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Australia is deeply concerned by the guilty verdict handed down to Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong today.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong has appointed three career officials to lead Australia's diplomatic missions in Islamabad, Lisbon and Papeete.

In light of the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, we, the undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition, urge Israel to allow immediate independent foreign media access and afford protection for journalists operating in Gaza.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator the Hon Penny Wong and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence the Hon Richard Marles MP hosted the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs the Rt Hon David Lammy MP and the Secretary of State for Defence the Rt Hon John Healey MP for the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) in Sydney.

Forty years of the Australia Group: Successful international cooperation to prevent the spread of chemical and biological weapons

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong and Treasurer, the Hon Jim Chalmers MP, have announced the appointment of the Hon Stephen Jones as Australia’s next Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, has announced appointments of five career diplomats to lead Australia’s posts in Copenhagen, Manila, Riyadh, Colombo and Ankara.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council in Montreal has found Russia is responsible under international law for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on 17 July 2014.

The Governments of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States held the inaugural meeting of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team Steering Committee.

Today marks four years since the Myanmar military regime overthrew the democratically elected government in Myanmar, creating one of the largest crises in the Indo-Pacific.