FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Plum postings for Australia’s new aristocracy*

Appointing former politicians to plum diplomatic postings can damage Australia’s overseas interests, warns Warren Reed.A trading nation like Australia has more than one set of eyes and ears guarding its interests on the international stage. The intelligence agencies play a major role in this regard, with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) playing another vital part of the machinery of government.Diplomats aren’t sent overseas to hold glasses at cocktail parties. They’re part…

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