The high commissioner of Australia to Kiribati is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia to Kiribati, located in Tarawa.

[2] The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is currently held by David Yardley.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between Australia and Kiribati are between high commissioners rather than ambassadors.

The High Commission is one of four diplomatic missions in Kiribati, alongside New Zealand, Taiwan and Cuba.

"[4] On 7 November 2003, Kiribati established diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan), but it was alleged later on that the Australian high commissioner, Jurek Juszczyk, had urged President Anote Tong not to recognise Taiwan, as this would inevitably sever relations with China.