Frances Adamson (left) pictured while Australian Ambassador to China in 2015. DFATCareer diplomat Frances Adamson, presently international adviser to Malcolm Turnbull, will be the new secretary of the Foreign Affairs department.
She replaces Peter Varghese, who has already left the post, and will be the first woman to head the department.
Adamson,...
Melania Trump allegedly plagiarised a speech given by Michelle Obama in 2008. STF/EPAMelania Trump’s apparent plagiarism of the speech given by Michelle Obama at the 2008 Democratic Convention reminds us of the importance we continue to ascribe to originality and to authenticity in public life.
At the Republican Convention, Melania Trump said:...
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