Career
After a first-job working at Target Newton in Adelaide, [5] Paul's first public service role was in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government Housing Trust. Her career in the ACT public sector included the time during the ACT's transition to self-government. [6]
Paul led the Commonwealth's domestic response to the 2002 Bali bombings while a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Family and Community Services.
Paul was appointed Secretary of the Department of Education,Science and Training in October 2004. [8] [9] The Department then became the Department of Education,Employment and Workplace Relations. It was split into two in 2013 after the Abbott government took power and Paul was appointed Secretary of the Department of Education. [10] She was also named to head the new Department of Education and Training when the Department was formed in December 2014,encompassing much of the previous department.
In December 2015,Paul announced her intention to leave her role at the Department of Education and Training in February 2016. [11] In December 2016 Paul was appointed a member of the Australian Government's Naval Shipbuilding Advisory Board. [12]
Paul has served as the chair of headspace since 2018 [13] and is a member of Raise Foundation's Patron's Advisory Council. [14]
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