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Nov 20, 2023 · Minister of Defence of India, Shri Rajnath Singh, and Minister of External Affairs of India, Dr. Subjects: Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue; Australia’s relationship with China; Dr Yang Jun; Australia’s Ambassador to the United States. 11 May 2018. 5 million in humanitarian support to Palestinians Jul 29, 2023 · Deputy Prime Minister Marles and Foreign Minister Wong, thanks for the incredible hospitality. "A warm welcome to FM @SenatorWong of Australia as she arrives in New Delhi to co-chair the 2nd India . Sir Percy Claude Spender KCVO KBE QC (5 October 1897 – 3 May 1985) was an Australian politician, diplomat, and judge. However, Hamas could have no role in its governance, Penny Wong said. Nov 21, 2023 · The Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, emphasized the significance of the India-Australia bilateral relationship during a meeting with her Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar. BANGKOK -- The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Julie Bishop, a former Australian foreign Nov 12, 2023 · Foreign Minister: This agreement with Tuvalu is the most important step any Australian Government has taken in the Pacific since the independence of Papua New Guinea, so I think we should understand what it means, and understand also the foresight of the Government of Tuvalu in seeking it. Marise Ann Payne (born 29 July 1964) is an Australian politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1997 until 2023, representing the Liberal Party. 8 March 2024. Such sentences are often commuted to life in prison after the two years. Australian Government ministers of the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio. We – obviously we’ve been working together for some time. She has worked to help stabilise Australia’s relationship with the world’s Feb 5, 2024 · Australia has advocated for Yang with China “at every opportunity, and at the highest levels,” said Wong, the Australian foreign minister, in her statement. -Australia bilateral relationship and a range of global and regional issues. That the Apr 17, 2023 · The foreign minister does not name China in the speech excerpts provided ahead of her address, but still makes it clear that Australia wants to help create a strategic balance which constrains Politician. The visit by Penny Wong was the first visit by an Australian foreign minister to China in four years Dec 7, 2013 · Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop downplayed tensions over China's controversial air defense zone, which has also rankled the United States, Japan and South Korea, after meeting her Chinese Marise Payne. Jan 15, 2024 · Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a joint press conference with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, at a hotel in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 18 Jan 31, 2023 · In the 1970s, former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam shifted Australia’s perspective from Asia as a place in which things happened, to a group of countries with which things happened. Aug 5, 2018 · Launch of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Diplomatic Academy. Jul 8, 2022 · Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said a meeting with her Chinese counterpart was "a first step towards stabilising the relationship" but it would take time for Beijing to remove trade Nov 12, 2023 · Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Sunday that a security and migration pact signed with Tuvalu showed Australia was a "genuine, reliable" regional partner, as it seeks to counter Dec 21, 2022 · Australia’s Foreign Minister, Penny Wong and China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, met to exchange views on bilateral, regional and international issues of interest. Other members of his team to take office included Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who will join Albanese at the Quad summit, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher. Parliamentary appointments. It’s great to be back in Brisbane. It is a great pleasure to welcome you to Melbourne, but first of all […] Mar 4, 2024 · The foreign minister also made a series of announcements to boost Australia's presence in South-East Asia, including $46 million to boost maritime partnerships in the region. Minister's office: (02) 6277 7500. More. Mar 20, 2024 · Press conference, Parliament House, Canberra. But at the end of the day, she's the foreign minister, not prime Jul 9, 2022 · On July 8, 2022 local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the latter's request on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting on the Bali Island. Nov 21, 2023 · In this photo shared by Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on the X-platform formerly known as Twitter, from left, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and India’s Minister of External Affairs Subramanyam Jaishankar pose for photographs during the second India-Australia 2+2 Dialogue Sep 16, 2021 · Secretary Antony J. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (left) speaking with CNA's Lin Xueling in Singapore on Jul 6, 2022. “The Australian Government is appalled,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement. N. Siaosi Sovaleni, Prime Minister of Tonga: It is a great pleasure for me to welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga for the very first time Her Excel. Julie Bishop is seen by some as one of the most successful ministers of PM Tony Abbott's cabinet. Ministerial appointments. May 13, 2021 · In our conversations today, the foreign minister and I touched on a number of key challenges that we face together and where the United States and Australia are very closely linked, including our shared condemnation of the Burmese military’s violent attacks against peaceful protesters and members of civil society, which continue to go forward Dec 21, 2022 · Published 5:47 AM PDT, December 21, 2022. 