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The NCP Industry Symposium explored ways for business, government & universities to prepare more legal graduates for international careers.

Myles Kreis is a long way from his family's Gayndah beef property. His hometown, in south-west Queensland, is about 360km north of Brisbane and 145km west of Maryborough. It's about as different as you can get from his current city – Seoul – a metropolis of more than 10 million people.

A New Colombo Plan mobility study tour to Fiji has helped a group of Australian undergraduates gain a deeper appreciation of their own Indigenous culture.

In 2019, the New Colombo Plan will support 11,817 students to take part in 792 mobility projects in 36 host locations in the Indo-Pacific.

His journey has taken him from Gympie in regional Queensland to the bright lights of Japan’s fifth biggest city, Sapporo.

New Colombo Plan China scholar Harrison See, from Edith Cowan University, has always been interested in exploring cultural identity through his work.

Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Hon Julie Bishop MP, has appointed 14 New Colombo Plan Business Champions to continue strengthening connections with the private sector.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, and Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, have announced 120 New Colombo Plan scholarships to talented undergraduates to live, study and work in the Indo-Pacific region in 2018.

According to Chairman and CEO of Mitsui & Co. Australia, Mr Yukio Takebe: "The New Colombo Plan gives us a way of giving back to Australia, which has hosted us so hospitably over the decades."

Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Hon Julie Bishop MP, has launched the New Colombo Plan alumni ambassadors program and announced 39 students have been selected as Ambassadors.