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FOR 2022, THE UN GIVEN THEME IS “GENDER EQUALITY TODAY FOR A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW”, WHICH AIMS TO RECOGNISE WOMEN WHO ARE WORKING TO BUILD A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. Message Sadikur Rahman Gender...

Joint media release with: The Hon. Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care Senator The Hon Zed Seselja, Minister for International Development and the Pacific The Australian Government will...

Australia will commit an additional $40 million in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan for 2022. This commitment made overnight at the UN Afghanistan Conference, builds on the...

Joint statement with: The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Minister for Women and Equalities Australia and the UK have announced joint...

Following is a joint statement on Armed Forces Day in Myanmar issued by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union and the Foreign Ministers of Albania, Australia, Bosnia and...

International Engagement Strategy on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery The Coalition Government has today released Australia’s second International Engagement Strategy on Human Trafficking and...

Nuku’alofa, Kingdom of Tonga, 22 March 2022 – Australia has provided 54,990 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to the Kingdom of Tonga today as part of a partnership with UNICEF to support the...

Joint media statement with: The Hon Scott Morrison MP, Prime Minister The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Defence The Hon Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment The Hon Keith Pitt...

Nearly 80 percent of Cambodians live in rural areas, with many relying on agriculture as their primary source of food and income. Floods and droughts often threaten their food system. In subsistence...

Joint media release with: Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Defence Senator the Hon Zed Seselja, Minister for International Development and the Pacific Australia has today deployed two Royal...

Yaren, Nauru, 3 February 2022 – Nauru’s defence against COVID-19 will be strengthened with the delivery of thousands of Pfizer vaccines in the coming months. Last night, Australia provided 5,850...

The Philippines has seen an increasing number of extreme weather events and disasters in recent years. A particularly devastating time was late 2020, when three consecutive typhoons struck the region...

France, Australia and New Zealand reiterate their solidarity with the Kingdom of Tonga, which have been hit hard following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on 15 January 2022. In...

Suva, Fiji, 01 February 2022 - Fiji’s fight against COVID-19 will be given a boost following the arrival of more than half a million Pfizer vaccines over the next three months. Australia will provide...

A joint statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union, and the Foreign Ministers of Albania, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, the United...

Joint media release with: Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Defence Senator the Hon Zed Seselja, Minister for International Development and the Pacific HMAS Adelaide arrived in Tonga today with...