About Us
The department's role is to advance the interests of Australia and Australians internationally. This involves working to strengthen Australia's security; enhancing Australia's prosperity; and helping Australian travellers and Australians overseas.
The department provides foreign and trade policy advice to the government. We work with other government agencies to ensure that Australia's pursuit of its global, regional and bilateral interests is coordinated effectively.
- More in our Corporate Plan
Who we are
- Ministers
- Executive Staff
- Organisational charts
- Executive (pdf)
- Departmental (pdf)
- Senior staff overseas
- Text only list (sorted by country)
- List with thumbnail images (sorted by surname)
What we do
- Annual Reports
- Corporate Plan
- History of the Department
- Roles and responsibilities of Embassies, high commissions, consulates, and consulates headed by honorary consuls. Full listing (pdf - 543KB)
Other information
- Contracts - Spring/Autumn Senate Report
- Committee Report - The (not quite) White Paper
- Departmental Logo
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Environmental Policy
- DFAT Collective Agreement 2006-2009 (pdf 182KB)
- Discretionary Grants
- Government Response to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References
- Historical Publications and Records
- HV Evatt Library
- Legal Services Expenditure
- Legislation for which the department is responsible - see the Administrative Arrangements Order (PMC website)
- Newly created Departmental files
- Other departmental websites
- Photographic Collection
- Portfolio Budget Statements
- Publications
- Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)
- Tenders
- Working to Help the Environment
Our overseas Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates
- List of missions in alphabetical order by country
- Download the missions' address list in ASCII (text) format
Our Australian State Offices
- Adelaide, South Australia
- Brisbane,Queensland
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Perth, Western Australia
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Hobart, Tasmania
- Darwin, Northern Territory
Find our state offices on a map