Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

and

Brunei Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...

established diplomatic relations in 1984. Australia has a high commission in

Bandar Seri Begawan Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB) is the capital and largest city of Brunei. It is officially a Municipalities of Brunei, municipal area () with an area of and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007. It is part of Brunei–Muara District, the s ...

, and Brunei has a high commission in

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History

Relations between the two countries can be traced back during

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when the Australian Army played a crucial role to liberating Brunei from Japanese occupation in 1945. While the present relations between the two countries were established since 1984 when Australia became one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with Brunei. Both countries had enjoyed a warm relationship before 1959 when Brunei achieved

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. Now, the relations were mainly focused to defence and security, education, as well as on trade.

Economic relations

From 2012 to 2013, Brunei was ranked as Australia's 39th largest trading partner with the total bilateral trade between the two countries reached U$1.026 billion. Brunei

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comprising U$978 million of the total trade. There is also a number of Australian teachers and other professionals work in Brunei while Australia became one of the destination for Bruneian students.

Security relations

Both countries enjoy defence relations particularly in military exercises and trainings.

References

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Bilateral relations of Brunei