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Georgetown Law’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, the Embassy of Australia,
and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids present:
The Honourable Nicola Roxon, Attorney-General of Australia
“Why Are Plain Packs Making Big Tobacco So Angry?
Australia’s World Leading Work to Combat Smoking”
Thursday, May 17, 2012
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Georgetown Law, Hotung 2000
600 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington DC
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Joint statement on Afghanistan: Australian intervention at NATO/ISAF Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers' Meeting in Brussels
Australia is committed to seeing through our mission in support of transition — as set out in the Lisbon strategy — and to providing support to Afghanistan beyond 2014. Beyond 2014, we are committed to supporting and sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces, (ANSF). (..full statement)
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Defence Stephen Smith release the final report of the Defence Force Posture Review
The Force Posture Review addresses the range of present and emerging global, regional and national strategic and security factors which require careful consideration for the future. It also examined logistics support requirements, training areas for large-scale and joint training exercises, demographic and economic factors, public communications strategies, and engagement with industry, particularly the minerals and petroleum resources industries in Australia’s North and West. (..joint press release)
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Australia takes up seat on UN Women Executive Board
Australia's appointment to the UN Women Executive Board will further strengthen our commitment to women's empowerment. Australia and Solomon Islands will both take up seats on the UN Women Executive Board from 1 January 2013, providing a unique opportunity to increase the profile of issues facing women in the Pacific, in particular the prevalence of violence against women. (...more)
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Skills Australia Needs Event Houston, Texas
Chris Evans, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, announced streamlining processes to facilitate more skilled United States workers coming to Australia in the next few years to support the skills needs Australia will have, particularly in the heavy civil engineering areas.
In a joint press conference, Chris Bowen, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship also announced that the Dept of Immigration, will be running, for the first time, a US skills expo focusing on the resources sector and resources employment. The expo is to be held in Houston, Texas on the 19th and 20th May. (…more info)
>>full transcript
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Ambassador Beazley:
Ambassador Beazley introduces Dr Brian Schmidt, 2011 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, from the Australian National University at his lecture:"The Universe from Beginning to End" at the Carnegie Institute of Peace, Washington DC
Ambassador Kim Beazley and Head of Australian Defence Staff, MAJGEN Tim McOwan welcome Victorian Cross recipient CPL Ben Roberts-Smith to the Embassy
Australia Day Visit to the National Aquarium, Baltimore
Remarks at Reception marking the Australian Year of the Farmer
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Australia and the G20
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Australia and the United States
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