Local News in Brief : New Australian Consul
Career diplomat John Kelso has been named Australia’s consul general in Los Angeles, Australian foreign affairs officials said Wednesday. He succeeds Basil Teasey, who had been in the post since 1984.
Kelso served as Australia’s ambassador to Brazil in the 1970s. Since 1984 he has been his country’s ambassador to Austria as well as resident representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations office in Vienna.
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