Peter Boxall
Peter Boxall Secretary of the Department of Finance | |
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In office 18 January 1997 – 9 October 1997 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter John Boxall |
Nationality | Public servant |
Peter John Boxall
Background and early life
Peter Boxall was brought up on a farm in
Career
Boxall spent seven years working at the
On returning to Australia in 1986, Boxall joined the
Boxall returned to the Australian Public Service in 1997, having been appointed
In 2001 he was appointed Secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR), an organisation with over 3000 staff.[10][11] During his time at DEWR he was involved in implementing the Howard government's controversial WorkChoices policies.[12][13] He stayed at DEWR until December 2007 when he was appointed head of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism.
Boxall worked as a commissioner Australian Securities and Investments Commission between January 2009 and November 2011, leaving to take up a job in the NSW Government as Chairman of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal.[13][14]
In 2013 and 2014, he was a member of the Abbott government's National Commission of Audit, which was established to improve the Australian government's budget.[15][16]
Awards
Boxall was named an
Notes
- ^ a b Malone 2006, p. 91.
- ^ Peter John Boxall AO: Master of Economics ANU 1973, Australian National University, archived from the original on 24 April 2013
- ^ a b Boxall, Peter, "Chapter 11: Reflections of an 'unabashed rationalist'", in Wanna, John; Vincent, Sam; Podger, Andrew (eds.), With the Benefit of Hindsight: Valedictory Reflections from Departmental Secretaries 2004-11, p. 99
- ^ Malone 2006, p. 92.
- ^ Mitchell, Alex (9 January 2009). "Reward: Plum jobs for wrecking bureaucratic disaster". Crikey. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014.
- ^ CA 2140: Department of Finance [I], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 19 January 2014
- ^ CA 8480: Department of Finance and Administration, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 19 January 2014
- ^ Van Dijk, Sandra (9 November 2000). "Unions Fear Outsourcing Review a Whitewash". Computer World. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014.
- ^ Boxall, Peter (4 October 2000), ANU Postgraduate Careers Advice Seminar, Department of Finance and Administration, archived from the original on 11 February 2002
- ^ Malone 2006, p. 94.
- ^ CA 8869: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 19 January 2014
- ^ Allard, Tom; Kenny, Mark (24 October 2013). "Contract riches for audit chief". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.
- ^ a b Kehoe, John (21 November 2011). "Boxall to head NSW price watchdog". Australian Financial Review.
- ^ Cleary, Paul (16 November 2011). "Top ASIC man for NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell". The Australian. News Corp Australia.
- ^ Hurst, Daniel (15 January 2014). "Australia's budget is deteriorating, says commission of audit head". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
- ^ Kohler, Alan (23 October 2013). "Commission of Audit must bring up the bodies". Australian Broadcasting Commission. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013.
- ^ Search Australian Honours: BOXALL, Peter John, Australian Government
References and further reading
- Malone, Paul (2006), "Chapter 14: The Unabashed Rationalist – Peter Boxall, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations", Australian department heads under Howard : career paths and practice (PDF), ISBN 1-920942-83-1, archived from the original(PDF) on 6 November 2013