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The Tonga 2022-23 COVID-19 Development Program Progress Report is the final progress report against the Tonga COVID-19 Development Response Plan. The report provides a summary of program achievements and progress against performance indicators.
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.
On Wednesday, 1 June, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong will travel to Samoa and Tonga, to renew and strengthen Australia's deep ties of friendship and family.
Australia Awards are prestigious international scholarships offered by the Australian Government to the next generation of global leaders for development. Through study and research, recipients develop necessary skills and knowledge to drive change and to build enduring people-to-people links with Australia.
France, Australia and New Zealand reiterate their solidarity with the Kingdom of Tonga, which have been hit hard following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on 15 January 2022.
HMAS Adelaide arrived in Tonga today with additional humanitarian and medical supplies, engineering equipment and helicopters to support logistics and distribution as Australia continues its support in partnership with the Tongan Government following the volcano and tsunami.
Tonga has agreed to Australia’s offer of a surveillance flight, to assess the damage caused by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano and the subsequent tsunami.