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Luke Lazarus Arnold
The high commissioner of Australia to Brunei is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commissioner (Commonwealth), High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia in Brunei. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is currently held by Luke Arnold since January 2022. There has been a resident Australian high commissioner in Brunei since March 1983. Posting history The reporting responsibility for the British Protectorate of Brunei was originally held by the List of Australian High Commissioners to Singapore, Australian office in Singapore, with a "Commissioner for Malaya and South-East Asia" appointed in 1946. On 7 April 1956, Ralph Harry took up his appointment in Singapore as the Australian Commissioner for Colony of Singapore, Singapore, Brunei, Crown Colony of Sarawak, Sarawak, and Crown Colony of North Borneo, North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Foreign Affairs And Trade (Australia)
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the department of the Australian government responsible for foreign policy and international relations, development aid (under the name Australian Aid), consular services, overseas trade, and investment (including trade and investment promotion Austrade). Australia's total official development assistance (ODA) (US$3 billion) decreased in 2022 due to differences in Australia's financial year reporting and the timing of its COVID-19-related expenditure, representing 0.19% of gross national income (GNI). The head of the department is its secretary, presently Jan Adams. She reports to Penny Wong, who has held the position of Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2022. History The department finds its origins in two of the seven original Commonwealth Departments established following Federation in 1901: the Department of Trade and Customs and the Department of External Affairs (DEA), headed by Harry Wollaston and Atlee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |