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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade The Morrison Government is providing an additional $65.5 million to help Australian businesses grow internationally. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan said the Budget provided additional funding for the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) program to support small and medium sized businesses to receive up to 50 percent of their total marketing expenses. “The Budget delivers the next stage of our plan to grow the economy and create ...

Radical rabbis followers rise in Israel amid new violence JOSEF FEDERMAN and JOSEPH KRAUSS, Associated Press May 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 12 1of12Israeli paramilitary border police officers stand guard as Jewish right-wing demonstrators demand the release of three Jews arrested in the shooting death of Mousa Hasoona, outside the District Court in Lod, Israel, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Police say Hasoona was with a group of Arab rioters threatening Jewish homes, an account dispu...

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Today I was honoured to open the Dame Enid Lyons Room at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC. Dame Enid was the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives and also the first woman to serve as a member of the Cabinet. She served as the member for Darwin (now the seat of Braddon) in Tasmania from 1943 until her retirement in 1951. Over the course of her political career, Dame Enid made important contributions to improving the lives o...

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade The Australian Government is deeply concerned by the escalating violence in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank and unequivocally calls on all leaders to take immediate steps to halt violence, maintain restraint, and restore calm. We also call on all parties to refrain from unilateral actions that destabilise peace. Violence is no solution. Rocket attacks and indiscriminate acts that fuel the cycle of violence and bloodshed are never justified. Respect...

not anti-maskers or people who say no to Chinese Virus injections. As it turns out, obese people are the true “superspreaders” who are getting the most people sick. Because overweight and obese people tend to generate upwards of 1,000 times more aerosol particles than their normal-weight counterparts, they put those around them at greater risk of inhaling the virus every time they take a breath, scientists say. The fatter and older you are, the more likely you are to blast Chinese Germs a...

A $9 million marketing campaign launched today will encourage Australians to book a longer holiday this year to provide more support to our tourism...

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia will deliver essential medical supplies to India today as part of our initial package of support to the Indian Government’s programme for combatting the country’s current COVID-19 outbreak. A chartered Qantas flight departed Sydney carrying supplies to meet the needs identified by the Government of India including 1056 ventilators and 43 oxygen concentrators. This will allow Indian frontline workers to provide lifesaving medical intervention...

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia is continuing the growth of our strong ties with the Pacific, today opening two new diplomatic missions in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia. Today’s openings bring Australia’s diplomatic network in the Pacific to nineteen missions, making it the largest diplomatic network in the region of any country. Australia now has official representation to every member of the Pacific Islands Forum, fulfilling a key commitment o...

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Today I announce the appointment of Ms Emily Luck as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Samoa. Ms Luck will also be accredited to American Samoa. This year marks the significant milestone of 50 years of formal diplomatic relations between Australia and Samoa. Australia and Samoa share a strong and enduring partnership underpinned by people-to-people links and spanning security, economic, social, sport and cultural spheres. Our development partnership...

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Today I announce the appointment of Ms Claire Scott as Australia’s first resident Consul-General in Papeete. Australia’s strong friendship with French Polynesia is a reflection of French Polynesia’s important place in our Pacific family and our people to people links. French Polynesia makes a valuable contribution to the region, including in environmental protection, promoting gender equality, support for the Pacific Humanitarian Pathway and the reg...