The Ambassador of Switzerland to Australia is an officer of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the head of the of the Swiss Confederation to the Commonwealth of Australia. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The ambassador is based with the embassy in Forrest in Canberra.