QBE Insurance Australia has been a strong supporter of the New Colombo Plan since the beginning of the program.

International legal firm King & Wood Mallesons has joined the New Colombo Plan Internship and Mentorship Network to provide internships to NCP.

Meat and Livestock Australia and the Australian Embassy in Japan recently arranged for New Colombo Plan Scholar Megan Lock and her parents to visit the beef property of Mr Kobayashi in Sanmu City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

The New Colombo Plan recently supported law students from QUT to participate in the 5th Asia Pro Bono Conference in Indonesia.

NCP scholar Matthew Sharp served Australia as a soldier in Timor Leste and Afghanistan, now he’s ready to show others how much they can achieve.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, has launched the New Colombo Plan Alumni Program in the ACT.

On 31 August, the outcomes of the 2017 New Colombo Plan mobility grants were announced.

Mitsui & Co. and Queensland University of Technology are providing new opportunities for undergraduates to intern in the Indo-Pacific.

NCP student travelled to China and took part in an internship with PHD Worldwide in Shanghai.

Engineering and Industrial Design students travelled to Singapore to learn about designing for people with disabilities and the aged.

A mobility grant has helped Paramedical Science student Tyler Cardy gain practical experience working in an Indonesian hospital.

Anna Eggleton grew up in rural Australia, but her passion for the environment is sending her places she never imagined.

Elliott Johnson was selected as a volunteer for the Agribusiness Stream during the April Australia Week in China.

Nine Victorian students recently completed a cultural immersion program at Shenzhen Polytechnic in China under a New Colombo Plan mobility grant.

In 2016, the Australian Government worked closely with the Fiji Government to provide immediate assistance to over 200,000 men, women and children.

The New Colombo Plan Alumni Program has been launched in Victoria and Western Australia.

Innovative private-sector partnership to help New Colombo Plan students prepare to study and undertake work-based learning in the Indo-Pacific.

Sharon Warburton has been named as the first West Australian New Colombo Plan Business Champion.

Minister Bishop and Minister Colbeck announce the opening of applications for the 2017 Mobility Grants of the New Colombo Plan.

The NCP Secretariat has been on campuses across Australia over the past month talking to students and staff about the NCP.

New Colombo Plan Scholar David Coleman recently completed an internship working to improve food security in Laos.

A New Colombo Plan scholarship is supporting Lisa Butson from the University of Newcastle to pursue her Bachelor of Development Studies in the Philippines.

A New Colombo Plan mobility grants has supported 20 students from the University of Sydney to learn about Indonesian traditional medicine.

The New Colombo Plan has completely changed Omar Elkharouf’s focus and career goals.

A special event farewelled a new cohort of NCP students to undertake a two-week internship program at Mitsui’s Tokyo headquarters.

Rachel Begg never imagined herself living or working in Fiji. Now she has done both thanks to a one month placement in Lautoka.

Membrane technology and its links with water supply fascinate New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholar Denver Linklater.

The New Colombo Plan has launched a dedicated Facebook page to engage with students, partners and the broader community.

New Colombo Plan mobility students from Deakin University collaborated with Southwest University students in China to develop new information technology projects.

NAB offices in Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mumbai will host NCP interns across multiple disciplines.

Twenty New Colombo Plan mobility students participated in a field trip to deepen their understanding of the culture and history of the indigenous Paiwan people of southern Taiwan.

Amarina Smith, the first Indigenous New Colombo Plan Fellow, has been featured on the Australian Government's Indigenous news website indigenous.gov.au.

The New Colombo Plan (NCP) was recently officially launched in Taiwan at a special event hosted by the Australian Representative Office in Taipei.

The New Colombo Plan 2017 scholarship and mobility program guidelines are now available.

On 18-22 November, nine New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholars visited Kuala Lumpur to attend the ASEAN+ Young Leaders Summit (AYLS) and a business function hosted by the Australian High Commission.

New Colombo Plan 2016 scholars attended a two-day program of pre-departure training in Canberra in December 2015.

A number of New Colombo Plan alumni attended the Scholarship Presentation Dinner.

The New Colombo Plan is supporting University of Wollongong Nutrition and Dietetics student Asher Taccori to intern with the United Nations World Food Programme regional bureau in Thailand.

The New Colombo Plan Alumni Program supports alumni to maintain a connection to each other, the New Colombo Plan and the Indo-Pacific region as they progress in their lives and careers.

One hundred of Australia’s best and brightest undergraduates have been awarded New Colombo Plan 2016 scholarships to live, study and intern in the Indo-Pacific.

Ms Sharfah Mohammed, from Macquarie University, was a New Colombo Plan 2014 Singapore scholar and addressed guests on behalf of NCP alumni. 

On 11 November, Australia and the Republic of Korea held the seventh Australia-ROK Strategic Dialogue via video link.

Australia has launched a new international research program to help address the growing rate of zoonotic diseases across South-East Asia and the Pacific.