Gallery

Korea–Australia Free Trade Agreement chief negotiator, Jan Adams PSM, initials the agreement with Korean Assistant Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, Canberra, 10 February 2014. [DFAT/Andrew Taylor]

Permanent Representative to the United Nations and then President of the Security Council, Gary Quinlan (centre), and the Rwandan Permanent Representative (left) with the Syrian Arab Republic Permanent Representative before the UNSC vote on safeguarding and destroying Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles, New York, 17 September 2013. [UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras]

Secretary, Peter Varghese AO

Secretary and Deputy Secretaries of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (as at 30 June 2014). Left to right: (seated) Deputy Secretary Chris Moraitis PSM, Secretary Peter Varghese AO, Deputy Secretary Jan Adams PSM; (standing) Deputy Secretaries Paul Grigson, Gillian Bird PSM and Ewen McDonald. [DFAT/Nathan Fulton]

Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Bill Paterson (centre), with Senior Manager Homeplus Supermarkets, Se-Woong Oh (left), and CEO Australian Table Grape Association, Jeff Scott, launches the first batch of Australian table grapes to be sold in Korea, Seoul, 15 April 2014. [DFAT]

Acting High Commissioner to Fiji, Glen Miles (right), opens newly-renovated facilities supported by Australia's Fiji Health Sector Support Program, Levuka Hospital, Fiji, 5 June 2014. [DFAT]

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, and Japanese Foreign Minister, Fumio Kishida, following talks, Tokyo, 15 October 2013. [DFAT]

Ambassador to China, Frances Adamson (right), accompanies Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb AO (left), on a visit to an Australian wool processing plant, Wujiang, 24 October 2013. With them are: Michell Wool Chairman, David Michell (second left), and Senior Trade Commissioner to Shanghai, Michael Clifton. [DFAT]

First Assistant Secretary Consular and Crisis Management Division, Justin Brown (second right), and Mongolian Ambassador, Ravdan Bold (second left), are joined by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Mongolian Foreign Minister, Luvsanvandan Bold (left), after signing an MOU on Consular Cooperation, Canberra, 18 March 2014. [DFAT]

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, with Indonesia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Marty Natalegawa, during her first official visit to Indonesia, 30 September 2013. [DFAT]

Sarah Roberts Counsellor (Political–Economic), Bangkok

Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb AO (right), with Secretary, Philippine Department of Trade and Industry, Greg Domingo, Business Sector Dialogue, PAMM, Manila, February 2013. [DFAT]

Savon Keo Senior Operations Manager, Phnom Penh

Deputy Secretary and ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting leader, Gillian Bird PSM (sixth right), with ASEAN senior officials to celebrate 40th anniversary of the Australia–ASEAN partnership, Canberra, 26 March 2014. [DFAT]

Australian-ASEAN 40th anniversary logo

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, meets with US Secretary of State, John Kerry, New York, 27 September 2013. [DFAT]

Quinton Devlin Deputy Head of Mission, Brasilia

Ambassador to Chile, Tim Kane (back centre), joins University of Queensland Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International), Professor Monique Skidmore, and Vice President of Chile’s Production Development Corporation, Dr Eduardo Bitran, as they sign an agreement on an International Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Mining, Santiago, June 2014. The embassy worked closely with the University of Queensland, Chile’s University of Concepcion and the Chilean Government to finalise the agreement. [DFAT]

First Assistant Secretary Americas Division, Dr Brendon Hammer (right), with Ambassador to Argentina (with accreditation to Paraguay), Patricia Holmes (second right), and Assistant Secretary Brett Hackett (centre), discuss opportunities for Australia in Paraguay’s minerals sector with Paraguayan delegation leader Gustavo da Silva and colleague (left), Latin America Down Under, Sydney, May 2014. [Bryan Charlton]

Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union and NATO, Duncan Lewis AO DSC CSC (centre), with New Zealand Ambassador to Belgium, Ms Paula Wilson (right), Anzac Day Dawn Service, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 2014. [DFAT]

