Australian Federal Election 2019

The 2019 Australian federal election will be held on Saturday 18 May 2019. If you are an eligible Australian citizen living overseas you can still participate but you need to be enrolled.

To enrol, check or update your enrolment details visit www.aec.gov.au. The deadline for enrolling or updating your details for the federal election is 8pm, Thursday 18 April 2019 (Australian time in the electorate you’re enrolled).

Early voting will begin on Monday 6 May 2019 - see here for further information. Australian citizens wishing to vote in person at the Australian High Commission, Port Moresby are strongly encouraged to attend the High Commission early in the two week pre-polling period as high numbers of voters and long delays are expected on Election Day Saturday, 18 May 2019. Alternatively, you can apply for a postal vote online now at www.aec.gov.au.

If you are overseas and unable to vote, complete an overseas notification form and return it to the AEC. Being overseas is a valid reason for not voting.

Information in other languages can be found at www.aec.gov.au/translated.

• Joint statement between Australia and Papua New Guinea on strengthening relations
  Australia and Papua New Guinea recognise the critical importance of our bilateral relationship. Our two countries share a long history of close cooperation underpinned by common interests and deep community links.

• Flora uses family planning to reduce maternal deaths                                                                                                                                                                       Flora Iketa Tenakanai, 32, is passionate about reducing Papua New Guinea’s high maternal mortality rate through the provision of family planning services in East New Britain.The mother of three is a registered nurse at the new Marie Stopes clinic at Nonga General Hospital in Rabaul, which officially opened on 5 April. Flora provides family planning guidance to men and women at the clinic and during outreach services to remote villages. 

• Australia, China and PNG continue cooperation through new health program                                                                                                           Representatives of the Australian, Chinese and Papua New Guinean Governments recently met in Port Moresby to discuss continuing cooperation in malaria and health security. The meeting noted the success of an existing Australia-China-PNG Pilot Cooperation on Malaria Control Project in Papua New Guinea and considered how trilateral cooperation could further strengthen health security in PNG.

• Sohe women think business                                                                                                                                                                                                                            More than 30 women of Sohe District in the Northern Province have been taught essential skills of operating small to medium enterprises (SME) through the support of the Papua New Guinea-Australia partnership. 

• Public servants ready to uphold core values                                                                                                                                                                                            More than 50 public servants completed an Ethical Leadership in Decision Making course in Port Moresby last month. It was supported by the PNG-Australia Partnership through the Pacific Leadership and Governance Precinct.

• The Australian High Commissioner’s speech on Papua New Guinea in the Asian century has been ranked among the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) top 10 speeches in 2017.