Career
In 2002,he was awarded the OAM for his role in the response to the 2002 Bali Bombings. [3]
He served as the Australian high commissioner in South Africa (2004-2008). [4] While High Commissioner to South Africa,he concurrently served as non-resident High Commissioner to Swaziland,Lesotho,Botswana,Mozambique and Namibia. He served as Australia's High Commissioner to Kenya from 1998 to 2000,and concurrently Ambassador to Ethiopia and non-resident High Commissioner to Uganda,Tanzania and Eritrea.
In 2004 he led the Secretariat for the Review of Australian Intelligence Agencies. [5]
Subsequently,he was appointed International Advisor to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd,and was later appointed the Chief of Staff when Rudd was foreign minister. [6] [4]
He was appointed the Australian Ambassador to Germany in 2020 and later High Commissioner to India in 2023. [7] From 2020 until 2022,Green also served as Australia's chief diplomat in both Liechtenstein and Switzerland. [8]
Green presented his credentials as Australia's High Commissioner to India to India's President Murmu on 21 August 2023. [9] On 6 June 2024 he presented his credentials to The King of Bhutan. [10]
Green's selection as High Commissioner to India was seen as a departure from previous appointees. He arrived in India with less experience or connections to the country than his four immediate predecessors:Barry O'Farrell had served as the Deputy Chair of the Australia-India Council Board (2015-19) and as Premier of New South Wales,established sister-state agreements between NSW and Gujarat and Maharashtra;Harinder Sidhu had personal and cultural ties with India;Patrick Suckling had served in New Delhi as a junior diplomat;and Peter Varghese had personal and cultural ties. [11] Green's appointment following O'Farrell was the first time since 1997 that Australia had selected consecutive white male High Commissioners to India.
In a keynote address to outline his vision as Australia's High Commissioner to India in December 2023,Green defined the Australia-India relationship as driven by "necessity,opportunity,and affinity". He said his priority was to "get more things done",with his priorities being maritime domain awareness,two-way trade and investment (including a full Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement),and a focused green energy and critical minerals partnership. [12]
However,between November 2023 and June 2025 no Australian Cabinet Minister visited India and no major outcomes were announced. [13] This was a lull following the tenure of Green's predecessor,The Hon Barry O'Farrell AO (2020-2023),during which Australia-India signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership,secured a free trade agreement,and initiated Annual Summits and biennial Foreign and Defence Minister 2+2 Meetings. O'Farrell's tenure also saw regular Cabinet-level visits between India and Australia. [14]
In a further departure from his predecessors,Green spoke often about "differences" between Australia and India,including on governance,institutions,and society,and India's alleged actions in United States and Canada. [15]
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