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TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS DURING CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC The Australian Embassy in Brussels continue to offer passport, consular and notarial services during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Please visit our Passports, Consular or Notarial page for further information on those respective services. Please note the availability of appointments is currently limited to some weekdays between 9.30 and 12.00. Please email us at consular.brussels@dfat.gov.au if you have an enquiry or if you wish to organise an appointment. If you have a consular or passport emergency, please email us at consular.brussels@dfat.gov.au or call us on +32 (0)2 286 0500. After business hours, please ring the 24/7 Consular Emergency Centre on +61 2 6261 3305. VISITING OUR OFFICES DURING COVID-19
. For the latest updates on COVID-19/Coronavirus, please checkout: Belgium: Luxembourg: Australia You can also get #COVID19 information from an official Australian Government chatbot by WhatsApp. Message +61 400 253 787 or go to http://aus.gov.au/whatsapp in your web browser. COVID-19 (Coronavirus): Travel Restrictions From 9pm on 20 March 2020, only Australian citizens, residents and immediate family members can travel to Australia. Up to date information on Australia's response to COVID-19 and current travel restrictions, as well as exemptions, is available at https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/news-media/current-alerts/novel-coronavirus.
Airline information: https://www.brusselsairport.be/en/passengers https://www.qantas.com/be/en.html https://virginaustralia.com/eu/en/ The Australian Government has set up additional flights with Qantas and Virgin Australia to bring Australians still overseas home. These flights leave from London, Los Angeles, Hong Kong & Auckland. For more information go to smartraveller.gov.au
Message from the Ambassador
The Embassy is located at: Contact Us The Embassy currently has no vacancies.
For Australians OverseasSmartraveller has the latest, authoritative travel advice so you can be informed and prepared about overseas travel. Subscribe to receive travel advice updates through email by simply supplying your name and email address. You can now also subscribe to the new SMS service - by supplying your mobile number – to receive critical alerts in the event of a crisis overseas. In a crisis, Smartraveller will activate a crisis page on its website. It will make it easier for you or someone you know to contact the Australian Government if you need help. It will supplement the consular emergency hotline. Visit www.smartraveller.gov.au to subscribe to the travel advice updates or connect with Smartraveller on Facebook and Twitter. 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.
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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 then-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 and in keeping trade flowing to boost the post-coronavirus recovery. Seven negotiating rounds have been held to date. The latest round took place in May 2020. Owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the round was held in cyberspace, with over 50 videoconferences between the negotiating teams. An eighth round is planned for September. 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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