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Australian Consulate-General, Houston

Locality: Houston, Texas

Phone: (832) 962-8420

Address: 3009 Post Oak Blvd #1310 77056 Houston, TX, US

Website: http://www.usa.embassy.gov.au

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24.01.2022 Join our friends from the awesome Houston Lonestars Australian Football Club this Saturday 24 October from 7pm at the Phoenix for a socially distanced beverage for a replay watch party of the 2020 AFL Grand Final. Reserve a table at the link below. Mask required and they will have spares to give out if you forget to bring one.

22.01.2022 Today Australia commemorates Remembrance Day and the United States mark Veterans Day. To recognise the day, LTCOL Berni White, Acting Military Attaché for... Australia, and LTCOL Aidan Shattock, Military Attaché for New Zealand, lay a wreath at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, in honour of all those who have served. See more

22.01.2022 This week is World Space Week and the theme is Satellites Improve Life. Did you know Aboriginal Australian and Native American (Lakota Tribe) artwork adorn ...two satellite dishes at a Landsat International Cooperator Ground Station in Alice Springs? The more distant dish, bearing a Lakota Sioux star quilt pattern, is the most recent added to the ground station! U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) See more

21.01.2022 Today is #GlobalHandwashingDay, a reminder that #handwashing is everyone’s responsibility. Protect yourself and others by washing your hands: - after coughing/s...neezing - when caring for the sick - before, during & after you prepare food - before eating - after use - when hands are visibly dirty - after handling animals/animal waste + + = ig/sc_redleader See more

20.01.2022 Just wanting to share the on #WorldWombatDay. And for our younger followers, you can read all about how wombats spend their days in the wonderful Aussie children’s classic Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French: https://bit.ly/3knNLLx ig/mitsuhiko_takano

20.01.2022 This may very well be the cutest thing you see today Did you hear, scientists in Australia have discovered 2 new species!? A possum-sized marsupial, known as ...the greater glider, has been found to be in fact 3 separate species. This adorable marsupial makes its home across a wide range of Australian bush, extending along almost the entire east coast, from Victoria in the south to the northern parts of Queensland. Being nocturnal, they sleep in hollowed-out trees during the day and set out at night, soaring up to 100m/330ft through the air, in search of their meal of choice: eucalyptus leaves More: https://www.theguardian.com//two-new-greater-glider-specie Josh Bowell

20.01.2022 TONIGHT! Join us, American Australian Association, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, for a virtual panel discussion as we mark 15 years of the Australia-Un...ited States Free Trade Agreement. The live program will include remarks from Australia's Ambassador to the United States, the Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO, US Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President, Myron Brilliant, AmCham CEO, April Palmerlee and AAA President, Ambassador John Berry. Panel discussion moderated by Ambassador Sinodinos. Panellists: Jennifer Nason, Global Chair Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan Stephen McCann, Group CEO & Managing Director, Lendlease Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel, Vice President, International Government Affairs, Lockheed Martin International Michael Farrell, CEO, ResMed Steven Demetriou, Chair & CEO, Jacobs Thursday 1 October 2020 5.30pm - 6.30pm EDT Register via: https://bit.ly/3kXTnfk See more

19.01.2022 Overnight in Tokyo, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne met with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. ...S Jaishankar, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to discuss #Quad cooperation. The Australia-US-India-Japan relationship is integral to ensuring a stable, secure, open, and prosperous #IndoPacific. See more

17.01.2022 Congratulations to CSIRO Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley - Australia's new Chief Scientist in 2021. She is only the second woman to hold this prestigious ...role. Dr Foley, whose work has focused on the physics behind superconductors, is an advocate of attracting more women to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Dr Foley - we think you’ll make a great role model for many generations to come! See more

17.01.2022 National Cabinet Update: 23 October 2020. National Cabinet noted that there are a significant number of Australians wishing to return home from overseas, with t...he Commonwealth already taken steps to further support those facing personal hardship. National Cabinet agreed that all jurisdictions would continue to work towards enabling more Australians to return home. Existing international air passenger arrival caps will continue until 21 November 2020, with ongoing review by National Cabinet. Read the full release: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/national-cabinet-1

