Australia pledges millions for Mekong water security and climate change resilience Federal The government will contribute $222.5 million to the Mekong-Australia Partnership in a bid to support the subregion of Southeast Asia.
PM says ASEAN centrality heart of Australia’s future September 7, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry The PM says Australia’s strategy for economic engagement with ASEAN is the most significant upgrade of the policy in a generation.
Wong: Regional resilience means helping Australia’s neighbours reach their aspirations August 9, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal A new international development policy is the first long-term initiative of its kind that Australia has pursued in a decade.
Marles travels to Japan as Australian troops prepare for regional deployment June 14, 2022 By Melissa Coade Defence The defence minister will discuss security in the Indo-Pacific in a series of high-level talks with his Japanese counterparts.
Australia’s new defence minister flies to Singapore June 10, 2022 By Melissa Coade Defence Richard Marles is in Singapore to meet with regional counterparts from more than 30 nations at the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ 19th Shangri-La Dialogue.
Wong presses on forging ‘uniquely Australian’ ties with the Pacific June 2, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal Australia’s foreign minister is on her second visit to the Pacific within nine days of stepping into the role, to the nations of Samoa and Tonga.
Foreign minister off to Fiji to strengthen Australia’s partnership with Pacific family May 25, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal Penny Wong’s trip to Fiji is to build on the 2019 bilateral Vuvale partnership and to meet with Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama and top officials.
Premium Insights and analysis What an incoming government can do about Australia’s real security threat — dislocation from the region May 17, 2022 By David Morris Editors' Picks The disputes over climate and geopolitics reveal Australia’s interests and values have diverged from the Pacific region, leading to a decline in influence.
Premium Insights and analysis Australian officials and public right to be concerned about Solomon Islands’ China deal March 28, 2022 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks A Chinese military base in the Solomon Islands is now a much starker possibility, with a draft agreement bringing it a big step closer to reality.
What diplomats need to know responding to Putin’s military threat in Ukraine February 23, 2022 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks ‘The collapse of the Soviet Union, the existence of Ukraine as an independent nation, is something Putin just personally cannot stomach’: Matthew Sussex.
China: Quad alliance cannot unilaterally define ‘world order’ October 1, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal Embassy official Hua Chunying said the efforts of the Quad nations were to drive a wedge between other regional countries and China.
