Science and innovation leader Dr Katherine Woodthorpe has been appointed as the new chair of deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations. Dr Woodthorpe replaces outgoing chair Andrew Rothery, who has...
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The federal government has appointed Australian National University Associate Professor Jake Blight as its first full-time Independent National Security Legislation Monitor. Associate Professor Blight will be the fifth person...
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Former Department of Infrastructure secretary and author of an unreleased report on the government’s cybersecurity response capability, Mike Mrdak, has been appointed to the board of the NBN corporation....
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The secretary of the New South Wales Department of Customer Service, Emma Hogan, will step down from the top job later this year after four years in the role....
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The Australian Research Council has appointed Professor Gavin Reid as its executive director for mathematics, physics, chemistry, and earth sciences. Professor Reid is a bioanalytical chemist at the University...
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The Department of Defence has found a new chief data integration officer in Paul Robards, who will oversee the half-a-billion-dollar OneDefence Data Program. He will replace Dr Maria Milosavljevic...
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The inaugural head of Australia’s first independent, national environmental data and information office, dubbed the “Australian Bureau of Statistics for nature”, is Dr Jane Coram. Dr Coram took up...
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Federal Health department deputy secretary Penny Shakespeare has been appointed to support the taskforce inquiring into potential breaches of the public service code in the wake of the Robodebt Royal...
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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s Payments System Board has two new appointments, while Australian Consumer and Competition Commission chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb has been reappointed to the board for a...
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Kathryn Campbell has been suspended without pay from her almost $900,000 per annum role as a special advisor to the AUKUS program. The indefinite suspension of the former Department...
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The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government has appointed seven members to its new Renewable Energy Innovation Fund Industry Advisory Board. The board will advise on the allocation of $19...
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Digital Victoria’s inaugural chief executive Michael McNamara has left the government digital unit to become Australia Post’s new executive general manager of digital technology and data. Mr McNamara leaves...
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La Trobe University has named Professor Theo Farrell as its seventh vice-chancellor and president, while Monash University Professor Susan Elliot has been appointed to the same roles on an...
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Manufacturing Skills Queensland gets a new chief executive in July with the appointment of Rebecca Andrews, who moves from her current role as the head of the Australian Industry...