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Australian special interests Ambassadors and Envoys are specially-appointed officers of Australia 's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to represent the interests of the Commonwealth of Australia abroad on a larger scale (such as by continent) or through representing the Commonwealth's approach to various international issues. While the special interest Ambassadors-at-Large are appointed in the same manner as would a normal Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary , they are not credentialed to any state and thus have no treaty-making powers. Special Envoys are typically appointed by the Prime Minister of Australia .
Special interests ambassadors [ edit ]
Ambassadors for Counter-Terrorism [ edit ]
#
Officeholder
Term start date
Term end date
Time in office
Notes
1
Nick Warner
20 March 2003 (2003-03-20 )
14 August 2003 (2003-08-14 )
147 days
[1]
2
Les Luck
14 August 2003 (2003-08-14 )
20 July 2006 (2006-07-20 )
2 years, 340 days
[2]
3
Mike Smith
20 July 2006 (2006-07-20 )
5 September 2008 (2008-09-05 )
2 years, 47 days
[3]
4
Bill Paterson
5 September 2008 (2008-09-05 )
14 March 2013 (2013-03-14 )
4 years, 190 days
[4]
5
Bill Fisher
14 March 2013 (2013-03-14 )
18 May 2014 (2014-05-18 )
1 year, 65 days
[5]
6
Miles Armitage
18 May 2014 (2014-05-18 )
21 July 2016 (2016-07-21 )
2 years, 64 days
[6]
7
Paul Foley
21 July 2016 (2016-07-21 )
18 February 2021 (2021-02-18 )
4 years, 212 days
[7]
8
Roger Noble
18 February 2021 (2021-02-18 )
9 February 2023 (2023-02-09 )
1 year, 356 days
[8]
9
Richard Feakes
22 May 2023 (2023-05-22 )
Incumbent
1 year, 13 days
[9]
Ambassadors for the Environment [ edit ]
#
Officeholder
Term start date
Term end date
Time in office
Notes
1
Sir Ninian Stephen
1989 (1989 )
1992 (1992 )
2–3 years
2
Penelope Wensley
1992 (1992 )
January 1996 (January 1996 )
3–4 years
3
Howard Bamsey
January 1996 (1996-01 )
September 1997 (1997-09 )
1 year, 8 months
[10]
4
Meg McDonald
September 1997 (1997-09 )
November 1998 (1998-11 )
1 year, 2 months
[11]
5
Ralph Hillman
November 1998 (1998-11 )
March 2002 (2002-03 )
3 years, 4 months
[12]
6
Christopher Langman
March 2002 (2002-03 )
February 2004 (2004-02 )
1 year, 11 months
[13]
7
Justin Brown
October 2004 (2004-10 )
January 2005 (2005-01 )
3 months
[14]
8
Jan Adams
January 2005 (2005-01 )
2007 (2007 )
1–2 years
[15]
Role merged with the Ambassador for Climate Change
9
Peter Woolcott
November 2014 (2014-11 )
29 February 2016 (2016-02-29 )
1 year, 3 months
[16]
10
Patrick Suckling
29 February 2016 (2016-02-29 )
18 November 2019 (2019-11-18 )
3 years, 263 days
[17]
11
Jamie Isbister
18 November 2019 (2019-11-18 )
Incumbent
4 years, 199 days
[18]
Ambassadors for Climate Change [ edit ]
#
Officeholder
Term start date
Term end date
Time in office
Notes
1
Jan Adams
2007 (2007 )
February 2009 (2009-02 )
1–2 years
2
Louise Hand
February 2009 (2009-02 )
13 May 2012 (2012-05-13 )
3 years, 3 months
[19]
3
Justin Lee
13 May 2012 (2012-05-13 )
1 November 2014 (2014-11-01 )
2 years, 172 days
[20]
Role merged with the Ambassador for the Environment
4
Kristin Tilley
9 November 2022 (2022-11-09 )
Incumbent
1 year, 208 days
[21]
Ambassadors for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology [ edit ]
#
Officeholder
Title
Term start date
Term end date
Time in office
Notes
1
Tobias Feakin
Ambassador for Cyber Affairs
10 November 2016 (2016-11-10 )
January 2020 (2020-01 )
7 years, 207 days
[22] [23]
Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology
January 2020 (2020-01 )
Incumbent
Ambassadors for Regional Health Security [ edit ]
#
Officeholder
Title
