Talk:Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)

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Hi, This should be merged, but I'm not 100% sure what it means

The department employs more than 3,300 people in Australia and overseas. One in four of the department's overseas staff are posted from Australia (generally for three years), with the rest employed from within local communities. DFAT manages a network of over 80 overseas posts, including Australian embassies, high commissions, consulates-general and consulates.

DFAT has around 3,300 employees, including 1,300 overseas staff (also known as LES - Locally Employed Staff). The remaining 2,000 are Australian commonwealth public servants. At any given time about one quarter of these A-based staff may posted overseas as diplomats.

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