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Six Australian diplomats have received a posting of a lifetime, with appointments to ambassador, high commissioner and consuls-general.

Annastacia Palaszczuk has returned from Japan, Korea and Singapore with a view to driving more opportunities for local growth industries.

Assistant treasurer Andrew Leigh spells out strong links with Korea as the focus increasingly falls on the geopolitics of sustainable energy.

The Australian Defence Force is to provide Germany with 100 Queensland-built Boxer heavy weapon carrier vehicles.

The trade and tourism minister is spruiking the nation’s reputation as a renewable energy ‘superpower’ as part of a tour of Japan and Korea.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade held the inaugural Space Policy Dialogue between Australia and the Republic of Korea, last week. 

A vigil will be held today outside the German Consulate in Melbourne, demanding vaccine knowledge be shared by pharma companies.

There’s now bipartisan support for federal Treasury offices outside Canberra, to “keep their finger on the pulse”. A big Sydney play is going ahead and Perth looks set to be in line for its own outpost, but is it all about Asia, or state interests?