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News and Events

If you are an Australian citizen living in South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique or Swaziland and would like to be included in social events hosted by the Australian High Commission, please send your email address to [email protected].

 

Australian Bushfires

Information regarding the Australian bushfires can be found via the links below.

For people travelling to Australia, please refer to the travel advice provided by your country’s foreign affairs ministry http://www.dirco.gov.za/consular/travel_advice.htm

You may also refer to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s website, which carries further links to relevant state fire and emergency authorities, and we advise travellers to follow the instructions of these authorities https://www.abc.net.au/news/

Financial donations can be made directly to emergency service agencies or to various charities such as:

-          Australian Red Cross www.redcross.org.au

-          The Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.org.au

-          NSW Rural Fire Service www.rfs.nsw.gov.au

-          Country Fire Association of Victoria www.cfa.vic.gov.au

-          South Australia Country Fire Service www.cfsfoundation.org.au

-          St Vincent de Paul Bushfire Appeal www.vinnies.org.au

-          WIRE (injured animals) www.wires.org.au

To Australia’s many friends and supporters throughout the world who are asking, ‘How can we help?’ we say: keep buying Australian, keep visiting Australia, keep investing in Australia. 

For media queries and updates on the fire status please refer to the Prime Minister of Australia’s website ( www.pm.gov.au ).  

For any other queries please send an email to [email protected]

 

Attending the Africa Down Under (ADU) conference in Perth 4-6 September 2019?

The Australian High Commission’s Department of Home Affairs will be processing visa applications for ADU. Due to the size of this conference, the ADU website states that you should apply early for your visa. The High Commission will only be able to assess applications that are lodged by 16 August 2019. Please note that any applications lodged after this date may not be assessed in time to attend the conference. If you are registered for ADU but have not yet lodged your visa application, please lodge online a complete application with all supporting documentation now!

https://www.africadownunderconference.com/