AUSTRALIA/FIJI
Peter Roberts OAM has today been announced as Australia’s next High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji.
Mr Roberts is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and is currently Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Embassy, Tokyo.
He has previously served overseas as Australia’s Ambassador to Timor-Leste. He has also had postings in Australian diplomatic missions in Samoa and Japan and served as a Senior Civilian Monitor in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, today thanked the outgoing High Commissioner, Ewen McDonald, for his contributions to advancing Australia’s interests in Fiji since 2023.
The Minister today announced a total of eight diplomatic appointments to lead Australia’s posts in Rarotonga, Suva, the Holy See, Wellington, Koror, Port Moresby, as well as Australia’s engagement with the UN in Geneva and our international work on counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism.
- Susannah Hodson as Australia’s High Commissioner to the Cook Islands.
- Peter Roberts OAM as Australia’s High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji.
- Hon Keith Pitt as Australia’s Ambassador to the Holy See.
- Daniel Sloper PSM as Australia’s High Commissioner to New Zealand.
- Toby Sharpe as Australia’s Ambassador to the Republic of Palau.
- Ewen McDonald as Australia’s High Commissioner to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
- Clare Walsh as Australia’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
- Gemma Huggins as Australia’s Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism.
