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Martin Parkinson

Dr Martin Parkinson AC PSM served in Commonwealth Government leadership positions on all facets of economic, social, foreign, defence and national security policies for almost forty years. As the secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet between 2016 and 2019, Martin was Australia’s most senior public servant. He served as secretary to the Treasury between 2011 and 2014, and before that was secretary of Australia’s inaugural Department of Climate Change from 2007. During his tenure, Martin led our key public sector organisations through a period of considerable political uncertainty, serving under five different prime ministers.

A Decade of Drift

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Events

Launch: Unseen by Penelope Jackson (North Caulfield)

Lauraine Diggins Fine Art 5 Malakoff Street, North Caulfield, VIC

Monash University Publishing and Lauraine Diggins Fine Art are delighted to invite you to the launch of Unseen: Art and Crime in Australia by Penelope Jackson. Please join us for a conversation between Penelope...

Launch: The Curious Diplomat by Lachlan Strahan (Melbourne CBD)

Hill of Content Bookshop Level 2, 86 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Monash University Publishing is delighted to invite you to the launch of The Curious Diplomat: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Diplomacy by Lachlan Strahan. From the Indo-Pacific and...

Book launch: Righting My World by Dennis Altman (Gleebooks)

Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales

In conversation with Anne Summers A collection of writings over the past half-century from the acclaimed professor of politics and gay rights activist. From the inauguration of Richard Nixon to...