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop (left), Minister for Defence, Senator David Johnston (second left), and Australian delegation, with UK First Secretary of State, William Hague, Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond and the UK delegation (right), 6th AUKMIN Consultations, London, 11 March 2014. [DFAT]

Honorary Consul, St Petersburg Sebastian FitzLyon

Ambassador to Spain, Jane Hardy, addresses senior officials and business leaders, Madrid, 6 May 2014. [DFAT]

Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Director, David Windsor, with Prime Minister Abbott, Tarin Kowt, 28 October 2013. [DFAT]

First Assistant Secretary South and West Asia Division, Paul Robilliard (centre), supports Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop chairing the IORA plenary meeting, Perth, 1 November 2013. [DFAT]

Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma (second right), accompanied by the head of the Ramallah Representative Office, Tom Wilson (fourth right), talks with Rafidia Hospital staff, recipients of a DAP-funded operating microscope for cataract surgery, Nablus, Palestinian Territories, 4 December 2013. [DFAT]

High Commissioner to Ghana, Joanna Adamson, being briefed by Australian mining company, Noble Gold Bibiani Ltd, officials on their operations, Bibiani, Western Ghana, 5 July 2013. [DFAT]

Second Secretary Honiara, Ben O’Reilly, with women from a High Commission-funded community sewing project, Niu Areata, Solomon Islands, 22 March 2014. [DFAT]

High Commission to Vanuatu-funded project provides clean, reliable drinking water to staff and students, Lapkit Primary School, Tanna, 29 April 2014. [DFAT]

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO, Hamish McCormick (right), with Trade and Investment Minister, Andrew Robb AO (second right), at the Cairns Group Farm Leaders’ Meeting, ahead of MC9, chaired by National Farmers’ Federation President, Brent Finlay (second left), with NFF General Manager Policy, Tony Mahar, Bali, 2 December 2013. [DFAT]

Trade Policy Officer, Lachlan Scully (left), supports Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb AO, and ROK Minister for Trade, Industry and Energy, Mr Yoon Sang-jick, signing KAFTA, watched by Prime Minister Tony Abbott and ROK President Park Geun-hye, Seoul, 8 April 2014. [DFAT]

The JAEPA negotiating team leaders with Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb AO. Left to right: Ken Gordon, Jennifer Meehan, Deputy Secretary Jan Adams PSM, Mr Robb, Frances Lisson, Simon Farbenbloom and Peter Roberts. [DFAT/Andrew Taylor]

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First Assistant Secretary Office of Trade Negotiations, Chris De Cure OAM (centre), and Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Ward (second right), with representatives from Australia’s beef, grains and sugar industries in the margins of a TPP negotiation round, Ho Chi Minh City, 14 May 2014. [DFAT]

Special Representative to the G20, Daniel Sloper (left), talks with the Secretary General of the International Organisation for the Francophone Countries, Abdou Diouf, as part of the G20 outreach program, Paris, 12 February 2014. [Cyril Bailleul/OIF]

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Secretary, Peter Varghese AO (seated: second left), with Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb AO (seated: third left), with officials, academics and business leaders at the first TIPAC meeting, Canberra, 6 June 2014. [AUSPIC/Howard Moffatt]

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Gary Quinlan, addressing the Security Council during the debate on chemical weapons in Syria, New York, 27 September 2013. [UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras]

Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja (right), with US Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues, Cathy Russell (left), and Chief of Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison AO, Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, London, 12 June 2014. [DFAT]

Director of the Office of the Ambassador for Women and Girls, Felicity Volk (fourth left), with the ambassador, Natasha Stott Despoja (right), and beneficiaries of the Australian-supported microfinance programs, Jakarta, 17 February 2014. [DFAT]

Then Senior Legal Advisor, Richard Rowe (left), with Agent of Australia, Bill Campbell QC, at the ICJ, The Hague, July 2013. [DFAT]

