Session One – Australian Foreign Policy

Chair: Zara Kimpton OAM, National Vice-President, AIIA

John McCarthy FAIIA, National Presidnet, AIIA

The Hon Bob Carr, former Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Hon Alexander Downer AC, former Minister for Foreign Affairs

Professor Michael Wesley, Director Academic Outreach and Research, National Security College, ANU

The Australian Institute of International Affairs’ 80th Anniversary National Conference on “Foreign Policy Priorities for Australia” was held in Canberra on 21 November 2013 at the Hyatt Hotel. The conference focused on the key issues for Australia’s foreign policy priorities in light of the federal elections in September 2013 and the resulting change of government.