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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the department of the Australian federal government responsible for foreign policy and international relations, development aid (under the name Australian Aid), consular services, overseas trade, and investment (including trade and investment promotion Austrade).
Australian Aid is the brand name used to identify projects in developing countries supported by the Australian Government.As of 2014 the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has been responsible for Australia's official development assistance (foreign aid) to developing countries.
RG Casey House, Canberra, is the headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.. Foreign relations of Australia are influenced by its position as a leading trading nation and as a significant donor of humanitarian aid.
This is a list of the largest two-way trading partners of Australia, based on data released by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the 2022 calendar year. [ 1 ] The largest trading partners
The department was created under the Gorton government, the new department representing a simple name change from the previous Department of External Affairs. [2] [3] The old External Affairs title was sometimes causing confusion and the name change, initiated by William McMahon, brought Australia into line with common international practice.
Australian special interests ambassadors and envoys are specially-appointed officers of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to represent the interests of the Commonwealth of Australia abroad on a larger scale (such as by continent) or through representing the Commonwealth's approach to various international issues.
This is a list of currently active treaties that the Government of Australia has entered into since the federation of Australia in 1901. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in conjunction with the Australasian Legal Information Institute, has published an online Australian Treaties Database from where this list is obtained and updated.
The Minister for Trade and Tourism is a portfolio in the Government of Australia, falling within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). [1] The position is currently held by Senator Don Farrell, sworn in as part of the Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022. [2]