Australia is a stable, democratic and culturally diverse nation with a highly skilled workforce and one of the strongest performing economies in the world.
Mr Rodgers has previously served overseas as Chargé d'Affaires in Kabul, then the Interim Mission on Afghanistan in Doha, as well as in Manila, Dhaka and Singapore.
Croatia is a parliamentary democracy and is organised as a unitary republic. The political system is based on the principle of the division of power into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.