Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

The head office of the department in the ACT
Department overview
Formed	24 July 1987; 36 years ago (1987-07-24)[1]
Preceding agencies	Department of Foreign Affairs[1] Department of Trade[1]
Jurisdiction	Australian Government
Headquarters	Barton, Australian Capital Territory
Employees	5,367 (2,363 deployed overseas)[2]
Annual budget	A$6.1 billion (2020–21)[3]
Ministers responsible	Penny Wong, Foreign Affairs[5] Don Farrell, Trade and Tourism Pat Conroy, International Development and the Pacific Tim Watts, Assistant for Foreign Affairs Tim Ayres, Assistant for Trade
Department executive	Jan Adams, Secretary
Child agencies	Austrade[4] Australian Secret Intelligence Service[4] Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research[4] Tourism Australia[4] Export Finance Australia[4] Australian Aid
Website	dfat.gov.au

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the department of the Australian federal government responsible for foreign policy and relations, international aid (using the branding Australian Aid), consular services and trade and investment (including trade and investment promotion Austrade). Australia's total official development assistance (ODA) (USD 3 billion) decreased in 2022 due to differences in Australia's financial year reporting and the timing of its COVID-19-related expenditure, representing 0.19% of gross national income (GNI).^[6]

The head of the department is its secretary, presently Jan Adams. She reports to Penny Wong, who has held the position of Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2022.^[5]