15.01.2022 Always Was, Always Will Be. Celebrating more than 65,000 years of culture Canberra's National Carillion lights up each night throughout NAIDOC Week (8-15 N...ovember) with these awe-inspiring 50m projections, designed by First Nations people. You can purchase projected images and 100s more from AIATSIS. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #NAIDOC2020

14.01.2022 Congratulations Natasha Stott-Despoja AO - elected today to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women #CEDAW. This is the first time ...that an Australian will have served on the Committee in almost thirty years! Natasha is a lifelong gender equality advocate who will make a significant contribution to the work of the Committee.

14.01.2022 Join our friends at the #AACCHouston with leading experts as they discuss how Australia and Asia are playing a leading role in transitioning to a more sustainable energy future. October 15, tonight at 6.30pm. Registration at the link below.

11.01.2022 Happy birthday Sydney Opera House 47 years young today! "This year has been quite the ride, but as they say, life begins at 47 - and what better way to ring in another year of existence than preparing for our reopening," Sydney Opera House (re-opening October 29 ) Svendsania

09.01.2022 Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty. We believe the #DeathPenalty has no place in the modern world. Australia is committed to efforts to end its use worldwide #NoDeathPenalty More: https://dfat.gov.au//australias-strategy-for-abolition-of- United Nations Human Rights

06.01.2022 RSVP at the link below to register for this free webinar on Tuesday 27 October for Australians Living Abroad. You can submit questions to the panel at the time of registration.

06.01.2022 Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia for first time in 3,000 years! With the help of WildArk, Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky, 11 Tasmanian Devils were... released back into the wild, bringing the total released Devils now to 26. They are among the first Tasmanian Devils to live in the wild on mainland Australia in 3,000 years. The team at Aussie Ark will monitor the marsupials in the 400-hectare wildlife sanctuary in the Barrington Tops through camera traps, radio collars and surveys to check how they are adjusting to life in the wild. #DevilComeback See more

05.01.2022 AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS For information on overseas voting for Australia's upcoming elections, visit: https://usa.embassy.gov.au/australian-elections Upcoming ...Elections: 2020 ACT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ELECTION An ACT Legislative Assembly election will be held on 17 October 2020. Voting will be available to eligible ACT electors, including those overseas at the time, from 9am on 28 September 2020 until 6pm on 17 October 2020 (AEDT). 2020 QUEENSLAND STATE ELECTION A general election will be held in Queensland on 31 October 2020. Voting will be available to eligible electors, including those overseas at the time, from Monday 19 October 2020 until election day. 2020 VICTORIAN LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS Local council elections will be held in Victoria in October 2020. All councils will have elections except Casey City Council, South Gippsland Shire Council and Whittlesea City Council.

05.01.2022 Join Pitjantjatjara woman Sally Scales (Chair of the APY Council), Skye O’Meara (General Manager of the APY Art Centre Collective) and Margo Smith, (Director of... the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection in Charlottesville, Virginia), for a conversation on Indigenous art, international collaboration and keeping culture strong in the midst of a global pandemic Thursday 15 October 6pm EDT | 3pm PDT Registration and more info: https://www.americanaustralian.org//indigenous-art-in-2020/ via American Australian Association. Indigenous art centres are powerful places and vital to their communities. In a year marked by a global health crisis, protests for racial justice, economic instability and overall uncertainty, Sally and Skye have creatively navigated each challenge with honesty, gravity, and an incredible sense of humor. The remote APY communities remain COVID-free while their artists continue to earn widespread recognition.

01.01.2022 At first light this morning, red poppies were projected onto the Sydney Opera House sails for Remembrance Day, as a symbolic reminder of the service and sacrifi...ce of our fallen soldiers At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, we will remember them #LestWeForget ig/awabakal2283