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Current Roles:
Julie is the founder of Julie Bishop and Partners a boutique consultancy providing high-level strategic advisory services to clients navigating complex global, political and commercial environments.
Julie is Chair of the Board of The King’s Trust Australia, Trustee of The King’s Trust Group Company (global) and Member of the International Advisory Board of Council on Foreign Relations.
In 2023 Julie joined David Jones as an official Friend of the brand.
She is the Patron of Shooting Stars (an education programme for young aboriginal girls Julie was appointed United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Myanmar in 2024, further strengthening her global diplomatic credentials.
Former Roles
Julie served as Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 until 2018. She was the first female to hold the role as well as the first female Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party serving for 11 years (2007-2018).
In a political career spanning over 20 years, Julie also served as Minister for Education, Science and Training, Minister for Women’s Issues and Minister for Ageing.
Before entering Parliament, Julie was a commercial litigation lawyer at Perth firm Clayton Utz, becoming a partner in 1985 and managing partner in 1994.
Julie has previously served as Chancellor of the Australian National University (2020 to 2026), Chair
of The Kids Research Institute Australia (formerly Telethon Kids Institute), Chair of the WA Town
Planning Appeal Tribunal, Director of SBS Media, Director of the West Coast Eagles AFL Club and on the Murdoch University Senate.
Julie was an ambassador for Football Australia’s Legacy ’23 program in the lead up to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.
Highlights:
As Foreign Minister, she was responsible for strengthening Australia’s key strategic and economic relationships with Ministerial responsibility for more than 5,000 departmental staff, 110 overseas missions, and several government agencies, including the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and the Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research.
In 2014 she led the international response to the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over
Ukraine and was awarded the Commander of the Order of Merit of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Julie also led the single largest expansion of Australia's overseas diplomatic presence in 40 years,
increasing to 110 diplomatic missions. She developed the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper, providing
a comprehensive policy framework for the next decade; and established the New Colombo Plan, enabling Australian undergraduates to live, study and work in the Indo-Pacific region. Within five years, more than 40,000 students had participated in the Plan.
In 2017 the University of Adelaide awarded Julie the Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University for her contribution to Australian parliamentary service, and in 2020 she was also awarded an honorary
doctorate from Edith Cowan University.
For her contribution to the US-Australia alliance in 2018, Julie received the inaugural Eleanor
Roosevelt US Mission Award for Leadership Excellence.
In 2020 Julie was awarded a Fisher Family Fellowship for the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard
Kennedy School Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs. In 2021 Julie was awarded the
Kissinger Fellowship at the McCain Institute of International Leadership at Arizona State University.
In 2021, the UK Government appointed Julie to the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC).
In 2022 Julie was awarded the Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop AsiaLink Medal for her contribution to Australian diplomacy, women’s empowerment and Australia’s integration with the Indo-Pacific.
Julie was chosen by Mattel as the 2021 Aus Shero Official Role Model as part of the Barbie Dream Gap Project for her inspiring career and iconic contribution as Australia’s first female Foreign Minister.
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