4 May 2018. And in 1992, former Prime Minister Paul Keating urged Australians to accept the “geophysical” reality of our place in the region – to accept that we have a Apr 3, 2024 · Foreign Minister: Well, I would say to Mr Netanyahu that wartime does not obviate responsibility for observing international humanitarian law, including the protection of aid workers, and that the Australian Government on behalf of the Australian people and on behalf of Zomi Frankcom expects full accountability for what has occurred. Dec 19, 2022 · Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong will visit China this week, raising expectations of a deepening thaw in relations between Canberra and Beijing that could restore one of the region’s Dec 19, 2022 · China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host Senator Wong for the sixth Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue, a two-hour-long meeting between ministers and senior officials, which was Feb 10, 2022 · FOREIGN MINISTER PAYNE: Well, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Mar 17, 2024 · Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong, the country's first openly gay female parliamentarian, has married her partner Sophie Allouache, Wong said on Sunday. It’s great to be back in Australia, especially at this historic moment in the progress of our relationship here. Getty Images. Australia’s foreign policy, at its best, has never simply Apr 10, 2024 · Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks to the media after holding a bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at Parliament House, in Canberra, Australia, March 20, 2024. Apr 6, 2024 · Former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop was a member of parliament for 20 years. Jan 14, 2024 · Reuters. Zambry Abdul Kadir, co-chaired the 5th Australia-Malaysia Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AFMM) on 5 May 2023 in Adelaide, Australia. 20 March 2024. We pay our respects to elders past and present. S. Wang Yi said, if China-Australia relations, which are facing both challenges and opportunities, can achieve sound development May 23, 2022 · Early Monday morning, before the Quad summit in Tokyo, Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took office in a brief ceremony at Government House, Canberra. 9. Blinken spoke today with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne. He was later Ambassador to the United States (1951–1958) and a member of the International Dec 11, 2022 · Foreign Minister Penny Wong will be part of a bipartisan group of Australian politicians set to travel to Vanuatu, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau in a bid to bolster regional ties. CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Monday she will meet with her counterpart, Wang Yi, in Beijing this week as Australia and China mark 50 years of diplomatic relations. In 2017, foreign-policy analyst Sep 24, 2022 · Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly at U. Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong and defense minister Richard Marles arrived to meet with their counterparts for the second India-Australia 2+2 Nov 12, 2023 · SYDNEY – Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Sunday that a security and migration pact signed with Tuvalu showed that Australia was a “genuine, reliable” regional partner, as it Sep 23, 2023 · The foreign minister puts a focus on conflict, climate change and nuclear weapons in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, calling for reforms to the UN to better respond to an "age of Jun 3, 2022 · Media enquiries. He represented the Labor Party in the Senate and House of Representatives from 1978 to 1999, serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating governments from 1983 to 1996 as Attorney-General, Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Transport and Sep 7, 2023 · Australia’s former Trade Minister Craig Emerson, third left, China’s former Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, second right, and Australia’s former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, center, arrive for the 7th China-Australia High Level Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Thursday, Sept. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrived in the national capital to participate in the second India-Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on Monday morning. Aerial photo Chongqing, China. S. As Prime Minister Natano said, you know, this is giant Apr 5, 2024 · Bishop served as Australia’s foreign minister from 2013-2018 and previously held other Cabinet positions. Archives of former Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries. FILE PHOTO: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a joint press conference with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, at a hotel in Makati City, Metro Manila Dec 19, 2022 · We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Robert John Carr (born 28 September 1947) [1] is an Australian retired politician and journalist who served as the 39th Premier of New South Wales from 1995 to 2005, as the leader of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. PHOTO: REUTERS. 8 million over the forward estimates in upgrading Australia's communications infrastructure and overseas property. These are principles Australians cherish. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. The Secretary and the Foreign Minister expressed their commitment to working together to enhance cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region between like-minded countries. Profession. Stephen Smith (Australian politician) Percy Spender. Tweets from the Minister and DFAT staff. 