.. maybe 30 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Turnbull
BTW a bit more achieved than Dotard was able to..
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australi...ation-cyberwar
CANCER RESEARCH - A group of French research institutions will form a new international cancer research laboratory with Australia's Deakin University and the University of Tasmania.
QUANTUM COMPUTING - Australia and France have agreed to work together on ground-breaking research to develop a commercialised quantum silicon circuit in a deal between Australia's first quantum computing company and a world-leading French research organisation.
DEFENCE - The establishment of an annual Australia-France defence industry symposium, as part of a broader initiative between the two nations.
ENERGY - An agreement to develop, operate and supply renewable energy at a lower cost between French energy producer NEOEN and British-Australian renewable energy company SIMEC ZEN Energy.
TERRORISM - Australia has agreed to host the next international conference on terror financing in 2019, following on from a meeting in France last week.
CYBERSPACE - Co-operation on cybersecurity designed to combat threats to military and civilian networks.
EDUCATION - The University of Adelaide and France's ENSTA Bretagne will offer dual master's degrees in engineering, specifically in submarine and shipbuilding, under a new partnership between the institutions.
SPACE - A new partnership between the University of NSW and CNES to study a breakthrough hyperspectral remote-sensing satellite that will be capable of monitoring coral reefs in Australia and the South Pacific.
PACIFIC - Logistical support agreement between the Australian Defence Force and the French Armed Forces.