Rebecca Holland (left) has been promoted to General Manager, Compliance and Enforcement in the ACCC. Erin Flaherty has been reappointed as a non-executive director and board chair of the National Intermodal Corporation and non–executive director of Inland Rail Pty Ltd. Sebastian Purcell has been promoted to General Manager — AER Corporate in the ACCC. Photos: LinkedIn.
A breakdown of the latest appointments and moves in the Australian Public Service, the public services of the states and territories, and the wider public sector.
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Sebastian Purcell has been promoted to General Manager — AER Corporate in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Rebecca Holland has been promoted to General Manager, Compliance and Enforcement in the ACCC.
Christopher Toyne has been appointed Assistant Secretary in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
Nicola Pearson has been promoted to branch manager in the Department of Social Services.
Other federal appointments
The Federal Government has announced the reappointment of Erin Flaherty as a non-executive director and board chair of the National Intermodal Corporation and non-executive director of Inland Rail Pty Ltd (IRPL) for two-year terms.
States and territories
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has announced a ministerial reshuffle following Madeleine Ogilvie‘s resignation from Cabinet on 29 May.
Ms Ogilvie had held responsibility for the Community and Multicultural Affairs, Environment, Arts and Heritage, and Innovation, Science and the Digital Economy portfolios, but resigned amid allegations she misled Parliament over Supreme Court action.
Treasurer Eric Abetz was temporarily sworn in to the Arts and Heritage, Science, Innovation and the Digital Economy, Environment, and Community and Multicultural Affairs portfolios on 2 June.
But on 5 June, Mr Rockliff announced that Guy Barnett will take the Environment and Climate Change portfolio, Nick Duigan will be responsible for Heritage, Jane Howlett will become Minister for Arts and Minister for Community and Multicultural Affairs, Felix Ellis has been appointed Minister for Innovation, Science and the Digital Economy, and Marcus Vermey is the new Parliamentary Secretary of Small Business and Community and Multicultural Affairs.
The Tasmanian Government has appointed the inaugural members of the Disability Inclusion Advisory Council, which it says has been established to ensure lived experience and expert insight sit at the centre of the state’s disability policy and reform.
The members are Shannon Goodwin — chair, Dean Foreman — Speak Out Advocacy, Michael Small — Disability Voices Tasmania, Dr Lucy Mercer-Mapstone, Dr Jane Dhann, Rubie Gallagher, Alex Barry, Adam Quarrell, Clare Waiss, Dana Smith and Dr Monica Cuskelly.
The government has also appointed former Tasmanian MP Matthew Groom as a director of Marinus Link Pty Ltd (MLPL), the entity responsible for progressing the Marinus Link interconnector project.
The Western Australian Government has announced the appointment of Mark Crees as the new CEO of the Arts and Culture Trust (ACT), to succeed Janis Carren, who stepped down in February, and acting interim CEO Courtney Fiddian.
