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The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, has announced the Australia-Korea Foundation grant recipients for 2023-24. These grants strengthen collaboration between Australia and the Republic of Korea by advancing our shared political, economic, and social interests.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, has announced the Australia-Japan Foundation grant recipients for 2023-24. The Foundation advances Australia's foreign and trade policy interests with Japan by supporting partnerships in areas of shared interest and increasing Australian engagement with Japan.

Australia notes the results of the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh on 7 January.

On the second anniversary of the closure of Stand News and arrest of its staff, whose prosecution remains ongoing, the members of the Media Freedom Coalition issued the following statement on media freedom in Hong Kong.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has established the Office for First Nations International Engagement to implement the Australian Government's commitment to embed First Nations perspectives into Australia's foreign policy.

The undersigned condemn Houthi interference with navigational rights and freedoms in the waters around the Arabian Peninsula, particularly the Red Sea. 

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom call on Israel to take immediate and concrete steps to tackle record high settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

Australia is gravely concerned about the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.