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COVID-19 Response Inquiry Roundtables
COVID-19 Response Inquiry

COVID-19 Response Inquiry roundtables commence

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with leaders of Lao PDR, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Timor-Leste in Melbourne at the 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit.
Summits

Partners for peace and prosperity - 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit

COVID-19 Response Inquiry
COVID-19 Response Inquiry

Bringing the jigsaw puzzle pieces together

2024 Status of Women Report Card
National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality

Status of Women Report Card – 2024 released

Working for women, a strategy for gender equality.
National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality

Australian Government launches national gender equality strategy

Greg Combet

Net Zero Economy Agency Chair Greg Combet to speak at National Press Club – 2 April 2024

Statement
Government

Update on Independent review into the transfer of 2003 Cabinet records to the National Archives of Australia

Professor Glyn Davis AC
Secretary

Kenneth Myer Lecture

Greg Combet

Net Zero Economy Agency Chair appointed to head up Future Fund

Statement
Independent Review of Commonwealth funding for strategic policy work

Media Statement - Independent Review of Commonwealth funding for strategic policy work

COVID-19 Response Inquiry
COVID-19 Response Inquiry

Update from the COVID-19 response inquiry

Statement
Government

Statement – Independent review into the transfer of 2003 Cabinet records to the National Archives of Australia