positive vision for an inclusive, resilient and open Indo-Pacific.

Today I announce the appointment of Ms Rachael Moore as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Tonga.

Today I announce the appointment of Ms Kerin Ayyalaraju as Australia’s next Ambassador to Denmark. Ms Ayyalaraju will also be accredited to Iceland and Norway.

DFAT will host a webinar on its new Australian Climate Finance Partnership (ACFP) at 1000 AEST Tuesday 10 August 2021. The ACFP aims to accelerate private sector investment in low emission, climate-resilient solutions for the Pacific and Southeast Asia.