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Mark Higgie is an Australian musician, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the band The Church. He was born in Canberra, Australia, and grew up in the nearby town of Queanbeyan.
Higgie began playing guitar at the age of 12, and by the time he was 15 he was playing in local bands. He attended the University of New South Wales, where he studied music and philosophy. After graduating, he joined The Church in 1980.
Higgie has released several solo albums, including "The Higgie Report" (1985), "The Higgie Report II" (1987), and "The Higgie Report III" (1989). He has also produced albums for other artists, including The Church's "Starfish" (1988) and "Gold Afternoon Fix" (1990).
Higgie has been married twice, first to singer-songwriter Jenny Morris and then to singer-songwriter and actress Deborah Conway. He has two children from his first marriage.
As of 2021, Mark Higgie's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.
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His wife is Zoë
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Mark Higgie Net Worth
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Prior to joining Abbott’s team, Higgie served for three years as the representative in the UK of the Office of National Assessments, the government’s intelligence assessment agency on international affairs. In this role, Higgie was the Australian representative on the Joint Intelligence Committee (United Kingdom).
Higgie served as Australia’s ambassador in Budapest 1998–2001. At the conclusion of his posting then Hungarian president Ferenc Mádl, accompanied by prime minister Viktor Orbán, 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, Higgie has been a regular columnist on international affairs issues for the Australian edition of The Spectator, which in 2019 designated him as its Europe Correspondent. In 2019 he also became a Senior Fellow at the Budapest-based conservative think-tank the Danube Institute. He is also an occasional columnist for The Australian.
The Financial Review's 2013 national power survey listed Higgie fourth on its Defence Strategies sectoral list. Foreign editor at The Australian Greg Sheridan, to whom he has been seen as close, has described him as a 'highly regarded professional' with good connections among Coalition politicians.
He earlier served as First Secretary later Counsellor Vienna (1992–95) and Third later Second Secretary Belgrade (1985–87). Higgie joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1984.
In 1988–89 Higgie served as policy advisor to then Opposition Leader John Howard's shadow foreign minister, John Spender QC.
He has a BA (Hons) in Russian and Political Science from the Australian National University (1981) and a PhD from the same institution for a thesis on nationality policy in the Soviet Union, East Germany and Yugoslavia (1987). While doing research for his PhD in 1982, he undertook an internship at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty at its then Munich headquarters.
Mark William Christopher Higgie (born 26 July 1957) is a former Australian diplomat, political advisor, and intelligence analyst. He was Australia’s ambassador in Brussels (to the EU, NATO, Belgium and Luxembourg) between 2014 and 2017. He previously served as international advisor to the Hon Tony Abbott MP, both when Abbott was Leader of the Opposition (2010–2013) and when he was Prime Minister (2013–2014). Together with the relevant shadow ministers and their staff, he coordinated the Liberal-National coalition's international and national security policies (foreign affairs, defence, immigration, trade, veterans' affairs, ethnic affairs) at its campaign headquarters in Melbourne at both the 2010 and 2013 federal elections.