Английская Википедия:Department secretary

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Peter Shergold (right) in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; with then Prime Minister John Howard at a 2005 meeting in the United States.

In Australia, a departmental secretary is the most senior public servant of an Australian Government or state government department. They are typically responsible for the day-to-day actions of a department.

Role

Шаблон:Refimprove-section A departmental secretary is in theory, a non-political, non-elected public servant head (and "responsible officer") of government departments, who generally holds their position for a number of years. A departmental secretary works closely with the elected government minister that oversees the Commonwealth department or state government department in order to bring about policy and program initiatives that the government of day was elected to achieve. A departmental secretary works with other departments and agencies to ensure the delivery of services and programs within the nominated area of responsibility.

The secretary is also known as the chief executive of the department; the position is equivalent to the permanent secretary of a government department in the United Kingdom and is similar to the director general in some non-Commonwealth countries, or the chief executive officer (CEO) in a private company.

In the Australian government, secretaries are the responsible officers for departments. They are answerable to the Australian Parliament for ensuring that the department performs all the functions assigned to it and spends money appropriately, as granted by the Parliament. Secretaries are frequently called for questioning by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, the House of Representatives committees and the Senate committees.

Appointment and termination

The Public Service Act 1999 requires the secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to provide a report to the prime minister of the day about the suitability of potential candidates as departmental secretary. The report is prepared in conjunction with the public service commissioner. Appointments and terminations as departmental secretary are made by the governor-general on the advice of the prime minister under Sections 58 and 59 respectively of the Act.

Since removal of tenure under Prime Minister Paul Keating, departmental secretaries are generally aware that while dismissals are not common, following a change of government, failure to re-appoint a secretary is certainly a frequent occurrence. In the first Rudd government, secretaries were appointed for a five-year term; prior to this a term of three years was common. In 1999, the Howard government sought to remove Paul Barratt Шаблон:Post-nominals as the secretary of the Department of Defence after Barratt fell out of favour with his minister. Despite being offered a diplomatic post, Barratt refused to vacate the role and commenced legal action, claiming unfair dismissal and that the government had failed to follow due process. Barratt had a temporary stay, but was dismissed within 14 days, and subsequently lost, on appeal in the Federal Court.

The most senior Commonwealth public servant is the secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, currently Glyn Davis.

Current Australian Government secretaries

Шаблон:Cleanup section There are currently 16 secretaries within the Australian Government.

Department	Title holder	Effective date	Ref(s)
Australian Government department
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	Adam Fennessy Шаблон:Post-nominals	18 September 2023
Attorney-General's	Katherine Jones Шаблон:Post-nominals	16 August 2021
Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	David Fredericks Шаблон:Post-nominals	1 July 2022
Defence	Greg Moriarty	4 September 2017
Education	Tony Cook Шаблон:Post-nominals	4 April 2023
Employment and Workplace Relations	Natalie James	11 July 2022
Finance	Jenny Wilkinson Шаблон:Post-nominals	9 August 2022
Foreign Affairs and Trade	Jan Adams Шаблон:Post-nominals Шаблон:Post-nominals	1 July 2022
Health and Aged Care	Blair Comley Шаблон:Post-nominals	17 July 2023
Home Affairs	Stephanie Foster Шаблон:Post-nominals	28 November 2023
Industry, Science and Resources	Meghan Quinn Шаблон:Post-nominals	22 August 2022
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts	Jim Betts	11 July 2022
Prime Minister and Cabinet	Glyn Davis Шаблон:Post-nominals	6 June 2022
Social Services	Ray Griggs Шаблон:Post-nominals Шаблон:Post-nominals	22 July 2021
Treasury	Steven Kennedy Шаблон:Post-nominals	2 September 2019
Veterans' Affairs	Alison Frame	23 January 2023

See also

• Australian Government
• Australian Public Service