Dutton takes aim at war crimes study author
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Defence Minister Peter Dutton has signalled that the sociologist who helped expose alleged war crimes by Australian special forces soldiers in Afghanistan will be cut off from receiving future contracts to research military culture.
Samantha Crompvoets has come under attack from sections of the media and some politicians over plans to publish an upcoming book titled
Blood Lust,
Sociologist Samantha Crompvoets helped uncover alleged war crimes.
Aishah Kenton
She has been accused of profiteering from her taxpayer-funded work after her firm, Rapid Context, received $6.5 million in Defence Department contracts for research since 2013.
Frances Adamson: businesses need a plan B for China
The former DFAT boss and soon-to-be Governor of South Australia says improving relations with Australiaâs biggest trading partner will involve more than a âresetâ.
âWe hope that one day it will be possible again to have conversations with China,â says former DFAT head Frances Adamson of what might come next in the Canberra-Beijing relationship.Â
Alex Ellinghausen
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Frances Adamson, Australiaâs top diplomat and soon-to-be Governor of South Australia, has spent much of her 34-year public service career focused on China.
Sheâs the trailblazing first female head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, a trusted adviser to both sides of politics and an eyewitness to Chinaâs extraordinary transformation from an inward-looking, economically stunted sleeping giant into the industrialised, forceful, outwardly assertive form itâs adopted under President Xi Jinping.
Foreign policy is an expression of a state’s fundamental values. It’s the outward face of every government, representing its aspirations in the international system. A state’s foreign policy can often convey strength, but also reveal weakness.
While Australia has enjoyed a strong international standing in recent decades, there has been no real recognition within our foreign policy of the diverse First Nations that have long inhabited this land.
First Nations people are excluded from this external dialogue, and it is well past time this changed.
A history of exclusion
As a proud Wiradjuri man, I know all too well this feeling of exclusion for First Nations people, both here and overseas. Our views on foreign policy are routinely considered irrelevant, our contributions not valued, and our issues ignored.
DFAT vacancy opens up as Frances Adamson takes on SA Governor gig
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Itâs time for another round of mandarin jigsaw. And the reshuffle is, so far at least, proceeding entirely as predicted. Steven Marshall, âa plethora of experience in international affairsâ.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Secretary Frances Adamson will become South Australian governor in October.Â
Dominic Lorrimer
We think sheâll be a fabulous Governor too. Indeed, we have thought that since November 16 last year, when we wrote that our money was on her succeeding
Hieu Van Le.
So it was with a wry smile that we noted local rag
Adamson departure clears way for shakeup
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Chris Johnson
Thursday May 20, 2021 (Image: Adobe/Rafael Ben-Ari)
Frances Adamson’s imminent departure from the helm of DFAT clears the path for a major shakeup in the senior ranks of the APS.
Adamson will end her five-year term as secretary of the foreign affairs department on June 25 to take up the post of South Australian governor later this year.
Speculation is now rife within political and public sector circles as to how the knock-on effect of her leaving will shape up.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has a timely opportunity to seriously restructure the APS leadership.