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Sonya Russell

Biography

Ms Sonya Russell is a career public servant with the Australian Department of Defence. She was the International Policy Liaison Officer to Headquarters Joint Operations Command in 2017 and Policy Advisor on Operation HIGHROAD in Afghanistan from late 2017 to 2018. She posted to Port Moresby as the inaugural Strategic Policy Advisor to Papua New Guinea’s Department of Defence. Ms Russell is currently the Director of International Policy Division’s Pacific East section.

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