Peter Core is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker.

Background and early life

Peter Core was schooled at the

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. He then studied for a Master of Economics and a Bachelor of Rural Science from the University of New England.

Career

In 1993 Core was appointed Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations, promoted from his role as a Deputy Secretary in the

Department of Primary Industries and Energy The Department of Primary Industries and Energy was an Australian government department that existed between July 1987 and October 1998. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be ...

. He entered the role at a time of significant change, with the Minister for Industrial Relations

Laurie Brereton Laurence John "Laurie" Brereton (born 29 May 1946) is a former Australian politician who was a state minister, a federal member of cabinet, and kingmaker in the election of several Australian Labor Party leaders, including Paul Keating and Mark ...

planning a major re-write of the Industrial Relations Act. Core shifted to a role as Secretary of the

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in 1995. The following year, Core's appointment was one of six secretary appointments terminated following the election of the Howard Government. He served as Managing Director of the

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Agrifutures Australia, formerly the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), is an Australian statutory corporation set up by the Australian Government in 1990 to help fund research and development in Australian rural ind ...

from 1996 to 2002 and afterwards became Chief Executive Officer of the

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. Core is a member of the

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References

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