Australian representation overseas - the Department of Foreign Affairs : report / from the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence

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Australia. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
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Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service, 1979
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SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENCE Australian representation overseas— the Department of Foreign Affairs Report from the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence 1
Australian representation overseas - the Department of Foreign Affairs 3
Contents 7
Preface 11
Summary of conclusions and recommendations 13
PART I Information on Australian representation overseas—the Department of Foreign Affairs The need for representation overseas 19
The Department of Foreign Affairs 24
Staff in the Department of Foreign Affairs 29
Functions of Foreign Affairs staff 32
Overseas information and security services 36
Regulatory authorities 38
PART II The committee’s findings and recommendations on the Department’s operations The Committee’s findings and recommendations 41
The effect of staff reductions 48
Careers in the Department of Foreign Affairs 55
Conditions of service 67
Government property overseas 71
Security 77
Information and publicity activities 79
Other Issues 82
Acknowledgments 85
APPENDIX 1 Organisation chart of Department of Foreign Affairs 86
APPENDIX 2 Functions of Divisions, Department of Foreign Affairs 87
APPENDIX 3 Foreign Affairs Posts Overseas as at 1 February 1979 91
APPENDIX 4 Organsation chart Of Australian Development Assistance Bureau working structure as at 12 December 1977 92
APPENDIX 5 Prime Minister’s Directive on the co-ordination of Australian diplomatic and consular arrangements overseas 93
APPENDIX 6 List of Persons and organisations submitting evidence to the Committee 96

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