Former ambassador to China to be new Foreign Affairs department head
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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.
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