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• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Austrade media centre
• AusAID media

News

• Feature stories from the DFAT.gov.au homepage
• Statements by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Social media accounts

DFAT currently uses four centrally managed social media platforms:

• Twitter @DFAT established 7 April 2011
• YouTube DFAT channel which includes playlists for the Foreign and Trade Ministers established 1 January 2011
• Facebook page Smartraveller established 18 November 2012

• Facebook page Council for Australia-Latin American Relations established 31 October 2012

Social media accounts managed by overseas posts:

Andorra and Equatorial Guinea: See Australian Embassy, Madrid, Spain

Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay: Australian Embassy, Buenos Aires

• Facebook: established 2 November 2012

Brazil: Australian Embassy, Brasilia

• Facebook: established 26 January 2013
• Twitter: @embausbrasil

Canada: Australian High Commission, Ottawa

• HOM Twitter: @AusHCCanada established 18 December 2012

China: Australian Embassy, Beijing (sites established 11 January 2011)

• Sina Microblog: a Twitter-style microblog account
• Sina Blog: for longer messages, photos and video
• Youku account: equivalent of YouTube for uploading video material

China: Australian Embassy, Guangzhou

• Flickr: established 31 August 2012

Cyprus: Australian High Commission, Nicosia

• Facebook: established 7 June 2013

French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna: See Australian Embassy, Noumea, New Caledonia

Germany: Australian Embassy, Berlin

• Facebook: established 30 January 2013

India: Australian High Commission, New Delhi

• Facebook established 21 May 2012.
• HOM Twitter@AusHCIndia established 6 August 2012

Indonesia: Australian Embassy, Jakarta

• Facebook: established 26 January 2012
• HOM Twitter @DubesAustralia established 20 July 2012

Japan: Australian Embassy, Tokyo

• HOM Twitter @AusAmbJP established 19 July 2012

Republic of Korea: Australian Embassy, Seoul

• YouTube: videos of Australian official events held in Korea for the 2011 Year of Friendship and rebadged as Australian Embassy in Seoul YouTube channel in May 2012
• Blog: established for the 2011 Year of Friendship and rebadged as Australian Embassy in Seoul blog in May 2012

New Zealand: Australian High Commission, Wellington

• Facebook established 30 April 2013.
• Post Twitter @AusHCNZ established 30 April 2013

New Caledonia: Australian Embassy, Noumea

• Facebook established 24 May 2013.

Papua New Guinea: Australian High Commission, Port Moresby

• HOM Twitter: @AusHCPNG established 18 October 2012
• Facebook established 30 November 2012

Peru and Bolivia: Australian Embassy, Lima

• Facebook: established 30 April 2013

The Philippines: Australian Embassy, Manila

• Facebook: established 16 December 2013

Russia: Australian Embassy, Moscow

• HOM Twitter: @PosolAustralia established 23 January 2013

Samoa: Australian High Commission, Apia

• Facebook established 5 April 2013

Singapore: Australian High Commission, Singapore

• Facebook: established 4 January 2013
• HOM Twitter: @OZinSG established 17 April 2013

Solomon Islands: Australian High Commission, Honiara

• Facebook: established 4 February 2013

South Africa: Australian Embassy, Pretoria

• HOM Twitter: @AuHCSouthAfrica established 6 April 2013

Spain: Australian Embassy, Madrid

• Facebook: established 20 May 2013

Thailand: Australian Embassy, Bangkok

• Facebook: established 26 January 2013

Poland, Czech Republic and Lithuania: Australian Embassy, Warsaw

• Facebook established 15 March 2013
• HOM Twitter @AusAmbPL established 21 March 2013

United Kingdom: Australian High Commission, London

• Twitter: @AusHouseLondon established 17 July 2012
• Mike Rann, High Commissioner Twitter @Mike_Rann

United Nations: Australian Mission to the UN, Geneva

• Twitter @AustraliaUN_GVA established 14 September 2012

United Nations: Australian Mission to the UN, New York

• Twitter @australiaun established 22 January 2013

USA: Australian Embassy, Washington

• HOM Twitter @AusAmbUSA established 8 August 2012
• Facebook established 26 October 2012

Vietnam: Australian Embassy, Hanoi

• Facebook: established 1 October 2012
• Flickr: established March 2013