2025 PROGRAM
The Diplomat: Inside Australia’s Foreign Service
DATE:
Saturday 21 March, 2026
LOCATION:
Manly Youth Centre
COST:
$25.00
What does diplomacy really look like behind closed doors? The former Foreign Minister and three former diplomats lift the veil on the pressures, responsibilities and moral complexities of representing
Australia abroad. From crisis management to regional relationships and the shifting expectations placed on the foreign service, this session offers a candid insider’s view of the work, challenges and changing culture of diplomacy.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
The Manly Writers' Festival acknowledges and thanks the original storytellers on the lands on which our events take place, the Gameraygal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing connection and culture, and we pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present, as well as emerging leaders.