On 29th April 2014, Anita Planchon (recently departed State Director of Tasmania’s DFAT office), spoke to an AIIA Tasmania audience on the topic ‘France in the South Pacific.

Anita is a career diplomat who joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1996. She has held many positions in Canberra and overseas, including as Consul General in Noumea, New Caledonia (2007-2011).