New faces in Australian energy like innovative Australian business Power Ledger are accessing our global network as Australia is fast becoming the hub for world-class clean energy investments and exports.

The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, and the United States Secretary of State, have released a joint statement on arrests in Hong Kong.

Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel are progressing operations to support the Fijian Government with recovery efforts following Tropical Cyclone Yasa.

Sun Cable is developing the Australia-ASEAN Power Link (AAPL) which integrates three main technologies that will be capable of supplying 20 per cent of Singapore’s annual electricity.

The Australian Government is concerned by reports that more than 50 pro-democracy lawmakers and other pro-democracy figures have been arrested in Hong Kong overnight under the National Security Law. 

We note the UK Court’s decision in relation to the application to extradite Mr Julian Assange to the United States, which the Court has made on the grounds of his mental health and consequent suicide risk.

The Australian Government will provide $4.5 million in humanitarian relief to support the people of Fiji in response to the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Yasa.

The world’s premier summit on emerging, critical and cyber technologies will be established and hosted in Sydney in 2021 to help drive global discussion on the advances that are shaping our economies, security and daily lives.

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Poh Ling Yeow and Prof. Nicholas Farrelly to the Board of the Australia-ASEAN Council.