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Tasmania will receive $7.46 million for iconic heritage and wilderness projects around the state as part of the Morrison Government’s $61.7 million budget spending on environmental restoration and recovery measures through the $1 billion COVID Relief Fund.

The Australian Government is building a more secure, resilient Australia with a $61.7 million investment in our environment, through the $1 billion COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund.

Innovative exporters and investors from across Australia will be celebrated in a recognition program that will highlight the incredible resilience shown by Australian businesses this year. 

Senior officials from Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade met by videoconference with representatives from the foreign ministries of India, Japan and the United States on 25 September for Quad consultations on the Indo-Pacific.

The Morrison Government has reinforced its commitment to improving the global investment environment with the ratification of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration also known as the Mauritius Convention.

The Australian Government is nominating Dr Robert Floyd as Australia's candidate for Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive-Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO).

Australia and Papua New Guinea share a longstanding mutually beneficial relationship, reaffirmed by the PNG-Australian Comprehensive Strategic and Economic Partnership (CSEP). Australia is concerned about the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 situation in PNG and is providing significant support for PNG’s response.

Australia and Germany have signed a new agreement to promote two-way trade and investment in hydrogen produced from renewable energy, supporting opportunities for new jobs and lower national carbon emissions.

Australia will expand our COVID-19 regional development pivot with additional support for Southeast Asia’s health security, stability and economic recovery.

Our thoughts are with Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert and her family on the second anniversary of her detention in Iran.