Towards 2025: An Australian Government strategy to boost women’s workforce participation released.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visits Germany for the G20 Leaders’ Summit, then France and the United Kingdom.
August 2017
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomes The Honourable Manasseh Damukana Sogavare MP, Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, on his official visit to Australia.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomes Her Excellency Ms Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of Croatia, on her State Visit to Australia.
September 2017
Some Australian Government data functions transfered to the Digital Transformation Agency.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attends the Pacific Islands Forum in Samoa.
October 2017
Special Counter-Terrorism Meeting of the Council of Australian Governments.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomes His Excellency Mr Michael D Higgins, President of Ireland, on his State Visit to Australia.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomes His Excellency Mr Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger, on his State Visit to Australia.
November 2017
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces a review to examine whether Australian law adequately protects the human right to religious freedom.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomes His Excellency Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany, on his State Visit to Australia
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomes The Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern MP, Prime Minister of New Zealand, on her official visit to Australia.
December 2017
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces two new major portfolios focusing on job creation and national security. The subsequent machinery of government changes see the Cities portfolio move from PM&C to the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities. Some National Security and Cyber Security functions move to the Department of Home Affairs and the Attorney-General’s Department.
January 2018
Australia Day honours and awards are held, with quantum physics Professor Michelle Simmons announced Australian of the Year.
Media reporting reveals an unauthorised disclosure of Commonwealth documents. PM&C takes immediate action to recover documents, identify the cause of the security breach and boost protective security arrangements across the Department and the APS.
February 2018
The 10th Closing the Gap report is released. Three of the seven targets are on track to be met.
March 2018
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomes The Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern MP, Prime Minister of New Zealand, on her official visit to Australia.
Australia hosts Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders for the first time at the ASEAN–Australia Special Summit in Sydney.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomes His Excellency Mr Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Vietnam and Her Excellency Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor, Myanmar to Australia.
PM&C attends the 62nd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, which is focused on empowering rural women and girls.
April 2018
Australia hosts a visit by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall to open the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visits the United Kingdom to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, then Germany, Belgium, and France for ANZAC Day commemorations.
May 2018
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull commissions an independent review of the APS. A PM&C Taskforce will support the independent board.
The 2018–19 Federal Budget is handed down.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomes His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, President of France, on his State Visit to Australia.
June 2018
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomes The Honourable Rick Houenipwela MP, the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, on his official visit to Australia.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomes The Honourable Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas, Prime Minister of Vanuatu, on his official visit to Australia.
PM&C hosts the Behavioural Exchange Conference—a conversation on behavioural insights involving policymakers, academics, economists and behavioural insights enthusiasts.