Australia is a stable, democratic and culturally diverse nation with a highly skilled workforce and one of the strongest performing economies in the world.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in partnership with the Australian Institute of Marine Science, hosted a New Colombo Plan Momentum event in Townsville.
Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Pat Conroy MP will travel to Papua New Guinea to deepen the relationship between our nations. This builds on the high tempo of ministerial engagements since elections in both our countries.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong will travel to Brunei Darussalam and Thailand to further deepen our engagement with Southeast Asia.
The Counter-Terrorism Tabletop Exercise, held in Sydney from 26-29 October 2022, brought together over 60 counter-terrorism experts from the US, Japan, India and Australia.
Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator the Hon Don Farrell will travel to Aotearoa-New Zealand to advance our bilateral trade and economic relationship.
Australia has joined the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Germany and the Republic of Korea in committing to not conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing.
The Government is boosting Pacific security and defence, supporting critical infrastructure across our region, expanding the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme, and increasing Australia's Official Development Assistance to the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
The Government is strengthening Australia’s economic recovery by diversifying trade and investment ties and backing the recovery of Australia’s visitor economy.
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With a shared vision for an Indo-Pacific region that is peaceful, prosperous, resilient and free Japan and Australia have today signed a renewed Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation.
