David Alexander Hollway is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker. He retired from the Australian Public Service in 1996 to head the

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Background and career

Hollway graduated from the

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in 1968, with first-class honours in philosophy. He started his Australian Public Service career in the

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in 1969. Between 1988 and 1990, Hollway was Chief of Staff for

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Bob Hawke. In 1993, Hollway was appointed

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of the Department of Industry, Technology and Regional Development (later the

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). At the beginning of 1996, Hollway shifted to become Secretary of the

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, staying in the role less than a year. Hollway left his Secretary position at the end of 1996, to take up employment as Chief Executive Officer of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). Prior to the games, Hollway was embroiled in controversy as an inquiry was launched in the Olympic's ticketing fiasco after it was revealed most of the best tickets were not available to Australian sports fans, instead being put aside for sales at triple the face value to businesses. Hollway has served as a member of boards for a number of Australian Government organisations including CSIRO,

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and

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. In 2008, Hollway provided support to Beijing Olympic Games organisers, one of only a few foreigners called upon to advise Chinese authorities. Also that year, in March, he was appointed by then Prime Minister

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to act as chief mediator between Canberra and

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over the future of the

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. In October 2008 he was appointed to be Australia's first Special Envoy on Whale Conservation, to try to persuade Japan to curtail its Antarctic whaling. In the role, Hollway presented Australia's case at meetings with representatives of both like-minded and pro-whaling nations. Critics drew attention to his lack of success and high cost to taxpayers. In 2010, Hollway was appointed Chair of the Independent review of aid effectiveness panel, undertaking a review of Australia's aid program, administered by

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. The review, released in July 2011, found that the Australian aid program in 2011 was an effective performer by global donor standards. At January 2014, Hollway was working as a Consultant at TFG International.

Awards

Hollway was made an Officer of the

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in January 2002 for service to public administration, particularly as a senior adviser to government, to sport through the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, and to the community.

References

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