Tag: Western Australia

7th May 2014

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by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

Wombats and Ambassadors join Foreign Minister in Western Australia

80 Ambassadors making the acquaintance of kangaroos, koalas and wombats. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop certainly knows how to show the diplomatic corps a good time. The get to know you session with a collection of iconic Australian marsupials was a fitting end to a fascinating trip to her home state of Western Australia. We had […]

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13th July 2012

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by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

Iron awe in the Pilbara

Anglo Australian giant Rio Tinto earns $21bn a year from mining in Western Australia. They took me to visit their vast iron-ore mining operation in the remote Pilbara region, some 1000 km north of Perth. As I lined up at the airport with hundreds of miners in their hi-vis jackets, at 4.30 am, I reflected […]

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