Tag: Promotions

Gig Guide: Universities Australia chief to depart

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Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson will resign at the end of this year after five years in the role. Ms Jackson has been at the organisation for seven...

Gig Guide: Mrdak appointed to NBN board

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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....

Gig Guide: ARC finds new STEM director

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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...

Gig Guide: Inaugural environment data chief named

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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...

Gig Guide: Health dept exec joins robodebt taskforce

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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...

Gig Guide: Payments System Board gains new members

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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...

Gig Guide: ACT govt names Energy Innovation Fund advisers

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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...

Gig Guide: Inaugural Digital Victoria CEO departs

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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...

Gig Guide: LaTrobe and Monash VCs appointed

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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...