His Excellency Dennis Richardson, Australian ambassador to the United States visited the William and Mary campus June 13 for a reception and dinner hosted by the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies. Earlier in the day Richardson gave an address at the college’s Virginia Institute for Marine Science in Gloucester, VA on the Australian government's domestic climate change policy and its engagement with the UN climate change process. He also toured VIMS facilities and attended a luncheon in his honor.

 His speech was covered by both the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, Daily Press and the Virginian-Pilot newspapers. To learn more click on the newspaper name to be linked directly to the story on their website.