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Text of media release from the office of Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer, carried by by Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website on 8 August
I have today announced the appointment of James Larsen as Australia's ambassador to the State of Israel. Mr Larsen will replace Tim George, who has been ambassador since September 2003. He is expected to take up his appointment in August 2006.
Australia is a longstanding friend of Israel and was one of the first countries to recognize the State of Israel in 1949 and to establish diplomatic...