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15th April 2011

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by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

Seeing Queensland “open for business” again, with Kevin Rudd

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd invited the diplomatic corps to visit his home state of Queensland to see how well it is recovering from the terrible January floods. I went with some 70 High Commissioners, Ambassadors and other diplomats. Having been up in Brisbane with William Hague shortly after the floods, it was good to return […]

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8th April 2011

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by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

The Australian Climate Change Debate

The most controversial subject in Australian politics right now is climate change. The Labor government, with support from the Greens and some independents, is currently pursuing legislation aimed at introducing a carbon price leading to an emissions trading scheme. This is being heavily attacked by the Opposition coalition, who says it will increase the cost […]

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28th March 2011

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by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

Visiting Western Australia, with its vast natural resources

Last week I was away from Canberra travelling all week. That’s par for the course when you’re based in a continent-sized country. We hosted a large reception in Sydney to mark the milestone of “500 Days To Go” before the London 2012 Olympics. This attracted a lot of interest in a city which hosted one […]

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22nd March 2011

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by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

Impressions of Australia

It has been a hectic eight weeks since I took up my post as High Commissioner in Canberra. I was delighted to be coming to a great country which I had visited quite a few times and where I had family connections (two of my Mum’s sisters had emigrated here as “ten pound poms”). On […]

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We develop and sustain the important and longstanding relationship between the UK and Australia. We work on a wide range of political, commercial, security, defence, and economic matters of interest…

We develop and sustain the important and longstanding relationship between the UK and Australia. We work on a wide range of political, commercial, security, defence, and economic matters of interest to the UK and Australia and provide consular support to the many Britons visiting and living in Australia.

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