On 18 November we held the first of two events to farewell the 2019 PIES participants. The traditional farewell lunch was held earlier than usual because the Director of the PIES program, Greg Fealy, left the following day to take up a two-month fellowship overseas. The PIES students and PIES team of Greg, Sally White and Helen McMartin were joined by Dan Heldon and Tim Cardigan-Cowper of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), PSC’s Maxine McCarthur, Anna