Proper noun
DFAT
(Ireland, Australia) Acronym of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
As the extent of the injuries became clear and reports emerged of the city's hospitals being swamped, Grindlay called America's ambassador to Lebanon, Dorothy Shea, who opened the US embassy's hospital for the injured DFAT staff. Source: Internet
"DFAT notes with regret that the Embassy of the People's Republic of China has issued a statement releasing purported details of official diplomatic exchanges," Source: Internet
DFAT warns Australians to 'reconsider your need to travel' to South Korea and to 'exercise a high degree of caution' for several countries, including France, which has recorded 282 cases and four deaths. Source: Internet
According to a DFAT spokesperson, "Welfare cases are those which include Australians seeking assistance on legal matters/victims of scams, illness and a variety of family matters." Source: Internet
Hon. Andrew Peacock, MP, 'ASIS Inquiry Must Address Relations with DFAT', Press Release by Hon. Andrew Peacock, MP Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, 23 February 1994 The Democrats spokeswoman called for a standing parliamentary committee. Source: Internet
Both IPL and CSBP source some of their phosphate rock from Morocco, and a spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) says Australia does not ban the importation of phosphate from Western Sahara. Source: Internet