The ASEAN-Australia Special Summit strengthened partnership and cooperation across four priority areas, boosted economic engagement and announced 10 Business Champions across ASEAN, including for 🇮🇩.

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Following the inaugural Strategic Innovation Dialogue this month, commitments made under the Innovation chapter of the 🇦🇺-🇬🇧 Free Trade Agreement, the first such chapter in the world, have been put into practice.

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Katherine Bennell-Pegg is the first person to become a qualified astronaut under the Australian flag. 🇦🇺🚀\

She graduated from European Space Agency on Monday with her wings, next to the Aussie flag on her shoulder.

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Today around the world we pause to remember those who serve, or have served, Australia during times of war, conflict & in peacekeeping operations. Australians traditionally wear rosemary on #AnzacDay as a symbol of remembrance. #LestWeForget .

Applications are open for the #AUKFTA Innovation & Early Careers Skills Exchange Pilot. Talk to your UK partners or to skilled UK professionals about placement and employment opportunities in your business now. Places are limited. Find out more: dfat.gov.au/iecsep 🇦🇺🇬🇧

Senior officials from 🇦🇺 and 🇰🇭 have co-chaired the fourth Senior Officials Talks (SOTS) between the two countries.

The meeting saw an agreement to strengthen trade and investment cooperation, and celebrated increased two-way trade in recent years.

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Officials met for the second China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) Joint Commission in Canberra on Tuesday. Both sides committed to continued regular dialogue to discuss our trade and investment interests. Read more about ChAFTA: dfat.gov.au/trade/agreemen…

Happy 50 years!

ASEAN countries are also building new trade and investment connections with 🇦🇺 First Nations businesses, as discussed at the third Ministerial Council on Trade and Investment meeting in Boorloo/Perth recently.

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Immensely proud that Australia’s first female Indigenous Trade and Investment Commissioner, Melanie Harris, based here in KL 🇲🇾, played a leading role in the Boorloo Yarning.

Australia is committed to embedding First Nations perspectives into our trade and foreign policies.

The visit to the Western Trade Coast project shows how government and business are working together to build an industrial and innovation eco-system that is supporting advanced manufacturing, mining and resources, energy, defence, marine and shipbuilding sectors. #trade #netzero

We know the importance of an open rules-based global trading system centred by WTO.
At the Third Meeting of the Ministerial Council on Trade and Investment, Commonwealth Ministers gathered to support reform outcomes stemming from the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in February.

Trade diversification is essential to help grow 🇦🇺’s prosperity, economic security and resilience.
Initiatives from 'Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040' and announced at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in March, have been further discussed in Perth.

I am deeply honoured to be mentioned by Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs the Hon Tim Watts MP in his speech at the ANU National Security College:

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Australia 🇦🇺 is working to embed First Nations interests & perspectives into trade & foreign policy in ways that benefit First Nations businesses and communities, including supporting recommendations from Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040. #ASEAN50AUS

🇦🇺's First Nations business sector is expanding exponentially and has never been more globally competitive and capable of providing the goods, services, skills and economic partnership opportunities needed in the rapidly growing Southeast Asian region. #AusSEAInvested #ASEAN50AUS

The First Nations Southeast Asia Economic Strategy Dialogue in Boorloo/Perth united First Nations businesses leaders, ministers & senior officials from the Ministerial Council on Trade and Investment to discuss First Nations trade and investment in Southeast Asia. #AusSEAInvested

Ministers have agreed to build upon the work of previous Councils toward diversifying 🇦🇺 #trade relationships, supporting local manufacturing, critical minerals and clean energy in a meeting on the lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people in WA today.
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Supporting Australian First Nations businesses to build new trade & investment connections with Southeast Asia.

Another significant step to advance ‘Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040’

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