Ian Kemish

Great to be with you.

Great to be with you.

I think you could divide it up pretty evenly between Australia's immediate neighbourhood, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe.

I think you could divide it up pretty evenly between Australia's immediate neighbourhood, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe.

So, you know, my head of mission jobs were variously in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, where I was High Commissioner.

So, you know, my head of mission jobs were variously in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, where I was High Commissioner.

And Germany, where I was ambassador, I was also accredited there into Switzerland and other places.

And Germany, where I was ambassador, I was also accredited there into Switzerland and other places.

But, you know, before I became an ambassador, I was posted variously in Southeast Asia, again in Europe, and I had this job that you just mentioned in your intro.

But, you know, before I became an ambassador, I was posted variously in Southeast Asia, again in Europe, and I had this job that you just mentioned in your intro.

formally attached to the embassy in Vienna in the 1990s, and that's where my family lived, it's where the house was.

formally attached to the embassy in Vienna in the 1990s, and that's where my family lived, it's where the house was.

But my job was very much focused on the western half, if you like, of former Yugoslavia, by which I mean Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia.

But my job was very much focused on the western half, if you like, of former Yugoslavia, by which I mean Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia.

And it was a time of extraordinary events.

And it was a time of extraordinary events.

It was a time that in some ways we seem to have, or many of us, seem to have forgotten a little bit about.

It was a time that in some ways we seem to have, or many of us, seem to have forgotten a little bit about.

And, you know, it was an important time in my life.

And, you know, it was an important time in my life.