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From polls to posts, Dili and the DMZ, my unexpected think tank career


Alex Oliver, Director of Research at the Lowy Institute (Peter Morris/Sydney Heads)
Published
16 Jul 2021 09:59  
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Today is my last day at the Lowy Institute after 14 years. With Sydney in a Covid-19 lockdown, this is not quite the farewell I had imagined. But one advantage of working from home is the time to reflect (once you tire of talking to the walls).
In 2007 I was a “refugee from the law”, as a former boss liked to say. I had little idea of what I wanted to be when I finally grew up but had some notion of contributing to Australian policy-making. ....

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The changing face of Australia's diplomatic network


“Pale, male, and stale” has been a consistent lament when looking at the roll call of ambassadors from most Western nations. There have been frequent calls to include more women, more people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and Indigenous communities, and to avoid plum diplomatic postings becoming havens or rewards for retired politicians.
Building on its long line of work assessing Australia’s diplomatic network, Lowy Institute researchers have now tracked the course of key diplomatic appointments made by the Australian government since 1974 in the Lowy Institute Diplomat Database. Sourcing data from departmental documents, foreign ministers’ archives and other government and secondary sources, this newly compiled map incorporates 4937 data points, identifying all head-of-mission appointments made over the past 47 years. (The conventions for counting diplomats follow the methodology applied in the Institute’s Global Diplomacy Index.) ....

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Three new department secretaries appointed


Three new department secretaries appointed
By
Chris Johnson
Friday July 9, 2021
Kathryn Campbell is now Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)
Scott Morrison has appointed three new secretaries to head Australian Public Service departments.
The prime minister has named Kathryn Campbell as Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ray Griggs as Secretary of the Department of Social Services and Katherine Jones the Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department.
Campbell and Griggs will take the reins of their respective departments on July 22, while Jones will start on August 16.
All three appointments have five-year tenures. ....

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