3. I know we saw each other just last week – was that just last week? I think it was last week. 7, 2023. Frederick Stewart (Australian politician) Tony Street. NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Australia are set to hold talks focused on bolstering their strategic, defense and security ties on Monday in New Delhi. Politician. Apr 17, 2023 · The principle of our approach to the Pacific - smaller countries working together in a way that strengthens influence, leverage and sovereignty - is a fundamental principle of Australian foreign policy, grounded in the work of Australia’s greatest foreign minister, Dr Herbert Evatt. China’s Foreign Ministry said the visit will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday and will Apr 10, 2024 · Australia's foreign minister has suggested the country could recognise Palestinian statehood, to increase momentum towards peace. Dec 20, 2022 · Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrives in Beijing ahead of a meeting with senior officials and a formal bilateral with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. Transcript, E&OE. They protect us all, which is why we have seen such widespread calls across the international community for the protection of civilians. WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images. May 5, 2023 · Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, the Hon Dato’ Seri Diraja Dr. Keynote speech at the 2018 Safeguarding Australia National Security Annual Summit. He served in the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1951, including as a cabinet minister under Robert Menzies and Arthur Fadden. Former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr has said remarks made about him by Foreign Minister Winston Peters on a morning media round this morning were “entirely defamatory” and that he Jul 11, 2022 · Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, right, talks to New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta at a bilateral meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Austin III, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, and Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton At a Joint Press Availability Apr 6, 2024 · GWEN ROBINSON, Nikkei Asia editor-at-large April 6, 2024 16:00 JST. Minister for Climate Change and Water from 3. The Hon Tim Watts MP. Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop is seen by Mar 20, 2024 · China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, rear right, attends a meeting with Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, unseen, at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. As Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister Bishop led the development of the 2017 Australian Foreign Policy White Paper - the first review of Australia's international engagement for 14 years. Re-elected 2007, 2013, 2016 and 2022. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appointed former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop as his new envoy for Myanmar, his office said in a statement. The ministers noted the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Australia, New […] May 24, 2022 · Penny Wong is Australia’s new Minister for Foreign Affairs, freshly sworn into the role on Monday morning before heading to Tokyo to meet with the Quad leaders, alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The Uluru Statement from the Heart – delivered in 2017 - was a generous offer to all Australians from First Nations peoples to take the next step Mar 18, 2024 · The Australian can reveal Chinese officials have invited the former Labor prime minister to a meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister this week in Sydney, a jarring addition to a trip that Oct 1, 2022 · Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong listens to a panel discussion during the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva, Fiji, on July 12. Jul 28, 2023 · FOREIGN MINISTER WONG: I just want to say, Tony, it’s so wonderful to welcome you to Australia, and we have been looking forward to this. Jaishankar, held the second India-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue on 20 November 2023 in New Delhi with their Australian counterparts, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong. Apr 10, 2024 · Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks to the media after holding a bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at Parliament House, in Canberra, Australia, March 20, 2024. She was a member of the Australian Parliament from 1998 to 2019 and is currently Jul 28, 2023 · The following is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. SINGAPORE: Australia's fraught relationship with China may have dominated Jul 8, 2022 · Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Friday night's meeting with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi is an important first step towards stabilising relations between both countries. […] Mar 17, 2024 · SYDNEY – Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, the country’s first openly gay female parliamentarian, has married her partner Sophie Allouache, Ms Wong said on March 17. He later entered federal politics as a New South Wales senator, and served as Minister for Foreign Mar 8, 2024 · Foreign Minister’s opening remarks to the Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue, Parliament House, Canberra. President of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Trust from 14. Blinken met today with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong to address key priorities in the U. Jan 13, 2024 · Wong heads abroad as Australia supported the United States and Britain's strikes on Yemen in retaliation for Red Sea attacks. DFAT Media Liaison: (02) 6261 1555. We will replace them once we’ve finished speaking. She was accorded a warm welcome at the Air Force Station, Palam, in New Delhi. 12. (Florence Lo/Pool Photo via AP) Jan 17, 2024 · Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has arrived in Israel for diplomatic talks on the war in Gaza, after announcing Australia will commit $21. Updated. The Foreign Policy White Paper sets out a comprehensive policy framework to ensure Australia’s prosperity and security over the next decade and beyond. 50 years on from the establishment of diplomatic ties, the two sides reiterated the importance of a stable, constructive relationship to both sides, the region Dec 4, 2023 · Australia and France share a commitment to a dynamic bilateral relationship founded on trust, shared values and shared interests, globally and in the Indo-Pacific, in line with the priorities agreed by the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during their meeting on 1 July 2022. Jan 27, 2021 · The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. It’s a great honour to be sworn in as Foreign Minister, and to watch as my colleagues and good friends @AlboMP @RichardMarlesMP Feb 3, 2015 · 3 February 2015. 