This page links to speeches from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Speeches from our portfolio ministers are available on other websites.

2022

• NAIDOC Week 2022, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Jan Adams AO PSM, 6 July 2022

2021

• National Press Club Address, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson AC, 23 June 2021
• The Contribution of Indigenous Australia to our Diplomacy, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, Charles Darwin University, 20 May 2021
• Leaders on Asia Address, Asia Society, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, 21 April 2021
• Lowy Institute podcast The Director’s Chair: Frances Adamson on her career, Australian diplomacy and relations with China, 2 March 2021
• International Women’s Day, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, 5 March 2021

2020

• ANU National Security College 10th Anniversary Lecture Series, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, 25 November 2020
• ANU National Security College 10th Anniversary Lecture Series - Q&A session, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, 25 November 2020
• Annual Secretaries Dinner, Sir Roland Wilson Foundation, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, 10 November 2020
• IPAA Event | Diplomacy on the Front Line, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson. 2 September 2020
• Frances Adamson, DFAT Secretary, on the 50th episode of Australia in the World podcast, 25 June 2020
• Making good decisions in a time of overload with Frances Adamson. IPAA podcast: Work with purpose, episode #5, 4 May 2020

2019

• 2019 Stan Kelly Lecture, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson. 30 October 2019
• Institute of Public Administration Australia Secretary's Series, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson. 12 August 2019
• Realising the Pacific's vision for stability, security and prosperity, Ewen McDonald, Head of the Office of the Pacific. 7 June 2019
• The Indo-Pacific: Australia's Perspective, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur. 29 April 2019
• Australia-Japan-ASEAN: Strengthening the Core of the Indo-Pacific, Philip Green OAM, First Assistant Secretary, US and Indo Pacific Strategy Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Perth USAsia Centre. 22 March 2019
• ABARES Outlook 2019 Conference, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, National Convention Centre, Canberra. 5 March 2019
• Australasian Aid Conference, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, Crawford School of Public Policy (ANU), Canberra. 19 February 2019
• International Solar Alliance Pavilion and Forum, H E Harinder Sidhu, Australian High Commissioner to India, Vibrant Gujurat Global Summit. 19 January 2019

2018

• CEDA Queensland, Philip Green, First Assistant Secretary AMD, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 8 November 2018
• ANU Women in National Security Conference, the Game of Thrones effect: the interrelationship between role models and reality for women in international security, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra. 24 October 2018
• Australian perspectives on the Indo-Pacific, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. 12 October 2018
• Space: Bringing order to the final frontier, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, United Nations Association of Australia, Canberra. 4 October 2018
• Shaping Australia's role in Indo-Pacific security in the next decade, Women in International Security Series, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, Australian National University, Canberra. 2 October 2018
• Defending the rules based trading system: the role of business, Trans-Tasman Business Circle, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, Canberra. 18 September 2018
• Food, Climate Change and National Security, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, Sir John Crawford Memorial Address, Canberra. 13 August 2018
• The Indo-Pacific: a WA Perspective, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, Perth USAsia Centre, Perth Town Hall. 7 August 2018
• Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, Australian Statement. 26 July 2018
• Korea policy roundtable, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson. 26 March 2018
• Australia and the Paris Agreement, Australia's Ambassador for the Environment Mr Patrick Suckling. 15 March 2018
• Japan and Australia: leading Asia Pacific regionalism in uncertain times, Simon Newnham, Ambassador for APEC, First Assistant Secretary, Investment and Economic Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 15 March 2018
• Stanley Wilkinson Oration - "Of Dentistry and Diplomacy", Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson. 9 March 2018
• Additional Budget Estimates - opening statement, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson. 1 March 2018
• Launch of Keith Waller: Portrait of a Working Diplomat, by Alan Fewster, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson. 14 February 2018
• Opening Remarks - Launch of Asian Development Bank's Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific Report, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson. 12 February 2018

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