Prior to her appointment as Australian High Commissioner to Canada, Ms Hand was seconded to the Department of Climate Change as the Ambassador for Climate Change (2009 - 2011).
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Parkinson had previously served as the inaugural Secretary of the Department of Climate Change, Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, an International Monetary Fund official, and an advisor to former Australian Treasurer, John Dawkins.