The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) hosted a morning tea on 16 February 2026 in honour of His Excellency the Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, during her official visit to Australia.
The Acting High Commissioner of the Republic of Vanuatu to Australia, Mr. Ernest Guy Sumptoh, paid his first official courtesy call on His Excellency Mr. Beka Dval, Ambassador of Georgia, marking a positive start to diplomatic engagements for the year 2026.
The President of Vanuatu's Malvatumauri Council of Chiefs has told Australia's foreign minister, Penny Wong, Melanesian custom must be preserved in the Seasonal Worker Programme.
The Vanuatu High Commission was honoured to witness on Tuesday 25th of November 2025 the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Marketfresh Place Australia and the Government of Vanuatu, through the Ministry of Trade and Commerce, to officially open the organic export corridor to Australia.
Two Country Liaison Officers have been appointed to oversee the welfare of all Ni-Vanuatu workers engaged with the Labour Mobility Program in Australia and New Zealand.