The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the department of the Australian federal government responsible for foreign policy and relations,international aid,consular services and trade and investment. Australia's total official development assistance (ODA) decreased in 2022 due to differences in Australia's financial year reporting and the timing of its COVID-19-related expenditure,representing 0.19% of gross national income (GNI).
Crispin Conroy is an Australian diplomat.
Justin Lance Lee is an Australian public servant,currently serving as High Commissioner to Malaysia since July 2021. Lee was the Australian Ambassador for Climate Change between 2012 and 2014. after having served as Australia's High Commissioner to Bangladesh between 2008 and 2012. Lee served as deputy head of mission to Indonesia from 2015 to 2017.
Richard Campbell "Ric" Smith is a former senior Australian public servant and diplomat. He served as the Australian Ambassador to China (1996–2000),Australian Ambassador to Indonesia during the time of the 2002 Bali bombings (2001–2002),and Secretary of the Department of Defence (2002–2006). In April 2009,Smith was appointed as Australia's Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Frances Jennifer Adamson is an Australian public servant and diplomat who is the 36th Governor of South Australia,in office since 7 October 2021. She previously served as Australian Ambassador to China from 2011 to 2015 and as secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2016 to 2021.
Jonathan Philp is an Australian diplomat and career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Louise Helen Hand is an Australian diplomat and is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Australia entered into diplomatic relations with Cambodia in 1952. In 1955,the first Australian legation was opened in Phnom Penh,with the Australian minister to Cambodia previously working out of Saigon,modern day Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam. The Cambodian Embassy to Australia is located in the nation's capital,Canberra.
Gillian Elizabeth Bird has served as Australia's Ambassador to France since November 2020. Bird concurrently serves as Australia's non-resident Ambassador to Algeria,Mauritania,and Monaco. She is a former Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations,serving between 2015 and 2019.
David James Ritchie is an Australian diplomat and a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). His last appointment was as Ambassador for Australia to Germany,a post to which he was appointed in 2013.
Graham Barton Feakes was an Australian public servant and diplomat. From 1984 to 1990,Feakes was Australian High Commissioner to India.
Prak Sokhonn is a Cambodian politician,diplomat and journalist who currently serves as a member and first vice president of the Senate. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2023 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2018 to 2023.
William Paterson is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He served as the Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea until the end of 2016.
Penny Williams is an Australian public servant and diplomat. She is the current Australian Ambassador to Indonesia. From 2007 to 2010,Williams was Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia.
Matthew Ernest Keith Neuhaus is an Australian diplomat who was appointed as the Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands on 29 August 2018.
Michelle Chan is an Australian diplomat who served as Ambassador to Myanmar from May 2008 until January 2011. Chan served as National Security Adviser to former Prime Minister Scott Morrison. In April 2020,Chan was promoted to deputy secretary in the Office of National Intelligence. She is currently the Deputy Secretary of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
