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of Australia to the United Kingdom">High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />26 January 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lynette_Wood" title="Lynette Wood">Lynette Wood</a> (Acting)<br /><a href="/wiki/George_Brandis" title="George Brandis">George Brandis</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />14 September 2010 – 18 September 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Julia Gillard</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Faulkner" title="John Faulkner">John Faulkner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Johnston_(Australian_politician)" title="David Johnston (Australian politician)">David Johnston</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Trade_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Trade (Australia)">Minister for Trade</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 June 2010 – 14 September 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Julia Gillard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Crean" title="Simon Crean">Simon Crean</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Emerson" title="Craig Emerson">Craig Emerson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Australia)" title="Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)">Minister for Foreign Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />3 December 2007 – 14 September 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Julia Gillard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Downer" title="Alexander Downer">Alexander Downer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Australian Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Perth" title="Division of Perth">Perth</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 March 1993 – 5 August 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ric_Charlesworth" title="Ric Charlesworth">Ric Charlesworth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alannah_MacTiernan" title="Alannah MacTiernan">Alannah MacTiernan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Stephen Francis Smith</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1955-12-12</span>) </span>12 December 1955<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 69)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Narrogin,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Narrogin, Western Australia">Narrogin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)">Labor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Jane Seymour</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Australia" title="University of Western Australia">University of Western Australia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stephen Francis Smith</b> (born 12 December 1955) is an Australian former politician and diplomat serving as the 26th and current <a href="/wiki/List_of_high_commissioners_of_Australia_to_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of high commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom">high commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom</a> since 2023. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a> (ALP), he was the federal member of Parliament (MP) for the division of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Perth" title="Division of Perth">Perth</a> from 1993 to 2013, serving in the <a href="/wiki/First_Rudd_government" class="mw-redirect" title="First Rudd government">Rudd</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gillard_government" title="Gillard government">Gillard governments</a> as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Australia)" title="Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)">minister for Foreign Affairs</a> from 2007 to 2010, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Trade_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Trade (Australia)">minister for Trade</a> in 2010 and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">minister for Defence</a> from 2010 to 2013. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Smith_(Australian_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith was born in <a href="/wiki/Narrogin,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Narrogin, Western Australia">Narrogin, Western Australia</a>, and was educated at <a href="/wiki/Chisholm_Catholic_College,_Perth" title="Chisholm Catholic College, Perth">CBC Highgate</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Australia" title="University of Western Australia">University of Western Australia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a>, where he earned a master's degree in law. He was a solicitor, lecturer and tutor before entering politics. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Western Australian <a href="/wiki/Attorney-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney-General">Attorney-General</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Berinson" title="Joe Berinson">Joe Berinson</a> 1983–87 and State Secretary of the Western Australian Labor Party 1987–90.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1990 to 1993 he was an adviser to <a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Paul Keating</a>, first when Keating was Treasurer, then when Keating was Prime Minister. He was instrumental in securing caucus support for Keating to defeat <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Bob Hawke</a> for the Labor Party leadership in 1991 and thereby allowing Keating to ascend to the prime ministership.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Smith_(Australian_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry from March 1996 until the November 2007 elections, which were won by the Labor party. He was Shadow Minister for Trade 1996–97, for Resources and Energy 1997–98, for Communications 1998–2001, Health and Ageing 2001–03 and Immigration 2003–04. He was Shadow Minister for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations from October 2004 until December 2006, when he was appointed to the position of Shadow Minister for Education and Training. </p><p>During the leadership crisis in the Labor Party in 2003, Smith was a prominent supporter of his fellow Western Australian, <a href="/wiki/Kim_Beazley" title="Kim Beazley">Kim Beazley</a>. As early as 2002 his name had been mentioned as a possible future leader.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He again supported Beazley in the leadership contest which followed the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Mark_Latham" title="Mark Latham">Mark Latham</a> in January 2005, which saw Beazley return to the leadership. </p><p>Smith was appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Australia)" title="Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)">Minister for Foreign Affairs</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a>'s <a href="/wiki/First_Rudd_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Rudd Ministry">cabinet</a> on 3 December following Labor's win in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_federal_election" title="2007 Australian federal election">2007 election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and when <a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Julia Gillard</a> took over from Kevin Rudd as prime minister in June 2010, she added <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Trade_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Trade (Australia)">Minister for Trade</a> to Smith's portfolio.