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Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs announced the appointment of Ms Lynn Bell as Australia's next Ambassador to Counter Modern Slavery, People Smuggling and Human Trafficking.

Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs and The Hon Pat Conroy MP, Minister for International Development and the Pacific have appointed Mr Ewen McDonald as Australia's next High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji and Australia's inaugural Special Envoy for the Pacific and Regional Affairs.

The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada and the UK are deeply concerned by recent events in Israel and the West Bank which further reduce the prospects for peace.

In the first 6 months of Australia's Free Trade Agreement with India, Australian businesses have benefitted from lower tariffs on more than $12 billion worth in exports.

Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs announces the recipients of the Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR) grants program for 2022-23.

The Australian Government will provide an additional $12.5 million to meet urgent humanitarian needs in Bangladesh and Myanmar following Tropical Cyclone Mocha.

The Australian Government has imposed targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on three persons involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong announced the appointment of five career public servants to lead Australian posts in Makassar, Athens, India, Bengaluru and Papeete.

The Governments of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America endorsed a Joint Declaration Against Trade-Related Economic Coercion and Non-Market Policies and Practices at a Ministerial meeting in Paris on 8 June 2023.