Meeting of the Consul with the President of Comites Mariangela Stagnitti
Consul Napolitano today met with the President of Comites for Queensland and the Northern Territory, Ms. Mariangela Stagnitti. The Comites’ are representative bodies of the Italian community, directly elected by Italian nationals residing abroad in each district of at least 3,000 residents (within Queensland and the Northern Territory there are over 17,000 Italian citizens). […]
Read moreHONORARY VICE CONSULATE IN DARWIN – PASSPORT APPLICATIONS
The Honorary Vice Consulate of Italy in Darwin is able to accept passport applications from Italian nationals residing in the Northern Territory. As a result, Italian nationals are therefore entitled to lodge their applications in Darwin without having to travel to Brisbane.Italian nationals, who wish to apply for an Italian passport via the Darwin Office, […]
Read moreIII Edition of Italian Cuisine Week (19-25 November 2018)
This year, in its third edition, Italian Cuisine Week in the World will take place from 19th to 25th November. The Consulate of Italy in Brisbane invites all Italian restaurants, cafes and bakeries in Queensland and the Northern Territory to participate in promoting Italy’s agri-food industry: this edition will focus particularly on Sicilian gastronomy. Those […]
Read moreURGENT UPDATE REGARDING ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP PROCESSING TIMES AND FEES.
As of October 5th, 2018, in line with article 14 of the Legislative Decree n. 113 of October 4th, published on Italian Gazette n. 231 of October 4th, 2018, the fee for Italian Citizenship declaration of election, acquisition, re-acquisition, renunciation or grant, is set at EUR 250. Also, as of October 5th, 2018, and in […]
Read moreInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Protecting and upholding the rights of women and promoting the fight against any form of discrimination and gender-based violence are Italy’s priorities in the action it carries out, also at the international level. On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Farnesina wishes to reaffirm its firm commitment […]
Read morePellegrino Scholarship 2017
Cav. Stephen John Pellegrino (SP) is offering one scholarship for 2017 to Australian citizens and Italian nationals permanently residing in Queensland and Northern Territory. The scholarship is organized in conjunction with the Consulate of Italy in Brisbane. For further information, please see the attachment.
Read moreCONSULAR MISSION TO DARWIN – PASSPORTS
The Consulate of Italy in Brisbane is glad to announce a Consular Mission to DARWIN. The purpose of this Mission is to collect digital fingerprints of Italian citizens for the subsequent application for Italian passports. For this purpose, we would like to inform all Italian citizens registered in the AIRE registry (Registry of Italians Resident […]
Read moreTransparent Accounts – Services and activities: how much and how resources are spent, and why it is important they continue to be spent
Reading and – even more difficult – understanding a ministry’s accounts is an almost impossible task for all but the experts. The aim of this project is to make ouraccounts both accessible and easy to understand. In a word, transparent. We believe that transparency in our financial accounting is an essential instrument to implement the […]
Read moreConstitutional Referendum, December 4, 2016
The Presidential Decree published on Gazzetta Ufficiale no. 227 on 28 September 2016, called for a Constitutional Referendum to be held on 4Th December 2016. This is the question voters are asked to answer: “Approvate il testo della legge costituzionale concernente “disposizioni per il superamento del bicameralismo paritario, la riduzione del numero dei parlamentari, il […]
Read moreEarthquake: offers of help by Italian communities and associations of Italians residing abroad. Collection channels
Many and widespread are the spontaneous manifestations of solidarity by communities and associations of Italians residing abroad in support of the populations recently struck by the earthquake in Central Italy. In order to effectively funnel these expressions of sympathy and of the will to make a tangible contribution, the Foreign Ministry has widely publicized information […]
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