Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos has been the Australian Ambassador to the United States since February 2020. His previous roles include Australia’s Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator for New South Wales in the Australian Parliament, Prime Minister’s Senior Economic Adviser, and the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff. Ambassador Sinodinos spoke with Kim Montgomery, director of International Affairs and Science Diplomacy and Executive Editor of Science & Diplomacy, on science diplomacy. This is the first interview of the Ambassador Interview Series launched by the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy in April 2021. Kim Montgomery (Interviewer): Thank you, Ambassador, for being part of this interview series. You began your term as Australia’s Ambassador to the U.S. in February 2020, right before the world (and traditional diplomatic interactions) were brought to a halt by COVID-19. How did the pandemic affect Australia’s priorities in its bilateral relation with the U.S. and your personal experience as Ambassador?