David Borthwick (public servant)
David Borthwick Secretary of the Department of the Environment and Heritage | |
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In office February 2004 – 30 January 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | David William Borthwick 26 December 1950 Public servant |
David William Borthwick
Background and early life
Borthwick was the son of Bill Borthwick, former Liberal Deputy Premier of Victoria.[1] Borthwick attended Monash University, gaining a Bachelor of Economics with First Class Honours.[2][3]
Career
Borthwick moved to Canberra in 1973 to join the
He was appointed
Borthwick retired from the public service in January 2009.[7] He delivered his valedictory speech at the Australian War Memorial, telling his audience that public service agencies of the day were "so flat out, so stretched" they had "scant capacity to invest in serious thinking."[8]
Awards
In June 2009 Borthwick was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the development of environmental policy, particularly in relation to climate change, water allocation, emissions trading and heritage issues.[9]
Borthwick had previously been awarded a Public Service Medal in June 2002.[10]
Notes
- ^ Malone 2006, p. 99.
- ^ Borthwick 2009, p. 95.
- ^ Howard, John (30 January 2004). "Appointment of Departmental Secretaries" (Press release). Archived from the original on 19 January 2014.
- ^ Borthwick 2009, p. 95–96.
- ^ CA 9160: Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 19 January 2014
- ^ CA 8614: Department of the Environment and Heritage, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 19 January 2014[permanent dead link]
- ^ Rudd, Kevin (24 December 2008). "Appointment of Departmental Secretaries" (Press release). Archived from the original on 19 January 2014.
- ^ Mannheim, Markus (11 March 2009). "Public service staff 'too flat out' to focus on the nation's needs". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. p. 7.
- ^ Queen's Birthday Honours 2009, Monash University, archived from the original on 5 October 2013
- ^ David Borthwick, archived from the original on 19 January 2014, retrieved 18 July 2019
References and further reading
- Borthwick, David (16 March 2009), Wanna, John; Vincent, Sam; Podger, Andrew (eds.), As if for a thousand years—the challenges ahead for the APS (PDF), pp. 95–106, ISBN 9781921862731, archived from the original(PDF) on 19 January 2014
- Malone, Paul (2006). "Chapter 15: Environmental Angler – David Borthwick, Department of Environment and Heritage". Australian department heads under Howard : career paths and practice (PDF). ISBN 1-920942-83-1. Archived from the original(PDF) on 6 November 2013.