Australia is a stable, democratic and culturally diverse nation with a highly skilled workforce and one of the strongest performing economies in the world.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Hon Julie Bishop MP, has launched the New Colombo Plan alumni ambassadors program and announced 39 students have been selected as Ambassadors.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Julie Bishop MP and Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham have announced the successful applicants for grants under the 2018 New Colombo Plan mobility program.
Six University of the Sunshine Coast civil engineering students recently spent an unforgettable week in rural Laos lending their skills to a unique project to protect Lao wildlife.
Until last year, mature age electronic engineering student and New Colombo Plan scholar Rebecca Thorburn had never traveled out of Victoria by herself, let alone overseas.
Woodside CEO and New Colombo Plan (NCP) Business Champion Peter Coleman says the NCP is helping young Australians gain skills invaluable to Australia’.