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/2010_Australian_federal_election" title="2010 Australian federal election">2010 federal election</a> Smith was appointed to the vacant <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Defence</a> portfolio, while Rudd and <a href="/wiki/Craig_Emerson" title="Craig Emerson">Craig Emerson</a> were appointed to the Foreign Affairs and Trade ministries, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a>'s return to the leadership of the ALP and as prime minister, on 27 June 2013 Smith announced he would not be a candidate at the <a href="/wiki/2013_Australian_federal_election" title="2013 Australian federal election">2013 federal election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC-2013-06-27_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-2013-06-27-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-parliamentary_career">Post-parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Smith_(Australian_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith was appointed Winthrop Professor of International Law at the University of Western Australia on 29 April 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2016, Smith announced that he did not believe the leader of the Labor Party in <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGowan" title="Mark McGowan">Mark McGowan</a>, was capable of leading the party to victory at the <a href="/wiki/2017_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2017 Western Australian state election">2017 state election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He sought to enter the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">Western Australian Legislative Assembly</a> by seeking preselection in the new seat of <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Baldivis" title="Electoral district of Baldivis">Baldivis</a>. His bid for preselection was unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith served as Chairman of ASX listed Canberra-based cyber security firm archTIS from March 2018<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to July 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2022, Smith was appointed to co-lead the Defence Strategic Review into the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force</a> by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Anthony Albanese</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 September 2022, Smith was named as the next <a href="/wiki/List_of_high_commissioners_of_Australia_to_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of high commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom">High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom</a>, to take up office on 26 January 2023 following the completion of the Defence Strategic Review.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Photo_gallery">Photo gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Smith_(Australian_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Photo gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephensmith.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen Smith in early 2005"><img alt="Stephen Smith in early 2005" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Stephensmith.jpg/101px-Stephensmith.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Stephensmith.jpg/152px-Stephensmith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Stephensmith.jpg/203px-Stephensmith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="558" data-file-height="660" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stephen Smith in early 2005</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:StephenSmith2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen Smith in early 2008"><img alt="Stephen Smith in early 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/StephenSmith2008.jpg/120px-StephenSmith2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/StephenSmith2008.jpg/180px-StephenSmith2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/StephenSmith2008.jpg/240px-StephenSmith2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stephen Smith in early 2008</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SS2008-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert Gates meets face-to-face with Stephen Smith"><img alt="Robert Gates meets face-to-face with Stephen Smith" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/SS2008-2.jpg/120px-SS2008-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/SS2008-2.jpg/180px-SS2008-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/SS2008-2.jpg/240px-SS2008-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3015" data-file-height="2412" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Robert Gates meets face-to-face with Stephen Smith</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SS2008-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (2nd from left, Debra Cagan to his left) hosts a Pentagon meeting with Stephen Smith (right) in the Pentagon on 28 January 2008"><img alt="US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (2nd from left, Debra Cagan to his left) hosts a Pentagon meeting with Stephen Smith (right) in the Pentagon on 28 January 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/SS2008-1.jpg/120px-SS2008-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/SS2008-1.jpg/180px-SS2008-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/SS2008-1.jpg/240px-SS2008-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5115" data-file-height="2734" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">US Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> (2nd from left, <a href="/wiki/Debra_Cagan" title="Debra Cagan">Debra Cagan</a> to his left) hosts a Pentagon meeting with Stephen Smith (right) in the Pentagon on 28 January 2008</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RiceSmith08.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (centre) and Stephen Smith (right) with students from Wesley College during a visit to Kings Park State War Memorial in Perth"><img alt="Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (centre) and Stephen Smith (right) with students from Wesley College during a visit to Kings Park State War Memorial in Perth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/RiceSmith08.jpg/120px-RiceSmith08.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/RiceSmith08.jpg/180px-RiceSmith08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/RiceSmith08.jpg/240px-RiceSmith08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="507" data-file-height="284" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">US Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a> (centre) and Stephen Smith (right) with students from <a href="/wiki/Wesley_College,_Perth" title="Wesley College, Perth">Wesley College</a> during a visit to Kings Park State War Memorial in <a href="/wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth, Western Australia">Perth</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Katsuya_Okada_Hillary_Rodham_Clinton_and_Stephen_Smith_20090921.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen Smith (right) meets Hillary Clinton (centre) and Katsuya Okada (left) at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on 21 September 2009"><img alt="Stephen Smith (right) meets Hillary Clinton (centre) and Katsuya Okada (left) at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on 21 September 2009" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Katsuya_Okada_Hillary_Rodham_Clinton_and_Stephen_Smith_20090921.jpg/120px-Katsuya_Okada_Hillary_Rodham_Clinton_and_Stephen_Smith_20090921.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Katsuya_Okada_Hillary_Rodham_Clinton_and_Stephen_Smith_20090921.jpg/180px-Katsuya_Okada_Hillary_Rodham_Clinton_and_Stephen_Smith_20090921.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Katsuya_Okada_Hillary_Rodham_Clinton_and_Stephen_Smith_20090921.jpg/240px-Katsuya_Okada_Hillary_Rodham_Clinton_and_Stephen_Smith_20090921.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="570" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stephen Smith (right) meets <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> (centre) and <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Okada" title="Katsuya Okada">Katsuya Okada</a> (left) at the <a href="/wiki/Waldorf-Astoria_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Waldorf-Astoria Hotel">Waldorf-Astoria Hotel</a> on 21 September 2009</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Smith_(Australian_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Rudd_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Rudd Ministry">First Rudd Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Gillard_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Gillard Ministry">First Gillard Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Gillard_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Gillard Ministry">Second Gillard Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Rudd_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Rudd Ministry">Second Rudd Ministry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Stephen Francis</a>, Parliament of Australia.</li> <li><i>Stephen Smith – biographical information, appointed senior adviser to Paul Keating</i> Labor voice, Vol.12, no.4 (Dec 1990), p. 1–2.</li> <li><i>Stephen Smith – former W.A. 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