Secretary and Deputy Secretaries
Dennis Richardson
Secretary
Biography of Dennis Richardson
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Gillian Bird
Deputy Secretary
- South-East Asia Division
- International Organisations and Legal Division
- Consular, Public Diplomacy and Parliamentary Affairs Division
- Australian Passports Office
Ms Bird serves as Ambassador to ASEAN and carries responsibility for the East Asia Summit. She represents the department on the Australia-Indonesia Institute, the Australia-Malaysia Institute, and the Australia-Thailand Institute. She chairs the Pandemic Contingency Task Force and the Department's Audit and Risk Committee. Ms Bird also attends, as required, the National Crisis Committee.
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Bruce Gosper
Deputy Secretary
- Office of Trade Negotiations
- Free Trade Agreement Division
- Trade and Economic Policy Division (except for G20)
- Corporate Management Division
- Overseas Property Office
Mr Gosper chairs the Workplace Relations Committee, the Indigenous Task Force and the Ethics Committe. He is also an alternate ex officio government member on the EFIC Board.
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Paul Grigson
Deputy Secretary
- South and West Asia and Middle East Division
- Europe Division
- Pacific Division
- International Security Division (Intelligence Policy and Counter Terrorism)
- Protocol
Mr Grigson represents the Department on the National Intelligence and Coordination Committee, the Homeland and Border Security Policy Coordination Group, the Development Effectiveness Steering Committee, the Australia International Cultural Council, the Australia-India Council, and the Council for Australian-Arab Relations. He also carries responsibility for the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM).
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Heather Smith
Deputy Secretary
- North Asia Division
- Americas and Africa Division
- International Security Division (Strategic and Defence Policy and Arms Control)
- Information Management and Technology Division
- Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO)
- G20
Dr Heather Smith represents the Department on the Strategic Policy Coordination Group, the International Economic Policy Group (G20), the Council on Australia-Latin America Relations, the Australia-China Council, the Australia-Japan Foundation and the Australia-Korea Foundation. She also chairs the ICT Strategy Committee and the Business Continuity Task Force.
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