Ambassador to the Netherlands, Neil Mules AO (left), and Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Ahmet Üzümcü, after signing an agreement to support the UN Mission to Eliminate Syrian Chemical Weapons, The Hague, 20 January 2014. [DFAT]

Consul–Strategic Policy, Honolulu Damien Donavan

Assistant Secretary John Quinn (fourth right) and Director Cyber Policy Section Henry Fox (second left) with ASEAN officials at the Regional Forum Workshop on Cyber Confidence Building Measures, Kuala Lumpur, 26 March 2014. [DFAT]

High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, Ross Tysoe AO (left), and Deputy High Commissioner, Leona Landers (right), accompany Speaker of the House of Representatives, Bronwyn Bishop (third left), as she meets with Republic of Trinidad and Tobago President, HE Anthony Carmona SC ORTT (third right), President of the Senate, Timothy Hamel-Smith (second left), and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Wade Mark, Port of Spain, 5 April 2014. [DFAT]

Simon Stringer Deputy State Director, Perth

Joint Agency Coordination Centre Team

Sridhar Ayyalaraju Director, Protocol Branch, Canberra

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, accompanies Canberra-based heads of mission to Mt Whaleback mine, Newman, May 2014. [FMO/Catherine McDonald]

Deputy Secretary Chris Moraitis (right) representing the Foreign Minister, with then Chief of Protocol, Sally Mansfield (second left), and Deputy Chief of Protocol, Melissa Hitchman (back left), presentation of credentials, US Ambassador to Australia, HE John Berry (third left), to Governor-General Quentin Bryce AC CVO (centre), with then Official Secretary to the Governor-General, Stephen Brady CVO (left), Mr Curtis Yee (third right) and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE (second right), supported by US Embassy staff and Aide-de-Camp (Navy) to the Governor-General, Canberra, 25 September 2013. [Andrew Taylor]

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Then Ambassador to the United States and later Secretary (1970–74), Sir Keith Waller (centre), signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Washington, 27 February 1970. Also present Deputy Director, US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Philip Farley (left), and US Under Secretary of State, U. Alexis Johnson. [US Department of State/Robert H McNeill]

Then Governor-General Quentin Bryce AC CVO, with Director of the Warburton Arts Project, Gary Proctor, at the opening of Tu Di Shen Ti (Our Land, Our Body) exhibition, sponsored by the Australia–China Council, Tianjin, 16 October 2013. [Warburton Arts Project]

Officers from the embassy in Tokyo assist at the Polyglot theatre’s interactive production, We Built This City, Minami Sanriku, 2 November 2013. [DFAT]

Ambassador for Climate Change, Dr Justin Lee (left), addresses the opening plenary of UNFCCC Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action session, Bonn, March 2014. [IISD/Earth Negotiations Bulletin]

Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (third left) and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, with New Colombo Plan scholarship fellows, Canberra, 25 June 2014. Left to right: Rebecca Wardell, Emma Roberts, Sarah Mitchell and Jason Emmanuelle. [DFAT]

Secretary, Peter Varghese AO, and Secretary, Department of Education, Lisa Paul AO PSM, sign the New Colombo Plan Memorandum of Understanding, Canberra, 14 April 2014. [DFAT]

Parliamentary Secretary Brett Mason (left) with New Colombo Plan mobility grant recipients, NCP launch, Hong Kong, May 2014. [DFAT]

Secretary, Peter Varghese AO, with Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, at the launch of the Government’s new aid policy, Canberra, 18 June 2014. [Mark Graham]

High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Deborah Stokes, hands over sewing machines to women in Manus—a High Commission-funded sewing project, 29 January 2014. [DFAT]

Third Secretary in Honiara, Tao van Wieringen, helps to distribute aid at an evacuation centre following the floods in Solomon Islands, Honiara, 9 April 2014. [DFAT]

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop congratulates newly-accredited tour operator, Sam Andikar, during her official visit, Vanuatu, 19 December 2013. [DFAT/Graham Crumb]

