Peter Varghese AO, outgoing Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, addresses the Australian Diplomacy Today Symposium on 28 August 2015.

The Symposium was presented by the Australian Institute of International Affairs partnered with the Australian National University’s Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy and Bond University. It also received generous support from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The Symposium brought together the small but growing community of practitioners, scholars and members of the public with an interest in Australian diplomacy to reflect, share ideas and critique recent successes and developments in Australian diplomacy and to consider challenges and opportunities ahead.