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David Tune
Secretary of the Department of Finance
In office
18 September 2013 – 27 June 2014
Personal details
Born
David John Tune

1954 (age 70–71)
OccupationPublic servant

David John Tune (born 1954) is a retired senior Australian public servant. Between 2009 and 2014 he was Secretary of the Australian Government

Officer of the Order of Australia
in 2015.

Early life and education

David John Tune[1] was born in 1954.[2][3]

Career

Tune joined the Australian Public Service in 1976.[4]

Between 1986 and 1988 he worked on a secondment in the British Cabinet Office.[4]

In August 2009, Tune was appointed

asylum seekers from making the journey to Australia by boat, during the care-taker period before an election.[5]

Tune announced his retirement from the public service in May 2014,[6] with his last day as Finance Secretary announced for 27 June.[7] Tune served 38 years in public service.[8] On his announcement, Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance in the Abbott government, thanked him for his service, saying that he had been "an outstanding public servant who has served governments of both political persuasions with great distinction". Penny Wong, leader of the Senate for the Labor Party, who had worked with him during her stint as finance minister, said "His sustained contribution to public policy making has been profound".[9]

Post-retirement work

From early 2015 to July 2021, Tune was chair of the federal government's Aged Care Sector Committee, which provided advice to the government on aged care.[10]

In August 2015, Tune was appointed to co-chair a review into parliamentary entitlements, following intense scrutiny on the spending habits of politicians, and the resignation of Bronwyn Bishop as Speaker over her use of entitlements.[11] In the review, Tune and his colleague John Conde proposed a new "principles-based" system and recommended the language of "entitlements" be renamed "work expenses".[12]

In 2017 Tune was appointed by the Minister for Aged Care as an independent reviewer under the Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013, to review changes to the aged care systems since the Productivity Commission's 2011 report, "Caring for older Australians" (known as the "Living Longer Living Better" (LLLB) reforms), and following further changes in aged care policy. Tune wrote the "Legislated review of aged care" report for the Department of Health, published in September 2017.[13][14]

In 2019, the government commissioned Tune to carry out an independent review of the

NDIS Act. The report, which contains 29 recommendations to improve the operations of the NDIS, was handed to the government in December 2019, and was published in January 2020.[15]

In January 2020, the "Tune Review" was submitted to the Australian government. This was published as "Report of the Functional and Efficiency Review of the National Archives of Australia" by the

declassify records and release them. Another issue is the deterioration of many records in storage, leading to potential be breaches of Part 5 Section 24 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.[16] Among other recommendations, the report suggested spending A$67.7 million on digitising material most at risk, over a seven-year period.[17][18] The government responded to the review on 20 August 2021, agreeing to funding the digitisation of at-risk records and reforms to the Archives Act 1983 (in consultation with the NAA and relevant departments and agencies), but saying that it would not implement the proposed Government Information Management Model, in which all government records management would be centralised into the NAA, at that point in time.[19][20]

In October 2022, Tune was appointed to lead the Independent Capability Review of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.[21] The review was commissioned in response to recommendations 10 and 104 of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, which was delivered in February 2021. In July 2023, his "Report of the Independent Capability Review of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission" was published.[22] In June 2024, all 32 recommendations of the report were accepted by the Albanese government.[23][24]

Other roles and activities

From 1 February 2022 and as of January 2025, Tune has been chair of the Pricing Authority, which is the board of the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority. This body "provides independent and transparent advice to the Australian Government in relation to funding for public hospitals and residential aged care services".[10][25] His term ends on 31 January 2027.[26]

Since its establishment in 2020

Stretton Institute at the University of Adelaide.[28]

Recognition and awards

In 2009 Tune was awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding public service in the development of significant economic and social policy reforms in a way that models whole-of-government service.[29][1]

In 2014, he was appointed as a national fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, in recognition of his achievement in the public sector.[30]

In 2015, Tune was appointed an

Officer of the Order of Australia at the 2015 Australia Day Honours, "for distinguished service to public administration through leadership of finance, budget and social policy initiatives, as an adviser to government, and through disaster recovery coordination and liaison".[31]

References

  1. ^ a b "Public Service Medal". ABC News. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  2. ^ Mannheim, Markus (30 May 2014). "Finance Department secretary David Tune resigns". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2025. Having been a public servant for over 38 years and having just turned 60,
  3. ^ Uren, David (31 May 2014). "Finance secretary David Tune to retire next month". The Australian. News Ltd. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014.
  4. ^ a b c The Secretary: Mr David Tune PSM, Department of Finance, archived from the original on 15 February 2014
  5. ^ Swan, Jonathon (29 May 2014). "Public servant 'had to obey' Labor government over controversial asylum seeker ads". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014.
  6. ^ Bourke, Latika (30 May 2014). "David Tune retires as secretary of Federal Finance Department". Australian Broadcasting Commission. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014.
  7. ^ Mannheim, Markus (30 May 2014). "Finance Department secretary David Tune resigns". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014.
  8. ^ Cormann, Mathias (30 May 2014). "Retirement of David Tune PSM" (Press release). Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  9. ^ Hurst, Daniel (30 May 2014). "Finance Department's top bureaucrat's departure paves way for Abbott choice". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  10. ^ a b "About the Pricing Authority". Transparency Portal. Australian Government. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  11. ^ Henderson, Anna (7 August 2015). "Brendan Nelson, Harry Jenkins join review panel into parliamentary entitlements". Australian Broadcasting Commission. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015.
  12. ^ Koziol, Michael (23 March 2016). "Politician 'entitlements' should be renamed 'work expenses', review finds after expenses scandals". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016.
  13. ISBN 978-1-76007-326-8
    . This publication is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License..
  14. ^ Tune, David (14 September 2017). "Legislated review of aged care 2017". Analysis & Policy Observatory. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  15. ^ "David Tune's Review of the NDIS Act: A Snapshot". Centro ASSIST. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  16. ^ Tune, David (12 March 2021). "Report of the Functional and Efficiency Review of the National Archives of Australia". Analysis & Policy Observatory. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  17. ^ Travers, Penny; Tregenza, Holly (26 April 2021). "National Archives of Australia warns historical recordings, films and images could soon be lost". ABC News. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  18. ^ Knaus, Christopher (12 March 2021). "Australian archives agency is allowing 'national treasures' to deteriorate, internal review finds". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  19. ^ "Government Responds to Tune Review". IDM Magazine. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  20. ^ "Australian Government's Response to the Functional and Efficiency Review of the National Archives of Australia". Attorney-General's Department. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  21. ^ "David Tune to Lead Capability Review of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission". Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  22. ^ Tune, David (21 July 2023). "Report of the Independent Capability Review of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission". Analysis & Policy Observatory. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  23. ^ "David Tune's Aged Care Quality & Safety Commission Capability Review approved". The Weekly Source. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  24. ^ "Government Response to the Report on the Independent Capability Review of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission" (PDF). June 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  25. ^ "Organisational structure". IHACPA. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  26. ^ "Mr. David Tune AO PSM: Substantive appointments". Directory. Australian Government. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  27. ^ "Stretton Institute Annual Report 2020" (PDF). The University of Adelaide. Adelaide, South Australia. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  28. ^ "Our people". Stretton Institute. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  29. ^ "David John Tune PSM". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  30. ^ "Parkinson, Tune join list of IPAA national fellows". The Mandarin. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  31. ^ "Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia in the General Division" (PDF). Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia. 26 January 2015. p. 26. Archived from the original (pdf) on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
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Preceded by
Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation

2009–2013 		Succeeded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Finance
Preceded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation
Secretary of the Department of Finance

2013–2014 		Succeeded by
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