Andrew Podger

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Andrew Podger AO
Secretary of the Department of the Arts and Administrative Services
In office
1993–1994
Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services
In office
1994–1994
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Regional Development
In office
1994–1996
Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services
In office
1996–1998
Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care
In office
1998–2001
Commissioner of the Australian Public Service
In office
2002–2004
Personal details
Born
Andrew Stuart Podger

(1948-11-06) 6 November 1948 (age 72)
Nationality Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian
OccupationPublic servant, author and academic

Andrew Stuart Podger, AO (born 6 November 1948) is a retired Australian senior public servant. He is currently Professor of Public Policy at the Australian National University.

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Early life

Podger was born 6 November 1948. [1]

Public service career

Podger began his Commonwealth Public Service career in 1968 as a Cadet at the Australian Bureau of Statistics. [1] [2] After his time as a statistician he moved to the Social Welfare Commission in 1974 and then to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in 1975. He was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in the Department of Social Security in 1978, where he stayed until 1982. [3]

In 1982 he joined the Department of Finance. [2] In 1990 Podger went on to hold the position of Deputy Secretary in charge of Acquisition and Logistics in the Department of Defence, where he stayed until 1993. [3] [4]

He was appointed Secretary of the Department of the Arts and Administrative Services in 1993, [4] shortly thereafter renamed the Department of Administrative Services [5] He was appointed Secretary of the Department of Housing and Regional Development in April 1994. [5] He then became Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services in 1996 (later Health and Aged Care). [6]

He then was appointed the Public Service Commissioner in 2002, [7] a role he continued until 2004 when he agreed to head a Task Force in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to examine how to improve the delivery of health services. [8]

Awards

Podger was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2004. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 CP 1005: Andrew Stuart PODGER AO, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 11 January 2014
  2. 1 2 Podger, Andrew, "Chapter 2: My fortunate career and some parting remarks", in Wanna, John; Vincent, Sam; Podger, Andrew (eds.), With the Benefit of Hindsight: Valedictory Reflections from Departmental Secretaries 2004–11, p. 7
  3. 1 2 3 Professor Andrew Podger, Australian National University
  4. 1 2 Keating, Paul (13 December 1993). "STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE HON PJ KEATING MP PUBLIC SERVICE APPOINTMENTS" (Press release). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  5. 1 2 Keating, Paul (20 April 1994). "STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE HON P J KEATING, MP APPOINTMENT OF DEPARTMENTAL SECRETARIES" (Press release). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.
  6. ↑ History of the Department, Department of Health, 5 November 2013, archived from the original on 5 December 2013
  7. ↑ Howard, John (18 January 2002). "SENIOR APPOINTMENTS – DEPARTMENTAL SECRETARIES" (Press release). Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
  8. ↑ Howard, John (22 October 2004). "Appointments of Secretaries" (Press release). Archived from the original on 19 November 2013.

References and further reading

Government offices
Preceded by
Helen Williams 		Commissioner of the Australian Public Service
2002–2004		Succeeded by
Lynelle Briggs
Preceded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services		 Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care
1998–2001		Succeeded by
Jane Halton
as Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing
Preceded by
Stephen Duckett
as Secretary of the Department of Human Services and Health		 Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services
1996–1998		Succeeded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care
Succeeded by
David Rosalky
as Secretary of the Department of Family and Community Services
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Regional Development
1994–1996		Succeeded by
Allan Hawke
as Secretary of the Department of Transport and Regional Development
Preceded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of the Arts and Administrative Services		 Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services
1994		Succeeded by
John Mellors
Preceded by
Noel Tanzer 		Secretary of the Department of the Arts and Administrative Services
1993–1994		Succeeded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services
Succeeded by
Tony Blunn
as Secretary of the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories

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