List of ambassadors of Australia to the Philippines

The Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Republic of the Philippines. The Ambassador resides in Manila.^[1] The current ambassador, since August 2025, is Marc Innes-Brown.

Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines
Incumbent Marc Innes-Brown since 19 August 2025
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Manila
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor General of Australia
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Herbert Peterson (as Consul-General)
Formation	4 July 1946
Website	Australian Embassy, Manila

List of heads of mission

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
(n/a)	Herbert Peterson	Consul-General	1946 (1946)	1948 (1948)	1–2 years
(n/a)	Keith Waller		1948 (1948)	1950 (1950)	1–2 years
1	George Dunbar Moore	Minister to the Philippines	1950 (1950)	1955 (1955)	4–5 years	[2]
2	Mick Shann		1955 (1955)	1957 (1957)	1–2 years
3	Mick Shann	Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines	1957 (1957)	1959 (1959)	1–2 years
4	Alfred Stirling		1959 (1959)	1963 (1963)	3–4 years
5	Bill Cutts		1963 (1963)	1966 (1966)	2–3 years
6	Francis Hamilton Stuart		1966 (1966)	1970 (1970)	3–4 years
7	James Ingram		1970 (1970)	1973 (1973)	2–3 years
8	Peter Henderson		1973 (1973)	1975 (1975)	1–2 years
9	Gerry Nutter		1975 (1975)	1978 (1978)	2–3 years
10	Richard Woolcott		1978 (1978)	1982 (1982)	3–4 years
11	Roy Fernandez		1982 (1982)	1986 (1986)	3–4 years
12	John Holloway		1986 (1986)	1989 (1989)	2–3 years
13	Mack Williams		1989 (1989)	1994 (1994)	4–5 years
14	Richard Smith		1994 (1994)	1996 (1996)	1–2 years
15	Miles Kupa		1996 (1996)	1999 (1999)	2–3 years	[3]
16	John Buckley		1999 (1999)	2002 (2002)	2–3 years	[4]
17	Ruth Pearce		2002 (2002)	2005 (2005)	2–3 years	[5]
18	Tony Hely		2005 (2005)	2008 (2008)	2–3 years	[6]
19	Rod Smith		2008 (2008)	2012 (2012)	3–4 years	[7]
20	Bill Tweddell		2012 (2012)	2016 (2016)	3–4 years	[8]
21	Amanda Gorely		2016 (2016)	2018 (2018)	1–2 years	[9]
22	Steven J. Robinson		January 2019 (2019-01)	2022 (2022)	2–3 years	[10][11]
23	Hae Kyong Yu		6 July 2022 (2022-07-06)	25 July 2025 (2025-07-25)	2–3 years	[12][13]
24	Marc Innes-Brown		19 August 2025 (2025-08-19)	Incumbent	16 days	[14]