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List of ambassadors and high commissioners of Australia

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The following is the list of ambassadors and high commissioners from Australia. The information below is current as of 11 March 2021.[1]

Embassies and high commissions

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Host country Title Head of mission
 Afghanistan Ambassador Paul Wojciechowski[2]
 Argentina1 Ambassador Brett Hackett[3]
 Austria2 Ambassador Richard Sadleir[4]
 Bangladesh High Commissioner Jeremy Bruer[5]
 Belgium3 Ambassador Caroline Millar[6]
 Brazil Ambassador Tim Kane[7]
 Brunei High Commissioner Luke Arnold[8]
 Cambodia Ambassador Pablo Kang[9]
 Canada High Commissioner Scott Ryan[10]
 Chile4 Ambassador Todd Mercer[11]
 China Ambassador Graham Fletcher[12]
 Colombia Ambassador Erika Thompson[13]
 Cook Islands High Commissioner Phoebe Smith[14]
 Croatia Ambassador Elizabeth Petrovic[15]
 Cyprus High Commissioner Fiona McKergow[16]
 Denmark8 Ambassador Kerin Ayyalaraju[17]
 Egypt5 Ambassador Glenn Miles[18]
 Estonia Ambassador Genevieve Clune[19]
 Ethiopia6 Ambassador Julia Niblett[20]
 Fiji High Commissioner John Feakes[21]
 France9 Ambassador Gillian Bird[22]
 Germany10 Ambassador Philip Green[23]
 Ghana11 High Commissioner Gregory Andrews[24]
 Greece12 Ambassador Arthur Spyrou[9]
 Holy See Ambassador Chiara Porro[25]
 India13 High Commissioner Philip Green[26]
 Indonesia Ambassador Penny Williams[27]
 Iran Ambassador Ian McConville[28]
 Iraq Ambassador Paula Ganly[29]
 Ireland Ambassador Gary Gray[30]
 Israel Ambassador Paul Griffiths[31]
 Italy14 Ambassador Margaret Twomey[32]
 Japan Ambassador Justin Hayhurst[33]
 Jordan Ambassador Bernard Lynch[34]
 Kenya15 High Commissioner Luke Williams[35]
 Kiribati High Commissioner David Yardley[36]
 Kuwait Ambassador Jonathan Gilbert
 Laos Ambassador Paul Kelly[37]
 Lebanon Ambassador Andrew Barnes[38]
 Malaysia High Commissioner Justin Lee[39]
 Malta17 High Commissioner Matt Skelly[40]
 Mauritius18 High Commissioner Kate O'Shaughnessy[41]
 Mexico19 Ambassador Remo Moretta[42]
 Micronesia7 Ambassador Jo Cowley[43]
 Mongolia Ambassador Dave Vosen[44]
 Morocco Ambassador Michael Cutts[45]
 Myanmar Ambassador vacant[46]
 Nauru High Commissioner Helen Cheney[47]
   Nepal Ambassador Felicity Volk[48]
 Netherlands Ambassador Matthew Neuhaus[49]
 New Zealand20 High Commissioner Harinder Sidhu[50]
 Nigeria21 High Commissioner John Donnelly[51]
 Pakistan High Commissioner Neil Hawkins[52]
 Papua New Guinea High Commissioner Jonathan Philp[53]
 Peru Ambassador Diana Nelson[54]
 Philippines Ambassador Hae Kyong Yu[55]
 Poland22 Ambassador Lloyd Brodrick[56]
 Portugal23 Ambassador Claire Rochecouste[57]
 Qatar Ambassador Jonathan Muir[58]
 Russia24 Ambassador Graeme Meehan[59]
 Samoa High Commissioner Emily Luck[60]
 Saudi Arabia25 Ambassador Mark Donovan[61]
 Serbia26 Ambassador Daniel Emery[62]
 Singapore High Commissioner Will Hodgman[63]
 Solomon Islands High Commissioner Lachlan Strahan[9]
 South Africa27 High Commissioner Gita Kamath[64]
 South Korea16 Ambassador Catherine Raper[65]
 Spain28 Ambassador Sophia McIntyre[66]
 Sri Lanka29 High Commissioner Paul Stephens[67]
 Sweden30 Ambassador Bernard Philip[68]
 Thailand Ambassador Angela Macdonald[69]
 Timor-Leste Ambassador William Costello[70]
 Tonga High Commissioner Rachael Moore[71]
 Trinidad and Tobago31 High Commissioner Bruce Lendon[72]
 Turkey32 Ambassador Miles Armitage[73]
 Tuvalu High Commissioner Robin McKenzie[74]
 Ukraine Ambassador Bruce Edwards[75]
 United Arab Emirates33 Ambassador Heidi Venamore[9]
 United Kingdom34 High Commissioner Stephen Smith[76]
 United States of America Ambassador Kevin Rudd[77]
 Vanuatu High Commissioner Heidi Bootle[78]
 Vietnam Ambassador Robyn Mudie[79]
 Zimbabwe35 Ambassador Bronte Moules[80]

International organisations

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Delegation to Title Head of mission
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Ambassador Simon Newnham[81]
Association of South East Asian Nations Ambassador Will Nankervis[82][83]
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Ambassador and Permanent Representative Alexander Robson[84]
United Nations Ambassador and Permanent Representative James Larsen[85]
World Trade Organization Ambassador and Permanent Representative George Mina[86]

Special interests

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Special interest Title Head of mission
Counterterrorism Ambassador Roger Noble[87]
Cyber Affairs Ambassador Tobias Feakin[88]
People Smuggling and Human Trafficking Ambassador Lucienne Manton[89]
Regional Health Security Ambassador Stephanie Williams[90]
The Environment Ambassador Jamie Isbister[91]
Women and Girls Ambassador Julie-Ann Guivarra[92]

Notes

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References

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