February: Ministerial Consultations held in Lisbon between Portuguese and Australian Foreign Ministers.

March: Third EU-Australia Troika Talks on Asia held in Brussels.

July: Ministerial Consultations held in Bangkok between French Secretary for State Development and Australian Foreign Minister.

February: Ministerial Consultations held in Stockholm between Swedish and Australian Foreign Ministers.

April: Seventeenth Ministerial Consultations held in Canberra between EU Commissioner for External Relations, Australian Foreign Minister and Australian Trade Minister. Parallel Senior Officials' Meeting was held. Bilateral consultations on development assistance.

April: Opening of the National Europe Centre at the Australian National University, Canberra

May: Meeting on Joint Science and Technology Consultative Committee and the first Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST).

June: Fourth EU-Australia Troika Talks on Asia held in Brussels.

July: Ministerial Consultations with EU Presidency (Belgium) held in Hanoi between Belgian and Australian Foreign Ministers. EU High Level mission met Australian Environment Minister to prepare negotiations on Climate Change.

January: Ministerial Consultations held in Madrid between EU Commissioner for External Relations, Spanish Foreign Minister and Australian Foreign Minister.

February: Meeting in Brussels between EC Environment Commissioner and Australian Environment Minister.

March: EU-Australia Consumer Protection Agreement signed in Brussels. Security dialogue between EU and Australian senior officials in Brussels.

April: Eighteenth Ministerial Consultations held in Brussels between Commissions Patten, Fischler, Lamy and Vitorino; and Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. Senior Officials' meeting was also held.

May: Australian Minister for Trade visits Brussels.

July:

• European Commissioner for Trade visits Australia, meets with Australian Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, senior business leaders and representatives of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA).
• Australian Prime Minister visits Brussels and meets with Commission President and full Commission.
• Minister for Environment and Heritage visits Brussels.
• Ministerial Consultations with EU Presidency (Denmark) held in Brunei between Australian Foreign Minister and Secretary-General of the Council of the EU and High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy.

September: Visit of Australian Parliamentary Delegation, led by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to Brussels.

October: European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid visits Australia

November: European Commissioner for Trade visits Australia for WTO mini-ministerial summit and talks with Australian Minister for Trade.

January: Talks in Berlin between Secretary-General of the Council of the EU and High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, and Australian Foreign Minister.

January: Talks between European Commissioner for External Relations; Secretary-General of the Council of the EU and High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy; Secretary-General to the Convention on the Future of Europe; and Australian Foreign Minister.

February: Annual EU-Australia Senior Officials' meeting held in Canberra

March: Australian Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts visits Brussels

April: Sixth EU-Australia Troika Talks on Asia held in Brussels, and Annual Agricultural Trade and Marketing Experts Group (ATMEG) held in Canberra.

April: Nineteenth Ministerial Consultations held in Canberra between European Commissioner for External Relations, Australian Minster for Foreign Affairs, and Australian Minister for Trade.

June: Second Senior Officials' Dialogue on Migration and Asylum held in Brussels.

September/October: Australian Attorney-General visits Brussels.

November: Fourth Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST) and Seventh Joint Science and Technology Consultative Committee (JSTCC) held in Canberra. High Level environment talks held in Canberra.

January:

• Talks in Davos between Secretary-General of the Council of the EU and High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, and Australian Foreign Minister.
• Ministerial Consultations with EU Irish Presidency in Dublin.
• European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid visits Australia.

March: Second Security Dialogue held in Brussels. Talks in Berlin between Secretary-General of the Council of the EU and High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, and Australian Foreign Minister.

April:

• Inaugural Development Dialogue held in Brussels.
• Australian Parliamentary Delegation led by the President of the Senate, visit Brussels and Strasbourg.
• Quarantine and ATMEG talks held in Brussels
• EU-Australia informal trade dialogue held in Brussels
• Annual EU-Australian Senior Officials' Meeting held in Brussels.

May:

• European Commissioner for Agriculture and EU Commissioner for Trade meet with Australian Trade Minister is Brussels.
• Twentieth Ministerial Consultations held in Brussels. Meetings between EU Commissioner for External Relations, EU Commissioner for Development Cooperation, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, President of the Commission, Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, EU Enlargement Commissioner; and Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs.

November: Wine Agreement negotiations in Australia

February: Ministerials in Luxembourg

April: visit of Economic Development Committee of the Victorian Parliament to Brussels

April: Visit of Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Ján Figel' to Australia

April: Signing of Joint Declaration of Mr Ján Figel', Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, European Commission, and The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Education, Science and Training

June: visit of Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations