Richard Kenneth Robert Alston is an Australian businessman,former politician and former barrister. He served as a Senator for Victoria from 1986 to 2004,representing the Liberal Party. During the Howard government he held ministerial office as Minister for Communications and the Arts (1996–1997),Communications,the Information Economy and the Arts (1997–1998),and Communications,Information Technology and the Arts (1998–2003). He is Australia's longest serving both Communications minister and Arts minister.
The ABC Board is the body responsible for the operations of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. As of 2021,Ita Buttrose is chair;David Anderson the managing director appointed by the board;Jane Connors is a staff-elected member. The chair and other directors are chosen by the Australian Government.
Peter Roger Shergold is an Australian academic,company director,and former public servant. Shergold was the Chancellor of Western Sydney University from 2011 through 2022.
Dennis James Richardson,is a retired Australian public servant and diplomat. His last appointment was as Secretary of the Department of Defence (2012–17).
Ian James Watt is a retired Australian public servant,best known for his time as Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from September 2011 to November 2014.
The Department of Industry,Technology and Commerce was an Australian government department that existed between December 1984 and March 1993.
Helen Rodda Williams is a retired Australian senior public servant. She was the first woman in the Australian Public Service to be appointed as a Secretary of an Australian government department.
Kenneth Norman Jones was an Australian senior public servant.
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.
Graham Charles Evans is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker.
Roger David Bernard Beale is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker. Since retiring from the public service,Beale has continued to pursue work as an artist,having held exhibitions in galleries around Canberra since 1984.
Gregory Frank Taylor is a retired Australian senior public servant,he was head of the Department of Primary Industries and Energy between 1993 and 1996. From 1997 to 2000 Taylor was Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund.
Ken Harry Matthews is a retired senior Australian public servant.
David Alexander Hollway is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker. He retired from the Australian Public Service in 1996 to head the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Rae Martin Taylor is a retired senior Australian public servant and policymaker.
Graham Gordon Glenn is a former senior Australian public servant.
Russell Allan Higgins is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker.
Collin William Martin Freeland is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker. He is best known for his time heading the Department of Aviation and the Department of Transport in the 1980s.
Daryl Paul Quinlivan is a senior Australian public servant. He is the current Secretary of the Department of Agriculture,having been appointed in June 2015 to the previous Department of Agriculture which was known as the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources between 2015 and 2019. He had a varied career across the Australian Public Service before his appointment.
Peter Noel Harris is a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Broadband,Communications and the Digital Economy from 2009 to 2012. He was Chairman of the Australian Productivity Commission between 2012 and 2018.
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