Opening Day, Practice Parliament for Women, Nuku’alofa, 10 April 2014. [DFAT]

High Commissioner to Kiribati, George Fraser, delivers an address on International Day to End Violence Against Women, Tarawa, 14 February 2014. [DFAT]

Nicole Smith Executive Officer, Indonesia Political and Economic Strategy Branch, Canberra

Ambassador to Vietnam, Hugh Borrowman (right), accompanies Parliamentary Secretary Brett Mason (second right), during a Cao Lanh Bridge briefing session with Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister, Vu Van Ninh (second left), Cao Lanh, 19 October 2013. [DFAT]

Australian aid delivers improved education outcomes in Burma. [UNICEF]

Ambassador to Laos, John Williams (right), and Vice Minister of Education and Sports, Mr Lytou Bouapao, open an Australian aid-funded, UNICEF project, providing new water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, Viengkeo Primary School, Vientiane, 3 June 2014. [DFAT]

Counsellor (Development Cooperation) in Dacca, Priya Powell (back, second left), visits a DAP-funded boat school, bringing education to children in inaccessible areas, Sylhet district, Bangladesh, April 2014. [DFAT]

Jade Cooper Graduate Trainee, Canberra

Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan, Paul Molloy OAM (kneeling), and UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) project leader, David Doolan (left), visit an Australian–FAO supported agricultural development project, teaching women farmers market gardening skills and marketing techniques, Quetta, 10 June 2014. [DFAT]

First Secretary in Addis Ababa, Sue Moore, with South Sudanese refugees in Gambella, Western Ethiopa, 18 March 2014. [DFAT]

Rebecca Yohannes Senior Program Manager, Addis Ababa

First Secretary (Development) in Accra, Zabeta Moutafis (second left), with UNICEF Niger Director, Guido Cornale (left), and WFP Niger Director, Benoit Thierry (third left), check food availability and prices at a local market north of Niamey, Niger, 5 July 2013. [UNICEF Niger/C. Arnaud]

High Commissioner to Kenya, Geoff Tooth, with students and teachers from Immanuel Afrika Academy after laying the foundations for the construction of eight new DAP-funded classrooms, Nairobi, 20 November 2013. [DFAT]

Australia Award recipients. Left to right: Napae Ipave Hurim (PNG), Norah Ngeny (Kenya), Judy Nyokabi Maina (Kenya), Ronald Sofe (PNG), Zuwena Mohamed Kikoti (Tanzania) and Vini Talai (PNG), Canberra, 11 June 2014. [DFAT]

Emergency Manager, Ray Bojczuk (left), briefs Parliamentary Secretary Brett Mason on the emergency stock, part of Australia’s response to the Solomon Islands flooding, Honiara, 11 April 2014. [DFAT]

AUSMAT officers, Wendy Rogers – operating nurse Royal Darwin Hospital (left), and Tracy Callan – paramedic South Australia, arrive to assist in the relief efforts following Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines, 15 November 2013. [DFAT]

Staff from the High Commission in Nairobi, Solomon Ngari (left), Caroline Mbuguga (centre) and Josef Rafalowicz, visit one of the Australian-supported WFP School Feeding Program sites, Nairobi, 17 October 2013. [DFAT]

ACC electoral officer, Julie Green, assisting with the transfer of local government election ballot papers, Port Moresby, July 2013. [DFAT]

Andrew Thackrah Executive Officer, International Organisations Branch, Canberra

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Peter Woolcott (right), LES Health Adviser, Timothy Poletti (centre), and Youth Representative, James Gray, attend the 33rd UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board meeting, Geneva, 17–19 December 2013. [Jenny Da Rin]

Shireen Sandhu Director, South West Asia Development Operations Branch, Canberra

Josh Young Emergency Response Team Officer, Canberra

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Agus Paramarta Senior Consular and Passport Officer, Bali

