Australia
- Diplomatic relations between Brunei Darussalam (BD) and Australia were established in May 1984.
- BD and Australia enjoy cooperation in the areas of trade and investment, defence, education and health.
- High Commission of Brunei Darussalam in Canberra:
Chancery Address: 10 Beale Crescent, Deakin ACT 2600Postal Address: P.O. Box 109, Curtin, ACT 2605
Recent High-Level Visits to Australia:
May - June 2017
| YDM Pehin Lim and YDM Pehin Yasmin
Umar made a Working Visit to Australia (Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide and
Melbourne)
| Oct 2017 | Then-Minister of Health Dato
Seri Setia Dr Awang Haji Zulkarnain bin Haji Hanafi attended the 68th Session
of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the Western Pacific in
Brisbane
| | Aug 2017 | Dato Seri Setia Haji Erywan
Pehin Yusof, then-Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, attended the
Bali Process Government and Business Forum on Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons
and Related Transnational Crime in Perth | Nov 2017
| Dato Seri Setia Haji Erywan
Pehin Yusof, then-Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, attended the
Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Perth
| Feb 2017
| Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major
General (R) Dato Paduka Seri Awang Haji Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, 2nd
Minister of Defence, attended the Sub-Regional Defence Ministers’ Meeting on
Counter-Terrorism in Perth
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Recent Visits to Brunei
Oct 2013
| State Visit of the Hon.
Quentin Bryce, then-Governor General of Australia
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Oct 2013
| Tony
Abbott, then-Prime Minister of Australia, attended the 8th East Asia Summit
(EAS)
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Jun 2016
| Visit of Dr. Dave Peebles,
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Southeast Asia, Maritime Division, Department
of Australia and Trade (DFAT). He paid a courtesy call to Dato Erywan Yusof and
had a roundtable with MOFAT officials
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Aug 2016
| Minister for Environment and
Energy Josh Frydenberg attended the 2nd Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit
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Jan 2017
| Visit by H.E. Jane Duke,
Australian Ambassador to ASEAN
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Aug 2017
| Visit by Vice Admiral Ray
Griggs, Vice Chief of Defence Force of Australia
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Dec 2017
| Visit by DFAT officials, Mr.
David Dutton, Assistant Secretary, South-East Asia Maritime Bilateral Branch
and Ms Cindy Rose, Director of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Section
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Agreements Signed
1985:
| MOU relating to the participation of members
of the RBAF in Military Training Programmes and Exercises
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1999:
| The MOU on Cooperation in Defence Activities
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2005:
| MOU between BD and Australia on Cooperation to
Combat International Terrorism was signed.
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