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Australia's total value of trade in goods and services increased 14.6 per cent in 2008-09 to $563.7 billion, according to a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade publication, Composition of Trade Australia 2008-09, released today.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade released today the publication Exports of Primary and Manufactured Products, Australia 2008-09.
joint media release - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), AusAID, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
Australia will host the first Regional Operational Experts Group (ROEG) meeting of Asia Pacific member countries of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in conjunction with Exercise Pacific Protector '10, in Cairns from 14-16 September.
APEC accounts for more than two-thirds of Australia’s exports and imports, according to a new report from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade that highlights the economic importance of the Asia-Pacific region to Australia.
Australia played an active role at the thirteenth session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva (1-26 March), engaging on pressing human rights issues and encouraging respect for international human rights standards.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade released today the publication Exports of Primary and Manufactured Products, Australia 2009-10.
More than 8,000 Australians are expected to be in Rome to witness the canonisation of Blessed Mary MacKillop in St Peter's Square, Vatican City, on 17 October 2010.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) welcomes the launch today, Friday 6 August, of a safety awareness campaign for international students.
Australia has once again played an active role at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, acting as an advocate for the protection and promotion of human rights internationally.
Emeritus Professor Donald Denoon, from the Australian National University, will tonight deliver the fourth R. G. Neale lecture.
The seventh round of the Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue and related site visits took place from 7 to 9 December in Hanoi.
The Australian Government has decided to provide a second charter flight out of Cairo to Frankfurt on Thursday 3 February.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australia-Indonesia Institute invite applications for the Elizabeth ONeill Journalism Award. The Award is open to high achieving early or mid-career journalist.
The Australian National Commission for UNESCO has acknowledged the 150th anniversary of the Melbourne Cup as an event of cultural significance to Australians.
Secretary's Address to the Australian Institute of International Affairs ACT Branch
New trade figures showed that Western Australia accounted for more than one-third of the nations exports of goods and services in 2009-10 financial year.
China was Australias largest export market and two-way trading partner in 2009-10, with total trade growing 8.8 per cent to $90.3 billion, according to a new report by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Less than a week after they were born, one of the three lion cubs at the Vandalur zoo died on Monday. Close circuit television (CCTV) visuals and the postmortem report show that the cub died when its mother, nine-year old Kavitha, tried to shift it, injuring the cub's windpipe with a canine tooth.
Over 250 women leaders from across the Asia-Pacific and selected representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade attended the Advance Women's Leadership Summit in Sydney on 8 March 2011.