🇦🇺 and 🇵🇬 are close friends and neighbours. We have stood with each other through the toughest of times.

We are providing $2.5m to deploy specialists and humanitarian assistance to help those affected & continue to work closely with humanitarian partners and the PNG Government.

Sport brings Australia and Vanuatu together.

Congratulations to Ni-Vanuatu star Brian Kaltak and the Central Coast Mariners on winning the A-League Grand Final last night against Melbourne Victory.

Im sure all of Vanuatu are proud of Brian’s achievements.

All Australians grieve for our brothers and sisters in Papua New Guinea after the terrible landslide.

We send our deepest condolences to those affected. Australia stands ready to assist.

We send our heartfelt sympathies to the people of PNG following the landslide at Kaokalam village.

The loss of life and destruction is devastating.

As friends and partners, Australia stands ready to assist in relief and recovery efforts.

The Australian Government stands ready to assist more tourists out of New Caledonia and has planes ready to fly.

We have not been given clearances for additional flights. We know this is frustrating for the Australians who remain.

We are working to ensure flights tomorrow.

We are also working with local authorities on travel arrangements for Australians on outer islands.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 will continue to update registered Australians directly.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 Australians in New Caledonia who wish to leave and haven’t already registered should do so: crisis.dfat.gov.au/crisisportal/s/

Australians in need of emergency consular assistance should contact the Consular Emergency Centre on 1300 555 135 (within Aust) or +61 2 6261 3305 (from overseas).

Today I visited 3ME in Cardiff with Richard Marles

3ME designs & manufactures advanced batteries for heavy vehicles and recently partnered with Defence to deliver the first electric Bushmaster

This innovative company has created jobs for locals & helps keep Australians safe

With 100 Days to go to the Paralympic Games, I would like to wish Pacific athletes all the best with their final preparations for Paris.

The Australian Government is proud to be supporting Pacific athletes through #PacificAusSports in partnership with the @AusOlympicTeam.

Great to see Belmont’s own Caitlan Johnston scoring the winning try for the nswskyblues . Congrats to all the Sky Blues players on a great first game & looking forward to watching Game 2 in Newcastle. NRL NRLWomens #Origin