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Dr. Alison W. Broinowski (born 25 October 1941) is an Australian academic, journalist, writer and former Australian public servant.
Her maiden name was Woodroffe; born in Adelaide, she attended from 1946 to 1958 the Wilderness School in that city, and in 1962 she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Adelaide University. In December of the following year, she married Richard Philip Broinowski. From 1963-64 she was a cadet for the Australian Department of External Affairs before beginning her extensive public service career, including various diplomatic postings, with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT).
In July 2013 Broinowski announced her intention to run as The Wikileaks Party in New South Wales Senate candidate for at the 2013 Australian federal election.
Career
1965-68 - Freelance journalist in Japan
1969 - Journalist and leader-writer for the Canberra Times
1970-74 - Department of Foreign Affairs, Japan Section
1975-78 - Second Secretary at the Australian Embassy in Manila, Philippines
1978-82 - ASEAN Section, Department of Foreign Affairs; Co-ordinator, Australian Institute of International Affairs Conferences
1982-83 - Administrative Assistant to the Governor General; Executive Director of the Australian National Word Festival
1983-85 - Cultural Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan
1986 - Director, Japan Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1987-88 - Director, Australia-Japan Foundation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Visiting Fellow at the Department of Asian Studies, Australian National University
1988 - Chargé d'Affaires with the Australian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, and Research Associate with the Korean Research Foundation and Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea
1989-90 - Counsellor with the Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York City, United States
1990-92 - On leave from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to undertake freelance work, including lecturing, journalism, broadcasting and research on Australia/Asian affairs
1992-93 - Regional Director with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Melbourne
1993-94 - Director, Advocacy and Planning, Australia Council
1995 - Visiting Fellow, Australian Defence Force Academy
1995-96 - Research Associate, Ibero American University, Mexico
