2023 Media releases and latest news from the Australian High Commission

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Media releases 2023

December

• Building Skills Development in Manus, 22 December 2023

• First loan granted under the Australia-funded Revolving Fund will boost PNG coffee exports , 22 December 2023

• Commodity Support Facility supports farmers with disabilities, 21 December 2023

• Women in Media Initiative will promote empowerment and recognition, 20 December 2023

• Increase in demand for Bougainvillean seasonal workers in Australia, 15 December 2023

• Humanitarian support to communities affected by the volcanic eruption of Mt Ulawun, 11 December 2023 

November

• New Bosset Health Facility supports infrant health outcomes, 21 November 2023 

• World Toilet Day - Accelerating Change, 20 November 2023 

• Equipment, technology and training to help Post PNG, 17 November 2023

• Australia and Papua New Guinea further strenghten their defence aviation partnership, 2 November 2023

• PNG – Australia Western Province Strategy Dialogue held in Daru, 1 November 2023

October

• Australian High Commissioner hands over K2.2 million teaching facilities to Bougainville Technical College, 31 October 2023

• Australia supporting healthy Western Province future with new staff facilities for Daru General Hospital, 30 October 2023

• 88 Papua New Guineans build TVET careers with Australian qualifications, 30 October 2023

• Lae City Authority, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand mark beginning of Lae Market’s redevelopment, 23 October 2023

• Bougainville Voice X-plosion - a unique collaboration between First Nations musicians from Bougainville and Australia, 17 October 2023

• Papua New Guinea and Australia Emerging Leaders Dialogue 2023 is underway, 16 October 2023

• Rural Women in Coffee inspired by Melbourne International Coffee Expo 2023, 13 October 2023

• Wan Solwara launch celebrates a creative connection across the ocean, 12 October 2023

• Ten Bougainvillean women depart for Australia under the Labour Mobility Scheme, 10 October 2023

September

• West New Britain, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand officially open the new Kimbe Market, 22 September 2023

• Australia announces new climate research support at PNG’s Second National Climate Change Summit, 13 September 2023

• Improving livelihoods through science and training, 12 September 2023

• Teach a community to build a nation: A literacy journey, 12 September 2023

• Pacific Break 2023 set for launch in Port Moresby, 11 September 2023

August

• Youth representatives in North Fly District attend leadership workshop, 29 August 2023

• Australia continues support for annual PNG Update at University of Papua New Guinea, 18 August 2023

• Research shows private sector in PNG can play a vital role in addressing gender-based violence, 18 August 2023

• Australia and PNG hold roundtable dialogue on gender equality, 15 August 2023

• New development grant for Bougainville Youth Federation, 11 August 2023

• Accessibility a critical outcome for the ANGAU Hospital redevelopment, 10 August 2023

July

• Old friends reunite on task in PNG, 28 July 2023

• Better WASH-better health, 27 July 2023

• Meet Dika Vai, Project Coordinator-Metoreia Health Centre, 25 July 2023

• Stronger organisational support can promote quality journalism, 17 July 2023

May

• Sister Wilma Sebby: An emergency nurse who serves with her heart, 11 May 2023

• Murr Lagoon community receive rainwater harvesting units, 01 May 2023

April

• Expanding early childhood education in East New Britain, 04 April 2023

March

• Creative connection across the ocean, 31 March 2023

• PNG-Australia Partnership supports inclusiveness in community project, 29 March 2023

• Sogeri campsites and guesthouses receive support to improve tourist services, 24 March 2023

• PNG-Australia Partnership helping to empower women with education and economic opportunities, 22 March 2023

• Opening of the Taurama Barracks accommodation block, 17 March 2023

• Theresa turns her passion for sewing into a small business, 16 March 2023

• Chief of Australian Defence Force arrives in Papua New Guinea, 16 March 2023

• Australia supports PNG women in ICT, 09 March 2023
• Constructing opportunities for women in trades, 07 March 2023

February

• Making it equal for women in education, 28 February 2023

• PNG-APP supports police prosecutors training, 28 February 2023

• South Fly District community rangers tackle food and water security with improved technology, 23 Februray 2023

• New agriculture lab to boost Bougainville’s agri-business development, 23 February 2023

• Support for Air Niugini's fleet replacement program, 20 February 2023 
• Connecting households to solar electricity in Aitape and Arawa, 20 February 2023
• Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science at the University of Technology, 13 February 2023 
• Partnerships for Improving Education program launched, 07 February 2023

January

• Port Moresby flyover for PNGDF Headquarters 50th Anniversary Parade, 25 January 2023 

• Learning to read creates way forward for Chris, 24 January 2023 

• Bougainville artists add colour and inspiration to Hahela Market, 23 January 2023