{"id":39799,"date":"2026-07-05T23:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=39799"},"modified":"2026-07-05T23:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:00:55","slug":"appointment-of-ambassadors-high-commissioners-and-consul-general-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/appointment-of-ambassadors-high-commissioners-and-consul-general-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consul-General"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I announce the appointments of eight experienced career officials to lead Australia\u2019s posts in Zagreb, Accra, Makassar, Kuwait City, Mexico City, Nauru and Bangkok and to lead Australian representation to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am pleased to confirm the following appointments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-croatia-0\">Mr Glenn Morrison as Australia\u2019s next Ambassador to Croatia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/high-commissioner-ghana-0\">Ms Keara Shaw as Australia\u2019s next High Commissioner to Ghana<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/consul-general-makassar-0\">Ms Sanchi Davis as Australia\u2019s next Consul-General in Makassar, Indonesia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-kuwait-0\">Ms Amanda Riethmuller as Australia\u2019s next Ambassador to Kuwait<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-mexico-0\">Mr Crispin Conroy AM as Australia\u2019s next Ambassador to Mexico<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/high-commissioner-nauru-1\">Ms Lisa White as Australia\u2019s next High Commissioner to Nauru<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-thailand-0\">Mr Pablo Kang as Australia\u2019s next Ambassador to Thailand<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/ambassador-asia-pacific-economic-cooperation-0\">Mr Jeremy Green as Australia\u2019s next Ambassador for APEC<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia\u2019s diplomatic network enables us to promote our interests in peace, security, trade, investment and other areas of cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia takes the world as it is and seeks to shape it for the better \u2013 these diplomatic appointments will deepen Australia&#8217;s connections abroad and increase our ability to influence where it matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thank the outgoing Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consul-General for their important contributions to Australian diplomacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I announce the appointments of eight experienced career officials to lead Australia\u2019s posts in Zagreb, Accra, Makassar, Kuwait City, Mexico City, Nauru and Bangkok and to lead Australian representation to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). I am pleased to confirm the following appointments: Australia\u2019s diplomatic network enables us to promote our interests in peace, security, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/appointment-of-ambassadors-high-commissioners-and-consul-general-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Appointment of Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consul-General&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39800,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39799\/revisions\/39800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}