Daryl Paul Quinlivan is a senior Australian public servant. He is the current

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of the Department of Agriculture, having been appointed in June 2015 to the previous Department of Agriculture which was known as the

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources was a government department that existed between 2015 and 2019, which was responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs that contribute to strengthening ...

between 2015 and 2019. He had a varied career across the

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before his appointment.

Life and career

Quinlivan studied for a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) at Monash University, and a Bachelor of Economics from the

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. In the

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, Quinlivan was responsible for the Corporate Division, and also advised on the East Coast Very High Speed Train Scoping Study investigating high-speed rail for Australia. Between 2005 and 2010, Quinlivan was a deputy secretary in the

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. From 2011 to 2012, Quinlivan was a deputy secretary in the

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. In the role, he was head of the Infrastructure group, working to progress Australian communication infrastructure, including the implementation of the

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. In 2012, Quinlivan joined the

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as head of office. Quinlivan was appointed Secretary of the Department of Agriculture in June 2015, responsible for Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries, and animal and plant health, including quarantine. The name of the department was expended to include Water Resources in September 2015. Quinlivan was appointed an Officer of the

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in the 2021 Australia Day Honours.

References

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