About us
About us
The department works to make Australia stronger, safer and more prosperous, to provide timely and responsive consular and passport services, and to ensure a secure Australian Government presence overseas.
The department provides foreign, trade and development policy advice to the government. We work with other government agencies to ensure that Australia's pursuit of its global, regional and bilateral interests is coordinated effectively.
- What we do
- Values Statement
- Fraud control
- Women in Leadership Strategy
- Corporate Plan 2020-21
- Roles and responsibilities of embassies, high commissions, consulates, and consulates headed by honorary consuls
- History of the department
Our people
- Ministers and Assistant Minister
- Executive staff: Secretary and Deputy Secretaries
- Senior staff: Australian Ambassadors, High Commissioners and other representatives
- Organisational chart: DFAT organisational structure [PDF 150 KB]
Our locations
- Australian state and territory offices
- Embassies, High Commissions, Consulates, multilateral missions and representative offices
Corporate information
- DFAT annual reports
- Certifications
- Contracts - Spring/Autumn Senate Report
- DFAT APSC Capability Review Report
- DFAT 2019 APS Census highlights report
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Enterprise Agreement [DOCX 170 KB] | [PDF 1.1 MB]
- Diplomatic Academy
- Environmental policy
- Freedom of information
- International Relations Grants Program
- Grant recipients
- Legal services expenditure
- Legislation for which the department is responsible - see the Administrative Arrangements Order (PMC website)
- Newly created departmental files
- Portfolio Budget Statements
- Public Interest Disclosures
- Tenders
- Workplace diversity
Last Updated: 2 September 2019