News Articles for Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Former Minderoo Foundation director of arts and culture Ella McNeill will take over as Fremantle Biennale chair from next year.

Penny Wong spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio overnight on the importance of Aukus, as ADF personnel are deployed to the Middle East.

Anthony Albanese says an exemption from the US' 25 per cent steel and aluminium import tariffs is “under consideration” by the Trump Administration, after the two leaders spoke.

The Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service board has appointed a new chair to replace Donna Nelson, who is reportedly being detained in Japan.

Canberra's top diplomat in WA will this week finish a 16-month stint leading the state's foreign affairs and trade outpost, as she begins preparations for a new, undisclosed assignment.

Dozens of Australians won't be returning home on the first post-pause flight out of India after they tested positive to COVID-19.

Former diplomat Peter Varghese has called on the federal and state governments to better engage with the Indian community amid the country's worsening COVID-19 crisis.

Economic tensions and COVID-19 loom large as Sarah Hooper champions WA and international trade atop the state's branch of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

An Australian mother has been left heartbroken after her attempts to help hundreds of other families with babies return home elicited silence from the government.

The number of Australians seeking to return home has almost doubled since August, an inquiry has heard.