Mark Higgie

Mark William Christopher Higgie (born 26 July 1957) is a former Australian diplomat, political advisor, and intelligence analyst.

[7] At the conclusion of his posting then Hungarian president Ferenc Mádl awarded him the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, the country's second-highest honour, for services to Hungary-Australia relations.

Since concluding his posting in Brussels, he has been a regular columnist on international affairs issues for the Australian edition of The Spectator, which designated him as its Europe Correspondent in 2019.

He has also contributed articles to the British edition of The Spectator, The Australian, The Telegraph, Hungarian Review, the Royal United Services Institute (London) newsletter and XpatLoop Budapest.

In 2019 he wrote an article published in The Australian revealing his discovery that he was partly of aboriginal ancestry on his father’s side [13]