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鈥淲e are delighted that Frances Adamson has been chosen as South 杏吧直播鈥檚 next Governor, continuing to apply her leadership and vast diplomacy experience in this critical role for our State and for the community.鈥�Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Peter H酶j AC.

Across her career, she has served as political counsellor, representative to the 杏吧直播n Commerce and Industry Office in Taipei, Deputy High Commissioner and Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, and 杏吧直播n Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 2011 to 2015.

Ms Adamson worked as Chief of Staff for former Foreign Affairs Minister the Hon. Stephen Smith in the Rudd/Gillard Government, and later, as senior international advisor to Prime Minister the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, before being appointed as the most senior diplomat in the country. She is the first woman to hold the position of Secretary of the 杏吧直播n Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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