2010 to 18. , September Apr 9, 2024 · Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has indicated the federal government is considering recognising Palestinian statehood, which would help “build momentum towards a two-state solution Follow @DFAT for official updates on Australia's foreign affairs, trade and development policies and programs. 2007 to 8. Parliamentary service. "She was met at the airport by the Foreign Minister Penny Wong," Australia's Prime Minister Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong, the country's first openly gay female parliamentarian, has married her partner Sophie Allouache, Wong said on Sunday. Biography. She was praised as one of the best policy minds in the country, and compares her to Gareth Evans and Kim Beazley. May 23, 2024 · Ms Wong has been Australia’s foreign minister since the current Albanese administration came into power in 2022. Sep 23, 2023 · So Australia commends the work of the High-level Multidimensional Vulnerability Index panel, led by the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and former Prime Minister of Norway. "We are delighted that so many of our Sep 19, 2023 · Australian foreign minister Penny Wong talks to Christiane Amanpour about her country's efforts to avoid conflict in the Indo-Pacific and she shares her "deep concerns" about the allegations that Jan 1, 2019 · The book was written before Wong became Australia's first gay Asian-Australian foreign minister, but it shows how she has been preparing for this role since 2016, when she became the shadow foreign minister in opposition. The Australia–East Timor spying scandal began in 2004 when the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) clandestinely planted covert listening devices in a room adjacent to the East Timor (Timor-Leste) Prime Minister's Office at Dili, to obtain information in order to ensure Australia held the upper hand in negotiations with May 26, 2022 · As Foreign Minister, I will tell Australia’s full story, our modern diversity and the rich heritage of First Nations peoples. International Women's Day Breakfast, Adelaide. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and waters. Elected to the Senate for South Australia 2001. Published. Tony, it’s such a pleasure to be welcoming you here today. Oct 11, 2023 · Journalist Cheng Lei has returned home to Australia after more than three years of detention in China. May 14, 2024 · The 2024-25 Budget will ensure the security of our critical diplomatic network over the long term, including our resilience to cyber threats, by investing more than $227. Dec 7, 2013 · Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop downplayed tensions over China's controversial air defense zone, which has also rankled the United States, Japan and South Korea, after meeting her Chinese Oct 10, 2022 · Foreign Minister: I'll reiterate again Australia's condemnation of Russia's illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine, and reiterate the view that we've expressed publicly that the annexation, so‑called sham annexations, or sham referenda and the annexations are illegal, and we remain of the view that Russia's invasion is illegal. Wang met his counterpart as part of a high-ranking diplomatic tour of Australia and New Zealand this week. 9 May 2018. He was Leader of the Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1977 to 1983, and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 1983 to 1988 under James Scullin. 2010. Downer was born in Adelaide, the son of Sir Alick Downer and the Nov 20, 2023 · ANI. Nov 20, 2023 · Updated 11:43 PM PDT, November 19, 2023. Jul 6, 2022 · Lin Xueling. In relation Apr 5, 2024 · The Australian foreign minister, Penny Wong, has rebuked Benjamin Netanyahu for trying to “brush aside” the deaths of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom and six of her colleagues in an Gareth John Evans AC, KC (born 5 September 1944), is an Australian politician, international policymaker, academic, and barrister. Australia is proudly home to the oldest living culture on the planet. This is but one tool that can be used to improve what the international development financing architecture delivers for the most vulnerable countries in the world. Oct 16, 2023 · Australia's principled position in all contexts is to call for the protection of civilian lives and the observation of international humanitarian law. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Wong discussed deepening cooperation and working through multilateral organizations such Dec 19, 2022 · The shadow foreign minister says the test of the trip is if trade sanctions are lifted afterwards The last time an Australian minister travelled to China was when then-trade minister Simon Feb 5, 2024 · Yang Hengjun was found guilty of espionage and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said. Apr 06, 2024, 10:40 PM. but it is the first visit by an Australian Dec 19, 2022 · Published 12:36 AM PDT, December 19, 2022. Jul 7, 2022 · Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong had earlier told reporters in Bali the new government in Canberra was "willing to engage" with China, but added it wanted the trade measures that China has Apr 5, 2024 · About Barron's. Our COVID protocols (inaudible) those that are speaking can speak without their mask. She held senior ministerial office in Coalition governments between 2013 and 2022, including as Minister for Defence (2015–2018) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (2018–2022). The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union, announced in November Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs. William George Hayden AC (23 January 1933 – 21 October 2023) was an Australian politician who served as the 21st governor-general of Australia from 1989 to 1996. bv dj pe rq ln ha bl fa og bj