Our grateful nation thanks Mike Gallagher for his service to the 🇺🇸-🇦🇺 alliance. He has been a true blue champion as a Co-Chair of the Friends of Australia Caucus. Good on you, Mike. You have earned life-long mates from the land down under.

With thanks to US military colleagues, including General CQ Brown, Jr., Chairman of The Joint Staff 🇺🇸, for joining me and my NZ counterpart Bede Corry for this morning of shared remembrance.

As the first light of dawn breaks across this ANZAC Day morning, let us remember afresh that when the night seems to be at its darkest, the spark of human freedom can never be extinguished.

Lest we forget.

ANZAC Day, Washington DC, 2024

Full remarks: usa.embassy.gov.au/ANZACDAY2024

To kick off White House Correspondents' Dinner week in Washington DC, some of the country's finest members of the press and political classes joined me & CNN CNN for the #KangarooCup tennis tournament.

That’s game, set and match! Congratulations to the winners, NSC's Jim Miller & State Department's Nick Snyder, who overcame a fierce field to take home vintage Australiana trophies. A win for politicians everywhere. The Fourth Estate is invited back to seize the prize next year.

Brilliant to partner with CNN on the opening event for the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Congrats to all players, good sports every one of you. Such a great day, we may have to do it all again next year.

AUKUS progress in action. Our thanks, Rep. Joe Courtney.

With the United States, Australia is strengthening our shared economic security. Great discussion about geopolitical challenges and opportunities with Aus Treasurer Jim Chalmers MP, Lael Brainard, Director of the US National Economic Council & Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell Kurt Campbell.

Proud to say I'm the third Australian Ambassador to the US who has had the good fortune to work with Rep. Gallagher Press Office in his role as a co-chair of the Friends of Australia Caucus. This is an honour well-deserved.

Friend-shoring is vitally important in today's geopolitical landscape. Enjoyed talking alliances for the 21st century and the Indo-Pacific with FL Senior Senator @MarcoRubio, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intel and senior SFRC member.

Delighted to welcome Charles Oppenheimer to the Residence this week, and to reflect on the twin challenges of nuclear non-proliferation and climate change, and the work he is doing on both. As well as his grandfather’s legacy.

A big week for talks about how Australia and the US support a free and open Indo-Pacific. A pleasure to welcome to the Residence @repmoulton @rephaleystevens @repandykimnj @repdeborahross @repauchincloss for friendly discussions on democracy, trade, and deepening our alliance.

Networking is everything in this town. Australian Women in DC is a fresh forum for celebrating female leadership & bringing our best to the fore of the 🇦🇺-🇺🇸 relationship. Congrats on a great event at the Embassy. Am sure I'm biased but Thérèse Rein 💡 will be a terrific patron.

The violent attack against innocent people going about their normal lives at Bondi in Sydney is beyond comprehension. Australians in the US share the sorrow of those at home for the lives lost. Our hearts go out to their families and we hope for a full recovery for those injured.

Some great ideas flying across the table about how to make development finance work for the Pacific, when Australia's Minister for International Development & the Pacific Pat Conroy MP and I sat down with my good friend, World Bank President Ajay Banga.

Integrated deterrence can prevent a catastrophic war over Taiwan. It will require persistent application over the next ten years, ‘the decade of living dangerously’. Read my full Stanley Legro Lecture to the US U.S. Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference: usa.embassy.gov.au/node/386

This morning the Young Leadership Dialogue of AALD took over the Residence for their annual US retreat. Looking forward to having the main forum in DC this July. 31 years ago, I was there at the first dialogue as a young(ish) woodchuck myself.

Meet Nellie, service puppy-in-training and new arrival to the home of our Head of Australian Defence Staff in Washington. Came for a visit this morning.

Cuteness factor 11/10

Cat happiness when Nellie comes to the Residence 2/10