Samuel Lucas

Experience

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  Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

  Jan 2002 - Jun 2009

  Worked in the Legal Office, and in the administration of the Indian Ocean Territories.

  • Director Domestic Aviation Industry Policy

    May 2008 - Jun 2009

  • Assistant Director Bilateral Aviation

    Dec 2004 - May 2008

  • Various

    Jan 2002 - Dec 2004
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  Beadle Woods Business Lawyers

  May 2005 - May 2006

  Corporate Paralegal

  Managed corporate affairs for around sixty proprietary companies, administering firm trust funds, and managing matters with corporate and real estate regulators across Canada and the USA.

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  Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

  Oct 2013 - Sept 2016

  • Assistant Secretary Local Government, Mainland Territories and Regional Development

    Sept 2015 - Sept 2016

  • Director Air Services Negotiations

    Jun 2009 - Sept 2015

  • Director Aviation Safety Regulation Review

    Oct 2013 - Jun 2014
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  Australian Permanent Mission to ICAO

  Sept 2016 - Sept 2021

  Australian Representative on the ICAO Council

  First Vice President of the ICAO Council: 2021Second Vice President of the ICAO Council: 2020-21Chair, Council's Advisory Group on CORSIA: 2020-21Member, Council Aviation Recovery Task Force 2020Chair, Council's Advisory Group on CORSIA: 2019-20Chair, Air Transport Committee of the ICAO Council: 2018-19Chair, Implementation, Strategy and Planning Group of Council: 2016-17

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  Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

  Aug 2021 - Nov 2021

  Director International Radiocommunications

  Coordinated Australian engagement in the World Radiocommunication Conference of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

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  Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  Dec 2021 - now

  Shaping Australia's forward agenda in support of LGBTQIA+ equality and inclusion around the world, including the development of a new LGBTQIA+ human rights engagement strategy, and administration of the Australian Government's new Inclusion and Equality Fund to support civil society and human rights defenders internationally. Director and international aviation law expert in the International Law Branch

  • Director LGBTQIA+ Equality and Inclusion

    May 2023 - now

  • Counsellor (Legal) and Alternate Representative to ICAO

    Mar 2022 - May 2023

  • Special Adviser Aviation

    Dec 2021 - Apr 2022