The Acting Speaker of the Queensland Parliament, Mr Joe Kelly, MP, welcomed a delegation of Parliamentarians from Vanuatu led by the 2nd Deputy Speaker,  Jack Kalmet, MP on 8 June 2023. The visit provided an opportunity to renew the twinning between the two Parliaments – which takes place under the auspices of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in the CPA Pacific and CPA Australia Regions and supports parliamentary strengthening, training and exchanges across the two Regions. The Queensland Parliament is ‘twinned’ with the Vanuatu Parliament and extends to cultural and economic connections as well as parliamentary exchanges. The Acting Speaker of Queensland presented the Vanuatu Parliament with a framed replica of David Hart’s ‘Australia Mural’ which hangs on the walls of the Queensland Parliament and depicts some of the story of Australia following colonisation and the new life symbolised by flowers.