Term start date
Term end date
Time in office
Notes
1
Murray Proctor
Ambassador for HIV/AIDS
December 2007 (2007-12 )
May 2012 (2012-05 )
4 years, 5 months
[24]
2
James Gilling
Ambassador for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
3 October 2012 (2012-10-03 )
13 June 2017 (2017-06-13 )
4 years, 253 days
[24]
3
Blair Exell
Ambassador for Regional Health Security
13 June 2017 (2017-06-13 )
3 March 2020 (2020-03-03 )
2 years, 264 days
[25]
4
Stephanie Williams
3 March 2020 (2020-03-03 )
Incumbent
4 years, 93 days
[26]
Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking [ edit ]
#
Officeholder
Title
Term start date
Term end date
Time in office
Notes
1
John Buckley
Ambassador for People Smuggling Issues
April 2002 (2002-04 )
30 July 2003 (2003-07-30 )
1 year, 3 months
[27]
2
Caroline Millar
30 July 2003 (2003-07-30 )
19 December 2005 (2005-12-19 )
2 years, 142 days
[28]
3
Lydia Morton
19 December 2005 (2005-12-19 )
January 2007 (2007-01 )
1 year
[29]
4
Michael Potts
January 2007 (2007-01 )
June 2009 (2009-06 )
2 years, 5 months
[30]
5
Peter Woolcott
June 2009 (2009-06 )
February 2010 (2010-02 )
8 months
[31]
6
James Larsen
February 2010 (2010-02 )
27 May 2012 (2012-05-27 )
2 years, 3 months
[32]
7
Craig Chittick
27 May 2012 (2012-05-27 )
December 2014 (2014-12 )
2 years, 188 days
[32]
8
Andrew Goledzinowski
December 2014 (2014-12 )
19 October 2017 (2017-10-19 )
2 years, 10 months
[33]
9
Geoffrey Shaw
Ambassador for People Smuggling and Human Trafficking
19 October 2017 (2017-10-19 )
22 May 2020 (2020-05-22 )
2 years, 216 days
[34]
10
Lucienne Manton
22 May 2020 (2020-05-22 )
Incumbent
4 years, 13 days
[35]
Ambassadors for Gender Equality [ edit ]
#
Officeholder
Title
Term start date
Term end date
Time in office
Notes
1
Penny Williams
Ambassador for Women and Girls
13 September 2011 (2011-09-13 )
16 December 2013 (2013-12-16 )
2 years, 94 days
[36]
2
Natasha Stott Despoja
16 December 2013 (2013-12-16 )
21 November 2016 (2016-11-21 )
2 years, 341 days
[37]
3
Sharman Stone
21 November 2016 (2016-11-21 )
8 March 2020 (2020-03-08 )
3 years, 108 days
[38]
4
Julie-Ann Guivarra
Ambassador for Gender Equality
8 March 2020 (2020-03-08 )
1 October 2021 (2021-10-01 )
1 year, 207 days
[39]
5
Christine Clarke
Ambassador for Women and Girls
31 January 2022 (2022-01-31 )
20 December 2022 (2022-12-20 )
323 days
[40]
6
Stephanie Copus-Campbell
Ambassador for Gender Equality
20 December 2022 (2022-12-20 )
Incumbent
1 year, 167 days
[41] [42]
Ambassadors for Human Rights [ edit ]
#
Officeholder
Title
Term start date
Term end date
Time in office
Notes
1
Phillip Ruddock
Special Envoy for Human Rights
8 February 2016 (2016-02-08 )
October 2017 (2017-10 )
1 year, 7 months
[43]
Post abolished
2
Bronte Moules
Ambassador for Human Rights
TBD
Incoming
[42] [44]
Special Envoys [ edit ]
Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Ahmed Fahour , 29 June 2011–date.[45] [46]
Special Envoy to Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus , Russell Trood , 2011–2012.[47]
Special Envoy to Africa
Special Envoy to La Francophonie , Bill Fisher, 2010–2013.[48]
Special Envoy on Whale Conservation , Sandy Hollway , 2008–2009[50] [51]
Special Envoy for the Arts , Susan Templeman , MP 2022-present[52]
Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery , Senator Tony Sheldon , 2022-present[53]
Special Envoy for Reconciliation and Implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart , Senator Pat Dodson , 2022-2024[54]
Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef , Senator Nita Green , 2022-present[54]
See also [ edit ]
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