Solomon Islands is part of our Pacific family and is among our closest neighbours. We have been watching the ongoing protests in Honiara with concern and continue to call for calm and for an end to any further violence. Australia has agreed to provide assistance to Solomon Islands in line with our Treaty arrangement.

A Royal Australian Air Force plane departed Canberra last week with members of the Australian Federal Police and officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in support of the Australian Government response to the request for assistance. This deployment expands upon our longstanding bilateral security relationship, underpinned by strong cooperation between police, border and defence agencies in Australia and Solomon Islands.
KEEPING US SAFE FROM HIGH-RISK TERRORIST OFFENDERS
The Morrison Government last week secured passage in the Parliament of legislation to continue to protect the Australian community from the evolving threat posed by convicted terrorist offenders. The legislation establishes an extended supervision order scheme to ensure that terrorist offenders who are released into the community at the end of their custodial sentences are subject to tailored close supervision, based on the level of risk they pose to community safety. The new extended supervision order scheme will keep Australians safe from terrorist offenders who remained a high-risk at the conclusion of their sentence.
FURTHER STEPS TO REOPEN AUSTRALIA AND SECURE OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Australia continues to take further steps to safely reopen to the world, with additional changes to our international border arrangements coming into effect on 1 December. Consistent with the national plan to safely reopen Australia, these changes will ensure we continue to protect the health of Australians, while reuniting families and securing our economic recovery by opening our border to skilled and student visa holders.
From 1 December fully vaccinated eligible visa holders can come to Australia without needing to apply for a travel exemption. Eligible visa holders include skilled and student cohorts, as well as humanitarian, working holiday maker and provisional family visa holders. From 1 December, Australia will also welcome back fully vaccinated citizens from Japan and the Republic of Korea.
PBS LISTING HELPS THOSE WITH RARE GENETIC CONDITION
From 1 December Australians with a rare and potentially deadly condition, hereditary angioedema, will be able to obtain potentially life changing medication through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. The Morrison Government is listing Takhzyro® (lanadelumab) on the PBS for the first time for patients with hereditary angioedema. Hereditary angioedema is a rare, chronic genetic condition occurring in around one in 50,000 people. From 1 December, they’ll pay $41.30 per script or $6.60 with a concession card.