Blair Comley | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency | |
| In office 2011 –March 2013 | |
| Secretary of the Department of Resources,Energy and Tourism | |
| In office 11 March 2013 –18 September 2013 | |
| Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care | |
| Assumed office July 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Blair Robert Comley |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Monash University [1] Australian National University |
| Occupation | Public servant |
Blair Robert Comley PSM is an economist. He is a former Secretary of the New South Wales Government Department of Premier and Cabinet,replaced by a new Secretary upon the election of the then Premier of NSW,The Hon Gladys Berejiklian. [2]
Blair Comley was born in the late 1960s. [1] He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and a Master of Economics from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies from the Australian National University. [3]
Comley joined the Department of the Treasury in 1994. [4] For three years,he represented Australia on economic policy at the OECD. [5] In 2008,Comley was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Department of Climate Change. [1] He was elevated to become head of the Department—by then known as the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency—in 2010. [1]
Comley was appointed Secretary of the Department of Resources,Energy and Tourism in February 2013,to commence 11 March that year. [6] In September 2013,after the Abbott government was sworn in,new Prime Minister Tony Abbott sacked Comley and two other departmental secretaries. [7]
Comley was hired by PricewaterhouseCoopers in April 2014 as a Special Adviser in the Canberra Economics and Policy Team. [8] [9] By September 2014,he had been appointed head of the New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet. [10] In November 2017,the NSW Premier,Hon Gladys Berejiklian MP announced he would be replaced by a new Secretary. [11]
He was appointed Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care in July 2023. [12]
Comley was awarded a Public Service Medal in January 2012 for outstanding public service in the development of public policy,particularly in the areas of carbon pricing and emissions trading,tax policy design and debt management. [13]