Sarah Proudfoot (left) has been appointed as the ACCC’s new CEO. Alicja Mosbauer has been named as Chief Data Officer in the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Photos: LinkedIn.
A breakdown of the latest appointments in the Australian Public Service.
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Hoang Nguyen has been appointed as the next General Counsel for the Environment and Dispute Resolution Branch of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
Ruth Sparks has been appointed as Assistant Director-General for Enterprise Workforce at the Australian Submarine Agency.
Alicja Mosbauer has been named as Chief Data Officer in the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
Other Federal Appointments
Sarah Proudfoot has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) after acting in the role since February. Ms Proudfoot has worked in the ACCC since 2005, performing senior roles including executive general manager of the Infrastructure Division and executive general manager of the National Anti-Scam Centre.
Glyn Davis has announced his resignation as Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, effective 16 June.
Since the federal election was called on 28 March, the Australian Government was in a caretaker period in the lead-up to the election on 3 May. Until the new government is sworn in today (13 May), government operations are conducted in accordance with the caretaker conventions.
Anthony Albanese has named his new ministry, which will be sworn in today (13 May). Photo: Michelle Kroll.
New Federal Cabinet
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the ministry for the new government that will be sworn in on 13 May following Labor’s federal election win.
- Anthony Albanese – Prime Minister
- Richard Marles – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence
- Senator Penny Wong – Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Dr Jim Chalmers – Treasurer
- Senator Katy Gallagher – Minister for Finance, Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Women, Minister for Government Services
- Senator Don Farrell – Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State
- Tony Burke – Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Minister for Cyber Security, Minister for the Arts
- Mark Butler – Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Chris Bowen – Minister for Climate Change and Energy
- Catherine King – Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
- Amanda Rishworth – Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
- Jason Clare – Minister for Education
- Michelle Rowland – Attorney-General
- Tanya Plibersek – Minister for Social Services
- Julie Collins – Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Clare O’Neil – Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness, Minister for Cities
- Madeleine King – Minister for Resources, Minister for Northern Australia
- Senator Murray Watt – Minister for the Environment and Water
- Senator Malarndirri McCarthy – Minister for Indigenous Australians
- Anika Wells – Minister for Communications, Minister for Sport
- Pat Conroy – Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for Pacific Island Affairs
- Dr Anne Aly – Minister for Small Business, Minister for International Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs
- Senator Tim Ayres – Minister for Industry and Innovation, Minister for Science
- Matt Keogh – Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Minister for Defence Personnel
- Kristy McBain – Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories, Minister for Emergency Management
- Andrew Giles – Minister for Skills and Training
- Senator Jenny McAllister – Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Dr Daniel Mulino – Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Financial Services
- Senator Dr Jess Walsh – Minister for Early Childhood Education, Minister for Youth
- Sam Rae – Minister for Aged Care and Seniors
- Patrick Gorman – Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Assistant Minister for the Public Service, Assistant Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
- Matt Thistlethwaite – Assistant Minister for Immigration, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Dr Andrew Leigh – Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury
- Ged Kearney – Assistant Minister for Social Services, Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence
- Emma McBride – Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health
- Senator Anthony Chisholm – Assistant Minister for Resources, Assistant Minister for Regional Development, Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Josh Wilson – Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Assistant Minister for Emergency Management
- Julian Hill – Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs, Assistant Minister for International Education
- Rebecca White – Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health, Assistant Minister for Women
- Dr Andrew Charlton – Cabinet Secretary, Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy
- Senator Nita Green – Assistant Minister for Northern Australia, Assistant Minister for Tourism, Assistant Minister for Pacific Island Affairs
- Peter Khalil – Assistant Minister for Defence
- Susan Templeman – Special Envoy for the Arts
- Luke Gosling – Special Envoy for Defence, Veterans’ Affairs and Northern Australia
- Dan Repacholi – Special Envoy for Men’s Health
- Josh Burns – Special Envoy for Social Housing and Homelessness
- Marion Scrymgour – Special Envoy for Remote Communities
- Kate Thwaites – Special Envoy for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
- Tim Watts – Special Envoy for Indian Ocean Affairs.
David Littleproud has been re-elected as the National Party’s leader after a challenge by Matt Canavan. Kevin Hogan has been elected as Deputy Leader, while Bridget McKenzie will be the party’s leader in the Senate.
David Littleproud has been re-elected as the leader of the Nationals. Photo: Jen White.
Original Article published by Andrew McLaughlin on PS News.
