Australia’s candidate for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women #CEDAW - Natasha Stott Despoja - understands the Pacific region’s unique challenges and perspectives on gender equality.

To celebrate Mothers Day this year the Australian High Commission sponsored Paoa Fm trade show and netball tournament 🌸🌼🌹

💝 Thank you to all the Mums 💝

#SIAusPartnership 🇸🇧🇦🇺
Fighting violence against women.

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Congratulations to 17 🇸🇧 women who graduated with Australian 🇦🇺accredited qualifications to work in Aged Care under the APTC and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade program.

Looking forward to seeing you in the workforce!
#SIAusPartnership 🇸🇧🇦🇺

Honiara Central Market western extension project is underway!

With 🇦🇺 support, constructed by Tropic Group Builders and under the 🇸🇧 Infrastructure Program, Solomon Islanders will get to enjoy an improved central market soon! Solomon Islands Infrastructure Program

⬇️ Check out the latest timelapse here ⬇️

#PartnersInEducation held a celebration tea party after delivering over 19,500 school textbooks to 6 Solomon Islands provinces! Thank you Defence Australia NZ Defence Force and Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development for making this happen! 🇦🇺🇸🇧🇳🇿

Happy International Nurses Day 2024! Australia 🇦🇺 is proud to continue its  #Healthpartnership  with Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 supporting nurses - the backbone of the health system - delivering better health & improving lives.
#InternationalNursesDay2024 #OurNursesOurFuture

.Defence Australia delivers another 7,000 school text and teacher guide books - this time to Makira and Temotu provinces. Great collaboration between Australia 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇳🇿 and the 🇸🇧 Ministry of Education & Human Resources!
#PartnersInEducation

Success for friends Paul, John & Jones who worked together on a farm in Victoria, under the 🇦🇺 #PALMscheme . Back home, they went into business together and now operate a public transport company in Honiara! PALM allows 🇸🇧 to create their own futures.  #SIAusPartnership

Australia 🇳🇿has delivered ~2,600 textbooks to Choiseul Province to boost education for Solomon Islanders in rural areas! Working in partnership with the 🇸🇧 Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development & New Zealand 🇳🇿, big thanks to Defence Australia who made the deliveries!

Solomon Islands & Australia share a deep & enduring partnership, built over many decades.

Following 🇳🇿 PM Anthony Albanese call with 🇸🇧 PM Manele on Friday, I was honoured to officially meet him in his new role.

I look forward to working closely together.

Meet Jacob, another dedicated worker from 🇸🇧 who built a new house for his family of 4 using his savings from the 🇦🇺  #PALMscheme . Jacob believes hard work is key to achieving goals & will continue to work on improving his home. Working together gets results! #SIAusPartnership

Australia 🇦🇺and New Zealand 🇳🇿 are proudly supporting the Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development to socialise the new Education Act 2023 with schools and teachers. #PartnersInEducation

Australia's 🇦🇺 #PALMscheme is helping 1000s of workers from Solomon Islands🇸🇧. Simon has completed 3 seasons in Australia, working in agriculture for 6 months each time. Now he's back home he's been able to hire his own family to build a house. #SIAusPartnership 🇸🇧🇦🇺

.Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Maritime Force featured on the Defence Australia 'Guardians of the Blue Pacific' documentary. This year, the Police Maritime Force has completed over 75 days at sea & maintained a vessel available for tasking at all times. Watch the full doco ➡️ youtu.be/pKqp5123VUU

So cool ABC Pacific doing news in our Melanesian dialects especially Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 pijin! Very honorable all contributing to more language conservation. Hem naia ❤!

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Fiji Military in Honiara, keeping peace and security. Tagio tumas ol Wantok. 🌱🇸🇧 🇫🇯

It's World Press Freedom Day!
Australia 🇦🇺 is a strong supporter of an independent media.
We acknowledge the work of journalists everywhere and the importance of being able to seek, impart and receive information freely, and to guard against dis-/ misinformation.
#WPFD2024

Congratulations Jeremiah Manele on your election as Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands. 🇦🇺&🇸🇧 share history, interests & ties through our Pacific family. We wish you success in pursuit of peace, progress & sovereignty. We are committed to our nations continuing work together.

Congratulations to Jeremiah Manele, the new Prime Minister of Solomon Islands.

He has always served his country proudly, and to be elected leader is a great honour.

As Ministers we shared a focus on boosting economic and security ties and I look forward to building on this.

Australia is proud to have supported the delivery of Solomon Islands' elections alongside Fiji, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

I look forward to working with Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele to strengthen our trade, business, development, security and sporting links.