22 July 2025

The Capital Water Cooler: Comings and goings in the public service

| By Andrew McLaughlin
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Professor Wesley Enoch is the new chair of the Australia Council Board of Creative Australia. Photo: QUT.

A breakdown of the latest appointments in the Australian Public Service.

APS Senior Executive Service

Band 1

Simon O’Toole has been appointed as Assistant Secretary of the Digital Customer Service Branch in the Department of Parliamentary Services.

Zaid Ahmad, Christopher Wright and Christopher Jasson have been appointed as national managers of Services Australia.

Band 2

Ben Biddington and Sneha Chatterjee have been appointed as First Assistant Secretaries for Immigration in the Department of Home Affairs.

Graeme Grosse has been named as First Assistant Secretary for Compliance and Enforcement in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Band 3

Michael Thomas, Michael Willard, Brooke Hartigan, Ciara Spencer and Brendan Dowling have been named as Deputy Secretaries in the Department of Home Affairs.

Other federal appointments

Professor Wesley Enoch has been appointed as the chair of the Australia Council Board of Creative Australia for a four-year term. Professor Enoch has been deputy chair since August 2023 and has been acting chair since Robert Morgan’s retirement in May.

Original Article published by Andrew McLaughlin on PS News.

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