Australia is a stable, democratic and culturally diverse nation with a highly skilled workforce and one of the strongest performing economies in the world.
With spectacular landscapes and a rich ancient culture, Australia is a land like no other. It is the earth's sixth-largest country in land area and is the only nation to govern an entire continent.
Australia in Brief provides an authoritative overview of Australia's history, the land, its people and their way of life. It also looks at Australia's economic, scientific, and cultural achievements and its foreign, trade and defence policies.
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First Nations Australians are custodians of some of the oldest continuous living cultures in the world. Archaeological evidence suggests that the first Australians have lived in harmony with the Australian continent for at least 60,000 years10. Another distinct group, the Torres Strait Islander people of Melanesian origin, first settled on islands north of the mainland between the tip of Queensland and Papua New Guinea thousands of years ago. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians maintain different and distinctive traditions and beliefs, which vary across all of Australia.
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On 7 March 2023, the Foreign Minister, the Minister for Indigenous Australians and Senator Dodson announced Mr Justin Mohamed as Australia's inaugural Ambassador for First Nations People. The Ambassador's role will build on the Indigenous Diplomacy Agenda through working in genuine partnership with First Nations communities, leaders and advocates on how Australia's international engagement across foreign, trade, development and corporate policy can better support First Nations peoples.
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