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Luke Arnold | |
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.jpg) Arnold in 2021 | |
| 13th Australian High Commissioner to Brunei | |
| Assumed office 31 January 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Scott Morrison |
| Preceded by | Tiffany McDonald |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luke Lazarus Arnold |
| Spouse | Leliana |
| Children | 2; Yosef and Theo |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Diplomat and lawyer |
Luke Lazarus Arnold[1] is a diplomat and the Australian High Commissioner to Brunei since 2022.
Education
Arnold has degrees from the University of London in Master of Laws, Monash University in graduate certificate in Legal Practice and Ethics, and the University of Melbourne in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Hons).[2]
Early life
Arnold traveled to Indonesia in the middle of the 1990s as part of a study tour while still in high school, having studied Bahasa Indonesia in Melbourne. It was his first time traveling outside of Australia. He resided in China and the United Kingdom in addition to Indonesia. He is in an excellent position to help dispel preconceptions in Indonesia about Australia and vice versa, having traveled between the two countries for more than half of his life. He regarded himself as a supporter of closer ties between my nation and one of its most significant neighbors in this way.[3]
Serving as a volunteer for the Yogyakarta Legal Aid Foundation was his first employment in Indonesia. He learned that the New Order had restricted people's freedom of association, access to land, and other fundamental liberties within eighteen months after Suharto's downfall. Intriguingly, he also worked on a case where former Indonesian comfort women were suing for damages related to how they were treated under the Japanese occupation. A few years later, Indonesia asked the International Labour Organization (ILO) for help in putting many treaties it had ratified on child labor, gender equality, and freedom of association into effect. Thanks to my previous experience with Indonesian law and his knowledge of international legal matters, he was able to get many ILO consultations to support this effort.[3]
As a result, he was eventually able to secure a job at AusAID, Australia's overseas development agency, which has now been merged into the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He started going to Indonesian Student Association events when I returned to Melbourne from one of his consulting assignments with the ILO, so he could maintain his command of Bahasa Indonesia and be informed about what was going on in Indonesia. He first got to know his wife, Leliana, at one of these functions. Leliana was an Australian Development Scholarship recipient who was attending the University of Melbourne.[3]
Diplomatic career
In Jakarta, Arnold is employed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as a diplomat.[3] He later served as the Australian Embassy's deputy head of mission in Phnom Penh. Additionally, he worked abroad in the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. He held positions at Minter Ellison Lawyers and the United Nations before entering the Australian Public Service.[2] On 7 November 2017, he participated in and delivered a speech at the 7th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.[4]
Oum Sarith, Secretary General of the Senate, met with Arnold on June 19, 2020, to discuss cooperation between the two nations.[5] He took over as Australia's High Commissioner to Brunei on 31 January 2022, replacing Tiffany McDonald, who has served in that capacity since 2020.[6] At Istana Nurul Iman on 24 May, newly appointed foreign envoys to Brunei, including Arnold, presented their letter of credence to Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.[7] He was met by David Hurley and Linda Hurley on 19 June 2023, while they were in Brunei.[8]
Personal life
Two boys, Yosef and Thiamhien Lazarus Arnold (known as Theo; born in 2012),[9] were born to Arnold and Leliana. Hiking, swimming, board games, and dining out are some of their family's pastimes.[10]
References
- ^ Hare, Paul Webster; Manfredi-Sánchez, Juan Luis; Weisbrode, Kenneth (4 February 2023). The Palgrave Handbook of Diplomatic Reform and Innovation. Springer Nature. p. 268. ISBN 978-3-031-10971-3.
- ^ a b "High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam". www.dfat.gov.au. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d Velde, Christine (25 August 2015). Dragonflyers. Gramedia Pustaka Utama. pp. 103–105. ISBN 978-602-03-1997-1.
- ^ "Australian National Statement - Seventh Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption". austria.embassy.gov.au. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "ឯកឧត្តម អ៊ុំ សារឹទ្ធ អគ្គលេខាធិការព្រឹទ្ធសភា បានទទួលជួបពិភាក្សាការងារជាមួយនឹងលោក Luke Lazarus Arnold អនុប្រធានបេសកកម្មការទូត". គេហទំព័រ ព្រឹទ្ធសភា នៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "High Commissioner to Brunei". www.foreignminister.gov.au. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Sultan receives newly-appointed envoys » Borneo Bulletin Online". Sultan receives newly-appointed envoys. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory". www.gg.gov.au. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "First baby of new year took his time". The Canberra Times. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Australian High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam". bruneidarussalam.embassy.gov.au. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
External links
- Arnold, Luke Lazarus (2008). "DEFORESTATION IN DECENTRALISED INDONESIA: WHAT'S LAW GOT TO DO WITH IT?" (PDF). Law, Environment and Development Journal. School of Law, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – University of London and the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC). ISSN 1746-5893.