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Sir Ian Botham returns to Australia as UK Trade Envoy
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![Sir Ian Botham with the UK Government team in Brisbane on the first day of his programme 21 June 2022.](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62b1373dd3bf7f0af821ef89/Ian_Botham_June_2022_GOV_UK_RESIZE.jpg)
Australian tech companies land in the UK for London Tech Week
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![Australian delegates during their London Tech Week programme 2022.](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62b136f2e90e0765d87f148f/AUS_DELEGATES_LTW_2022_RESIZED.jpg)
UK Trade Envoy Lord Ian Botham lands in Australia
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![Lord Botham will build on the strong existing relationship between the UK and Australia.](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6191aa9a8fa8f5038164025a/Lord_Ian_Botham_960_x_640px_for_GOV_UK.png)
140 Australian and Kiwi tech scaleups join London Tech Week 2021
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![The ANZ London Tech Week Virtual Mission has been specifically curated for Australian and New Zealand tech scale-ups.](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6191ac8a8fa8f5037b09c51f/Generic_London_960_x_640_px.png)
Call for bids: UK-Australia maritime partnership in the Indo-Pacific
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![Ship mast flying Union Jack flag](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/611c560ad3bf7f63aade7fe4/Ship_and_union_jack_960x640px.jpg)
Our mission
We develop and sustain the important and longstanding relationship between the UK and Australia. We work on a wide range of political, commercial, security, defence, and economic matters of interest to the UK and Australia and provide consular support to the many Britons visiting and living in Australia.