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Tony Cole
Anthony Stuart Cole (born 17 March 1947) is a retired senior Australian public servant. He served the Commonwealth in various capacities for over 25 years. Early life Cole was born in Macksville, New South Wales, on 17 March 1947. He attended Macksville High School. Career In 1968, Cole graduated with a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney and joined the Department of the Treasury. From 1979 Cole spent two years as a senior World Bank official, saying these years were crucial in developing his views on economic policy. Shortly after in 1983 Cole was appointed principal private secretary to Treasurer Paul Keating, working in the role until October 1985. He was appointed the thirteenth Secretary of the Department of the Treasury in 1991, remaining in the role until 1993 when he transferred to another role as Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services (later Department of Human Services and Health). There was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departmental Secretary
In Australia, a departmental secretary is the most senior Civil service, public servant of an Australian Government or States and territories of Australia, state government department. They are typically responsible for the day-to-day actions of a department. Role A departmental secretary is a non-political, non-elected public servant head (and "responsible officer") of government departments, who generally holds their position for a number of years. A departmental secretary works closely with the elected Minister (government), government minister that oversees the Commonwealth List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities, department or state government department in order to bring about policy and program initiatives that the government of day was elected to achieve. A departmental secretary works with other departments and agencies to ensure the delivery of services and programs within the nominated area of responsibility. The secretary is also known as the chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Commission Of Audit
The National Commission of Audit was a commission formed by the Abbott Government on 22 October 2013 as an independent body to review and report on the performance, functions and roles of the Commonwealth government. The chair of the Commission was Tony Shepherd AO who is a former head of the Business Council of Australia. The other Commissioners were Peter Boxall AO, Tony Cole AO, Robert Fisher AM and Amanda Vanstone. The Terms of Reference for the Commission was to make recommendations to return the budget to a sustainable surplus of 1% of GDP by 2023/24. The Commission was not asked to examine the revenue side of the budget, though it looked at some revenue issues. The Commission's report was the first full scale review of government expenditures for 18 years. Recommendations The Commission Report was titled ''Towards Responsible Government'' and published in two parts. Phase One Report, published in February 2014, dealt predominantly with improving the sustainability of finan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officers Of The Order Of Australia
An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French ''officier''), from Medieval Latin ''officiarius'' "an officer," from Latin ''officium'' "a service, a duty" the late Latin from ''officiarius'', meaning "official." Examples Ceremonial and other contexts *Officer, and/or Grand Officer, are both a grade, class, or rank of within certain chivalric orders and orders of merit, e.g. Legion of Honour (France), Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Holy See), Order of the British Empire ( UK), Order of Leopold (Belgium) *Great Officer of State *Merchant marine officer or licensed mariner *Officer of arms * Officer in The Salvation Army, and other state decorations Corporations * Bank officer *Corporate officer, a corporate title **Chief executive officer (CEO) **Chief financial officer (CFO) **Chief operating officer (COO) *Executive officer Education *Chief academic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Ted Evans (public Servant)
Edward Alfred Evans (4 March 1941 – 12 April 2020) was an Australian senior public servant and economist. From 1993 to 2001, he was Secretary of the Department of the Treasury. Career and public life Evans was born into a humble background. His father was a fitter and turner.David Morgan, 2020,Ted Evans changed the nation in a selfless way' ''The Canberra Times'', 18 April. Evans first studied at Ipswich High School in Queensland in the late 1950s and trained as a technician in the 1960s working in the Ipswich branch of the Postmaster-General's Department. Studying economics while working, Evans graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland in 1969 with first class honours and a University Medal. One of his colleagues in his student honours group in the University of Queensland in 1967 was Adrian Pagan who later became a well-known Australian academic economist. Upon graduation, Evans joined the Department of the Treasury and moved to Canber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Higgins (Australian Public Servant)
Christopher Ian Higgins (3 April 19436 December 1990) was a senior Australian public servant and economist. He was Secretary of the Department of the Treasury from September 1989 until his death. Life and career Chris Higgins was born in Murwillumbah, New South Wales on 3 April 1943. He attended Ballina High School. In 1960, Higgins came to Canberra as a Commonwealth Bureau of Statistics Cadet. He graduated in 1964 from the Canberra University College (now known as the Australian National University) with a Bachelor of Economics with first class honours in economics and statistics. He then won a postgraduate scholarship to study for his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania under supervisor Lawrence Klein. Between 1975 and 1989, Higgins was a senior executive officer in the Department of the Treasury, including as a deputy secretary from 1984. He was appointed Secretary of the department in September 1989. Higgins died in Bruce, Australian Capital Territory from heart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Hamilton (public Servant)
Stuart Anthony Hamilton (born 31 March 1950) is a retired Australian senior public servant and CEO. Early life Stuart Hamilton was born in 1950 in Hobart, Tasmania, the son of Murray and Yvonne Hamilton. He attended the University of Tasmania gaining a First Class Honours degree in Arts, majoring in English Language and Literature. He then attended Magdalen College Oxford University as the Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar for 1971, where he met and married Suzanne Westrop, a classicist studying at St Hilda’s College. They have two children, Richard (b. 1984) and Lucy (b. 1987). He subsequently attended the Australian National University, gaining a Bachelor of Economics in 1980. Career Hamilton joined the Australian public service in 1975. He worked in several departments, notably the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, becoming Deputy Secretary there in 1987. He was closely involved in developing the major changes to ministerial and departmental arrangements announced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Conybeare
Christopher Conybeare is a retired Australian senior public servant. Career He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney University. The son of Judge Theo Conybeare QC. Conybeare began his Commonwealth Public Service career in 1965 at the Department of External Affairs (later Foreign Affairs. There he held various positions, including postings in London, Bonn and Manila. In 1980 Conybeare joined the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Conybeare was appointed Secretary of the Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs The Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between July 1987 and March 1993. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or government funding all ... (later Immigration and Ethnic Affairs in 1990. He remained Permanent Head of the Immigration department until 1996, when he was one of six Secretaries removed from their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Duckett
Stephen John Duckett (born 18 February 1950) is a health economist and think-tanker who has occupied many leadership roles in health services in both Australia and Canada, including as Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. He is current health program director at the Grattan Institute, an Australian public policy think tank, Emeritus Professor of Health Policy at La Trobe University, and Chairperson of South Australia's Health Performance Council. Educational background Stephen Duckett was born in Sydney and educated at Woollahra Public School (Opportunity classes) and Fort Street High School. He subsequently studied economics at the Australian National University (BEc) and health administration at the University of New South Wales (MHA, PhD). His academic contributions have been recognized by the University of New South Wales by the award of a higher doctorate, Doctor of Science, (DSc), and by election as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Human Services And Health
The Department of Human Services and Health was an Australian government department that had existed between December 1993 and March 1996. The Department was created when the Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services changed its name. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports. According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 15 December 1993, the Department dealt with: *Services for the aged, people with disabilities and families with children *Community support services *Housing *Public health and medical research *Health promotion and disease prevention *Pharmaceutical benefits *Health benefits schemes *Specific health services, including human quarantine *National drug abuse strategy *Matters relating to local government. Stru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |