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Originally a Trade Commission from 1965, the post was upgraded to a Consulate-General from 3 March 1971 and was closed during a period of budget cuts to Foreign Affairs on 1 July 1976. The consulate reopened in September 1978 and management was transferred from DFAT to Austrade in October 1992. DFAT resumed management from November 1999. [70]
^Note 1 : The Ambassador of Australia to Argentina is also accredited to Paraguay and Uruguay as a non-resident ambassador. [93]^Note 2 : The Ambassador of Australia to Austria is also accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Kosovo, Slovakia, and Slovenia as a non-resident ambassador.
As Australia is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, its diplomatic missions in the capitals of other Commonwealth countries are referred to as High Commissions (as opposed to embassies). Australia's diplomatic missions have a key focus on Commonwealth, Asian, and Pacific Islander countries.
Consulates were operating in Australian cities long before the Commonwealth of Australia was founded in 1901. The United States opened a consulate in Sydney in 1836, with other countries later following including Switzerland (1855), Germany (1879) and Japan (1896, in Townsville).
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the department of the Australian federal government responsible for foreign policy and relations, international aid (using the branding Australian Aid), consular services and trade and investment (including trade and investment promotion Austrade).
The Ambassador of Australia to Afghanistan was an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to Afghanistan. On 28 May 2021 the embassy was closed, immediately prior to the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan , and the office of ambassador became vacant ...
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Style: Her Excellency: Reports to: Minister for Foreign Affairs: Nominator: Prime Minister of Australia: Appointer: Governor General of Australia: Inaugural holder: Cedric Kellway (as Minister) Formation: 10 November 1949 [1] Website: Australian Embassy, Rome
The ambassador of Australia to China is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the People's Republic of China (PRC). The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and has lived in Beijing since 1973. [1]