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In the first 6 months of Australia's Free Trade Agreement with India, Australian businesses have benefitted from lower tariffs on more than $12 billion worth in exports.

Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs announced the appointment of Ms Lynn Bell as Australia's next Ambassador to Counter Modern Slavery, People Smuggling and Human Trafficking.

Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs announces the recipients of the Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR) grants program for 2022-23.

The Australian Government will provide an additional $12.5 million to meet urgent humanitarian needs in Bangladesh and Myanmar following Tropical Cyclone Mocha.

The Australian Government has imposed targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on three persons involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong announced the appointment of five career public servants to lead Australian posts in Makassar, Athens, India, Bengaluru and Papeete.

The Governments of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America endorsed a Joint Declaration Against Trade-Related Economic Coercion and Non-Market Policies and Practices at a Ministerial meeting in Paris on 8 June 2023.

Work to manufacture and lay the East Micronesia Cable (EMC) is officially underway. The EMC Management Committee members have signed the undersea cable contract with NEC Corporation following a competitive tender. 

The agreement is a gold standard trade deal that delivers benefits for all Australians – including manufacturers, workers, farmers, tradies, innovators, families, and students.

The Australian Government will provide an additional $29 million to humanitarian partners to respond to the growing food security crisis and to assist vulnerable people in the Middle East and Africa.