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Caught up over breakfast with Australian FM Senator Penny Wong who is in Singapore for the 14th Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee. Looking forward to a productive meeting later today to strengthen our bilateral partnership. 🇸🇬🇦🇺

Delighted to host Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles for his introductory visit to Singapore and the 14th Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC).

We've just approved a $75m investment into Singapore’s FAST-P initiative under the Southeast Asia Investment Financing Facility. Australian TM/FM joint media release: bit.ly/4g0ya1n MAS/EFA joint media release: bit.ly/4inoVdq MAS Export Finance Australia

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💪 Young entrepreneurial women are leading the next generation of business in Southeast Asia. 🔥 To support them, the ASEAN-Australia Centre will deliver a four-year Young Women Entrepreneurs Exchange Program from 2024-2028. Find out more at aseanaustraliacentre.org.au!

2025 is the 60th anniversary of Singapore’s independence and bilateral relations between #Australia and #Singapore. Our theme ‘Celebrating 60 Years of Friendship’ will showcase throughout 2025 the long running and deep relationship between the two nations.

"Prime Minister Albanese said Singapore will lend Australia Chinook helicopters to deliver supplies and help build a temporary crossing site at Ollera Creek, where part of a bridge fell into floodwater on Sunday." Read more: ab.co/4aODDGQ Ministry of Defence Defence Australia

Three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Australia continues to strongly support Ukraine. Australia has committed over $1.5 billion to Ukraine to date.

AUS celebrates ratification of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA (AANZFTA) Upgrade. It cements #AANZFTA as ASEAN’s highest quality and most ambitious FTA, with greater flexibility for AUS traders and expanded market access and protections for service suppliers and investors.

Thank you to the Strategy Unit of Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a wide-ranging discussion on how our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership can best contribute to a peaceful, stable and prosperous region.

The Australian Government is now in a caretaker period in advance of the forthcoming election. Until a new government is sworn in, government operations are conducted in accordance with the caretaker conventions: pmc.gov.au/resources/guid…

Australia will contribute another $7 million to support the people of Myanmar affected by the devastating earthquake, on top of our initial $2 million through ICRC. We’ve also mobilised a rapid response team to help relief efforts on the ground.

Spoke with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over the phone and congratulated him on the Australian Labor Party’s victory in the Federal Election. He also extended his congratulations to me on our General Election, which was held on the same day, 3 May.

Australia and the Netherlands have won our historic case against Russia for the downing of Flight MH17. We remain unwavering in our commitment to the pursuit of truth, justice and accountability for the victims and their loved ones.

Australia and Singapore believe in free trade and global rules that keep our region stable. We have so much in common. And by working together, we can deliver for our economies and for our security. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, thank you for meeting with me today to further

Singapore and Australia are close friends with many common strategic perspectives and shared interests. It was good to catch up with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, especially so soon after both our countries held elections on the same day, 3 May!

My first bilateral meeting at the 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue was with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, our second catch up since he stepped into the role earlier this year. We discussed avenues for further economic and security cooperation, and our unwavering commitment to the Indo-Pacific.

#SLD2025

In these complex and challenging times, its important to discuss shared security challenges with our friends and partners in the region, and it was a privilege to meet again with Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to commend him on hosting a great event.