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  • 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 2600
Postal 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 2017Dato 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
Mar 2018
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam attended the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney.

 



Recent Visits to Brunei

Oct 2013
State Visit of the Hon. Quentin Bryce, then-Governor General of Australia
Oct 2013
Tony Abbott, then-Prime Minister of Australia, attended the 8th East Asia Summit (EAS)
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
Aug 2016
Minister for Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg attended the 2nd Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit 
Jan 2017
Visit by H.E. Jane Duke, Australian Ambassador to ASEAN
Aug 2017
Visit by Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, Vice Chief of Defence Force of Australia 
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
Jul 2018
Visit of a Parliamentary Delegation led by Mr. Rowan Ramsey, MP.

 

Agreements Signed

1985:
MOU relating to the participation of members of the RBAF in Military Training Programmes and Exercises
1999:
The MOU on Cooperation in Defence Activities
2005:
MOU between BD and Australia on Cooperation to Combat International Terrorism was signed.






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