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Message from the Ambassador
The Embassy is located at: Embassy opening hours Please note the Australian Embassy in Brussels will be closed during the Holiday Season from 25 December 2019 until 1 January 2020 included.
For urgent consular assistance, please contact the Consular Emergency Centre on +61 2 6261 3305 Contact Us !For Australians overseas!Important changes to Smartraveller are coming. Our new Smartraveller website will be launched in November. It will include a simpler system for getting travel advice updates and a new approach to registration. Travellers have told us what they want most from Smartraveller is timely travel advice. We’ve listened, and we’re working on a subscription service that will deliver the latest updates to your inbox and SMS critical alerts in a crisis. As part of the update we no longer ask Australians to register their travel before departure. From November, Smartraveller’s registration system will activate only when there’s a crisis overseas. The service we provide to Australians in difficulty overseas is not changing. You’re still welcome to register your travel with Smartraveller until November. As always, we encourage Australians overseas to stay in touch with friends and family and let them know you’re safe. If you need immediate assistance, you can call the Consular Emergency Centre on +61 2 6261 3305 from overseas or 1300 555 135 from within Australia. For more information on the changes, visit Smartraveller.gov.au/changes
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Trade and investmentAustralia-EU FTA negotiations Australia and the EU launched negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in June 2018. The launch was announced during the visit to Australia by EU Trade Commissioner Malmström. Both sides have made public reference to their commitment to achieving a comprehensive and ambitious outcome. Such an agreement has the potential to generate significant commercial benefits. It would also reflect the shared interest of Australia and the EU in protecting and promoting an effective global rules-based order. Four negotiating rounds have been held to date, in July and December 2018 and March and June 2019. The fifth round took place in the week of 14-18 October 2019. Engage with the Australian FTA negotiating team here.
5th round of negotiations in Canberra, 14-18 October 2019 Science, research and innovation Australia and the European Commission held their 15th Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Committee Meeting on 23 July in Canberra. The meeting was co-chaired by Director General of the European Commission’s DG Research and Innovation, Jean-Eric Paquet, and by Australia’s a/g Deputy Secretary in the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.
The meeting presented an opportunity for the European Commission and Australia to discuss the critical role that science and innovation can play in addressing the rapidly changing technological environment together with common global social, environmental and economic challenges. Both countries discussed the current areas of collaboration as well as areas of potential future collaboration. The official Communique is available here. Foreign and Security PolicyAustralia-EU Framework Agreement
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