List of Australian High Commissioners to Papua New Guinea

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High Commissioner of Australia to Papua New Guinea
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Incumbent
Jon Philp
since 25 February 2020
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style His Excellency
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence Waigani, Port Moresby
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder Les Johnson
(as High Commissioner for the Territory of Papua and New Guinea)
Formation1 December 1973
Website Australian High Commission, Papua New Guinea

The High Commissioner of Australia to Papua New Guinea is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia in Papua New Guinea. The High Commissioner resides in Port Moresby and, since February 2020, has been Jon Philp. The high commission's work has been assisted since 6 February 2017 by a consulate-general in Lae. [1]

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Posting history

The Australian Government has offered diplomatic representation in Papua New Guinea since the establishment of self-government for the Territory of Papua and New Guinea in December 1973. The Australian Government administrator in Papua New Guinea was retitled as High Commissioner, which was continued as a solely diplomatic post once PNG gained independence from 16 September 1975. [2] [3] [4]

Lae consulate

On 18 April 1975, a consular office was opened in the city of Lae, which was later upgraded to a consulate-general from 16 September 1975 upon independence. [5] However, due to resource constraints in foreign affairs with the new Liberal/National government of Malcolm Fraser, the post was scaled down from late 1978, with the responsibilities of the consulate passed to the Deputy High Commissioner in Port Moresby, Max Hughes, and was completely closed down in December 1981. [6] [7] The post remained closed until the appointment and opening of an Honorary Consulate on 24 July 1989, which lasted until the reopening of the Consulate-General in February 2017 as part of a significant expansion of Australia's global diplomatic presence. [1] [8]

Heads of mission

#OfficeholderTitleTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1 Les Johnson High Commissioner for Papua New Guinea 1 December 197329 March 1974118 days [9] [10] [11]
2 Tom Critchley 29 March 197416 September 19753 years, 10 months [12] [13] [14]
High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea16 September 1975February 1978
3 Gerry Nutter February 1978May 19813 years, 3 months [15] [16]
4Robert BirchMay 1981September 19843 years, 4 months [17] [18]
5Michael WilsonSeptember 1984October 19873 years, 1 month [19] [20]
6Lance JosephOctober 1987April 19891 year, 6 months [21]
7 Allan Taylor April 1989March 19933 years, 11 months [22] [23]
8 Bill Farmer March 1993March 19963 years [24]
9 David Irvine March 1996September 19993 years, 6 months [25]
10 Nick Warner September 1999March 20033 years, 6 months [26] [27]
11 Michael Potts March 2003December 20063 years, 9 months [28] [29]
12 Chris Moraitis December 2006February 20103 years, 2 months [30] [31] [32]
13 Ian Kemish February 2010March 20133 years, 1 month [33] [34] [35]
14Deborah StokesMarch 2013August 20152 years, 5 months [36] [37]
−Bronte Moules (Acting)August 2015December 20154 months [38]
15Bruce Davis2 December 201525 February 20204 years, 85 days [39] [40]
16 Jon Philp 25 February 2020Incumbent3 years, 163 days [41]

Consuls-general in Lae

NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Noel Ross SmithNovember 197425 October 1976 [6] [42]
Eric Herbert Hanfield25 October 19761978 [6] [43]
Max Hughes (resident in Port Moresby)1978December 1981 [6] [44]
Posting closed
Kevin Beamish (Honorary Consul)24 July 198912 September 1994 [45] [46]
Phil Franklin (Honorary Consul)12 September 1994August 2013 [47] [48]
Alan McLay (Honorary Consul)August 201316 December 2016 [49]
Paul Murphy16 December 201616 December 2020 [50] [51]
Mark Foxe16 December 2020present [52]

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