Passport Officer, Rick Wellman, examines the ultraviolet features of the new P-series passport, 26 June 2014. [DFAT/Alan Walsh]

Australian P-series passports. [DFAT/Alan Walsh]

IMD–ASNO Team: Left to right: Tracey Jolly (IMD), Dr Josy Myer (ASNO), Meng Ngai (IMD), Anne Charlton (IMD), Kearyn Ferguson (ASNO), and Dr Robert Floyd (Director General ASNO). [DFAT]

Ambassador to Jakarta, Greg Moriarty, with the winning contributor to the Tembok Seni Australia art wall project, South Jakarta, 25 February 2014. [DFAT]

Bina Chandra Director, Overseas Property Office, Canberra

High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Deborah Stokes, with PNG Prime Minister, the Hon. Peter O'Neill CMG, Anzac Day, Port Moresby, 2014. [DFAT]

Parliamentary Secretary Brett Mason joins Samoan Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, to inspect a damaged bridge at Leone near Apia, where he announced $20 million assistance to Samoa for economic infrastructure, 8 May 2014. [DFAT]

Kathleen Blades Director, Workplace Planning, Salaries and Metrics, Canberra

Graduates with departmental colleagues at the 2013 APSC Graduation for Indigenous Graduates, Cadets and Trainees, Canberra, 12 December 2013. Left to right: Tanya Bennett, Alicia Smith, Lindsey Sanger, Kyara Simpson, Lakeisha Finn and Sharon Burke. [APS Commission]

Graduate trainee, Hugh Boylan, attends the 7th session of the Conference of State Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, New York, 10–12 June 2014. [DFAT]

Education e-learning awards Education Section members, Development Policy and Education Branch. Left to right: Kate Danaher, Louise Ellerton and David Coleman

2011–12 Administrative Development Program participants complete the two-year program, Canberra, 20 November 2013. Left to right: Genevieve Holley, Michael Lyons, David Braddick, Janine McLennan and Kathryn Stacey. [AUSPIC/Howard Moffat]

Yasmine Davis Indigenous Cadet, Southeast Asia Maritime Bilateral Branch, Canberra

LES staff in Samoa, (left to right): Vena Liz-Upton, Azaria Lesa Ah Kau, Asenati Tuiletufuga and Ana Hall, mark the beginning of the newly integrated department, Apia, 1 November 2013. [DFAT]

Australian emergency supplies arriving in Tonga following Cyclone Ian, Nuku’alofa, January 2014. [DFAT/Scott McLennan]

Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Matthew Neuhaus, with school children and teachers, beneficiaries of the embassy-funded project that provided books to six library centres, Harare, 29 November 2013. [DFAT]

Minister for Foreign Affairs The Hon. Julie Bishop MP

Minister for Trade and Investment The Hon. Andrew Robb AO MP

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator the Hon. Brett Mason

High Commissioner of Malaysia, HE Zainal Abidin Ahmad, presenting credentials to the Administrator, HE Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Canberra, 18 October 2013. [Andrew Taylor]

Second Secretary in Nairobi, Emily Rainey (right), with Somaliland Correctional Corps Deputy Commissioner and Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Manager, inspecting an armoury, Hargeisa, Somalia, 9 June 2014. Australia has supported MAG’s construction of 11 armouries in Somalia to help police keep weapons secure. [DFAT]

Secretary Peter Varghese AO (right) and Chief Financial Officer Paul Wood (centre), with Deputy Secretary Ewen McDonald, signing the department’s financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2014, Canberra, 19 September 2014. [DFAT]

Ambassador to Mexico, Tim George, with children from communities along the Dominican–Haitian border, recipients of the embassy’s DAP project, coordinated with the NGO Save the Children Dominican Republic, to support the production of plants, reforestation and community rehabilitation, 28 June 2014. [DFAT]

Australian Civilian Corp engineering specialist Keith Swann assesses damage to infrastructure from devastating floods in Solomon Islands, April 2014. [Keith Swann]