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The situation in the Middle East region remains volatile. There is still a risk of attacks and escalation. If you are in the region and want to leave, make plans to do so.

A career with the DFAT provides you with the opportunity to make a difference. You will learn new skills and undertake work that promotes and protects Australia's international interests.

Professor Jeffrey McGee and Professor Penelope Crossley have been appointed as DFAT’s Visiting Legal Fellows for 2026-2027.

On the second commemoration of Alexei Navalny’s death in a Russian penal colony, we once again express our deepest condolences to his family.

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Canberra and the Australian Government stand with the people of Afghanistan.

Australia is deeply concerned by ballistic missile launches carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), most recently on 27 January 2026, as well as on 4 January 2026, 7 November 2025 and 22 October 2025.

China’s military and coast guard exercises around Taiwan are deeply concerning, destabilising and risk inflaming regional tensions.

Australia welcomes the Joint Statement of the Third Cambodia–Thailand Special General Border Committee meeting on 27 December.

The Australian Government remains deeply concerned about ongoing military clashes between Cambodia and Thailand, including the rapid escalation in the scale and intensity of the conflict, the use of heavy destructive weapons and the growing humanitarian impact the fighting is having on both sides.