Paul John Keating is an Australian former politician who served as the 24th prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),he previously served as treasurer of Australia in the Hawke Government from 1983 to 1991 and as deputy prime minister of Australia from 1990 to 1991.
Australia is a highly developed country with a market economy. As of 2021,Australia was the 13th-largest national economy by nominal GDP,the 18th-largest by PPP-adjusted GDP,and was the 25th-largest goods exporter and 20th-largest goods importer. Australia took the record for the longest run of uninterrupted GDP growth in the developed world with the March 2017 financial quarter. It was the 103rd quarter and the 26th year since the country had a technical recession. As of June 2021,the country's GDP was estimated at A$1.98 trillion.
The Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) is an organisation within the Australian Department of Defence,responsible for acquisition and supply chain management of military equipment and materiel including aircraft,ships,vehicles,electronic systems,uniforms and rations for the Australian Defence Force. CASG employs more than 7000 military,civilian and contracted staff in more than 70 locations around Australia and internationally.
The Attorney-General's Department is a department of the federal government of Australia responsible for law and justice,and since 29 May 2019,industrial relations.
The Department of Industry,Innovation,Climate Change,Science,Research and Tertiary Education (DIICSRTE) was a department of the Australian Government charged with further developing growth in Australian industries and advancements in science and research.
The Australian Public Service (APS) is the federal civil service of the Commonwealth of Australia responsible for the public administration,public policy,and public services of the departments and executive and statutory agencies of the Government of Australia. The Australian Public Service was established at the Federation of Australia in 1901 as the Commonwealth Public Service and modelled on the Westminster system and United Kingdom's Civil Service. The establishment and operation of the Australian Public Service is governed by the Public Service Act 1999 of the Parliament of Australia as an "apolitical public service that is efficient and effective in serving the Government,the Parliament and the Australian public". The conduct of Australian public servants is also governed by a Code of Conduct and guided by the APS Values set by the Australian Public Service Commission.
The Department of Resources,Energy and Tourism was an Australian Government department. It was formed in December 2007 and dissolved on 18 September 2013. The majority of its functions were assumed by the Department of Industry;with the exception of tourism functions that were assumed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Ross Gregory Garnaut is an Australian economist,currently serving as a vice-chancellor's fellow and professorial fellow of economics at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of numerous publications in scholarly journals on international economics,public finance and economic development,particularly in relation to East Asia and the Southwest Pacific.
Frances Jennifer Adamson,is an Australian public servant and diplomat who is the 36th Governor of South Australia,in office since 7 October 2021.
The Department of Housing and Regional Development was an Australian government department that existed between March 1994 and March 1996.
Anthony Stuart Cole is a retired senior Australian public servant. He served the Commonwealth in various capacities for over 25 years.
Mark Ian Paterson is a senior Australian public servant. He is currently the Chief Commissioner of Australian Skills Quality Authority. He was the Secretary of the Department of Trade and Investment,Regional Infrastructure and Services from June 2011 until April 2015. He also served on the board of Infrastructure NSW.
Michael Stockton "Mike" Keating is a retired Australian senior public servant.
Vincent William John FitzGerald is a former senior Australian public servant,now a private consultant.
Ashton Trevor Calvert,was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from April 1998 to January 2005.
Stephen Thomas Sedgwick,is a retired senior Australian public servant. He is best known for his time as Australian Public Service Commissioner between 2009 and 2014,and for his prior appointments as secretary of various departments in the Australian Public Service.
William Allan McKinnon was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs between 1983 and 1987.
Stephen Skehill is an Australian lawyer and public servant. Between 1994 and 1998 he was Secretary of the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department. He is currently ethics adviser to the ACT Legislative Assembly.
Blair Robert Comley 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.
Paul Francis Grimes is a senior Australian public servant. Between September 2013 and March 2015,he was Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture.
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