{"id":30301,"date":"2024-11-28T10:10:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T10:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=30301"},"modified":"2024-11-28T10:10:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T10:10:27","slug":"launch-of-asean-australia-centre-to-strengthen-southeast-asia-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/launch-of-asean-australia-centre-to-strengthen-southeast-asia-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of ASEAN-Australia Centre to strengthen Southeast Asia ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am pleased to launch the ASEAN-Australia Centre, delivering a key commitment of the Albanese Government from the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Centre will be launched tonight at Parliament House in Canberra alongside H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ASEAN-Australia Centre will build on the Labor Government\u2019s work to deepen engagement with Southeast Asia and will focus on further increasing business, education, cultural and community connections with Southeast Asia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key initiatives of the ASEAN-Australia Centre will include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>launching an Emerging Leaders Program to support the brightest minds from the region to build skills and connections;&nbsp;<\/li><li>investing in expanding the BRIDGE school partnerships program to connect teachers and students in Australia, Southeast Asia and Timor-Leste; and<\/li><li>developing a Young Women Entrepreneur Exchange to supercharge the business and creative ventures of Australian and Southeast Asian women.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Centre is also supporting creative industry exchanges, cultural initiatives and Southeast Asia literacy through a Grants Program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Centre invites applications related to creative industry exchanges, cultural initiatives that drive two-way trade and connect our region, and practical projects that strengthen Southeast Asia literacy in Australia. Information is available on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grants.gov.au\/\">GrantConnect<\/a>&nbsp;website and applications are open until 10 January 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m also pleased to announce a partnership between the ASEAN-Australia Centre and National Museum of Australia with a world-first First Nations Art Exhibition to tour Southeast Asia from 2025. This partnership delivers on recommendations from&nbsp;<em>Invested: Australia\u2019s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the day the Albanese Government was elected, we have worked to deepen our ties with Southeast Asia because we know how important these relationships are for Australia\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the launch of the ASEAN-Australia Centre, we have delivered on another commitment to help make Australia stronger and more influential in our region and the world, and to build a better future for Australians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to launch the ASEAN-Australia Centre, delivering a key commitment of the Albanese Government from the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit earlier this year. The Centre will be launched tonight at Parliament House in Canberra alongside H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN. The ASEAN-Australia Centre will build on the Labor Government\u2019s work to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/launch-of-asean-australia-centre-to-strengthen-southeast-asia-ties\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Launch of ASEAN-Australia Centre to strengthen Southeast Asia ties&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30302,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30301\/revisions\/30302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}