Rosemary Huxtable

Rosemary Huxtable PSM
Rosemary Huxtable PSM
Secretary of the Department of Finance
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 December 2016
Personal details
Nationality	Australian
Children	3 sons
Occupation	Public servant

Rosemary Huxtable PSM is a senior Australian public servant. She is the Secretary of the Department of Finance, having been recommended to the role by the Prime Minister in December 2016.

From 2010 to 2013, Huxtable was a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Health and Ageing.[1] She moved to the Department of Finance in 2013, also as a Deputy Secretary.[2][3] In her finance department role, Huxtable played a key role developing several Australian federal budgets.[4]

When former Finance Secretary Jane Halton stood down in 2016, Huxtable was promoted to act as head of the agency.[5][6] She was appointed permanently to the role after it being recommended by the Prime Minister in December 2016.[7]

Awards and honours

Huxtable was awarded a Public Service Medal in 2005.

References

Department of Finance (2013), Incoming Government Brief: Minister for Finance (PDF), Australian Government, p. 7, archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2017, retrieved 9 January 2017
Department of Finance, The Secretary: Rosemary Huxtable, PSM, Australian Government, retrieved 9 January 2017
Cormann, Mathias (22 December 2016). "New Finance Secretary" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016.
Burdon, Daniel (22 December 2016). "PM recommends second senior female public servant in a row to lead Finance Department". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
"Finance dept gets another female boss". Herald Sun. News Corp. Australian Associated Press. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
Easton, Stephen (22 December 2016). "PM asks Rosemary Huxtable to stick around as Finance chief". The Mandarin. Private Media.
Turnbull, Malcolm (22 December 2016). "Appointment of Secretary of the Department of Finance" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

Government offices
Preceded by Jane Halton	Secretary of the Department of Finance 2016 – current	Incumbent

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[1] Department of Finance (2013), Incoming Government Brief: Minister for Finance (PDF), Australian Government, p. 7, archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2017, retrieved 9 January 2017

[2] Department of Finance, The Secretary: Rosemary Huxtable, PSM, Australian Government, retrieved 9 January 2017

[3] Cormann, Mathias (22 December 2016). "New Finance Secretary" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016.

[4] Burdon, Daniel (22 December 2016). "PM recommends second senior female public servant in a row to lead Finance Department". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[5] "Finance dept gets another female boss". Herald Sun. News Corp. Australian Associated Press. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[6] Easton, Stephen (22 December 2016). "PM asks Rosemary Huxtable to stick around as Finance chief". The Mandarin. Private Media.

[7] Turnbull, Malcolm (22 December 2016). "Appointment of Secretary of the Department of Finance" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.