Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Incumbent
Glyn Davis
since 6 June 2022 (2022-06-06)
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
AppointerPrime Minister
Inaugural holderMalcolm Shepherd
Formation1 January 1912 (1912-01-01)

The secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is the public service head of Australia's Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the most senior public servant in the administration of Government in Australia.

The secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet should not be confused with the Cabinet secretary, a ministerial position within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio responsible for assisting the prime minister in the procedural and operational matters of the Cabinet of Australia.

The secretary of the DPMC is Australia’s highest-paid bureaucrat, earning more than $914,000, as of 2019.[1]

List of secretaries

Below is the list of secretaries, since the first appointment was made on 1 January 1912.

OrderNameTitleDate appointment
commenced		Date appointment
ceased		Term in officePrime Minister(s)Ref(s)
1Malcolm Shepherd, CMGSecretary to the Prime Minister's Department1 January 191227 January 19219 years, 26 daysFisher; Cook; Fisher; Hughes[2]
2Percy Deane, CMG11 February 192131 December 19287 years, 324 daysHughes; Bruce[3]
3Sir John McLaren, CMG1 January 19292 March 19334 years, 60 daysBruce; Scullin; Lyons[4]
4John Starling, CMG, OBE3 March 193310 November 19352 years, 252 daysLyons
5Frank Strahan, CVO, CBE11 November 193525 August 194913 years, 287 daysLyons; Page; Menzies; Fadden; Curtin; Forde; Chifley
6Sir Allen Brown, CBE25 August 194931 December 19589 years, 128 daysMenzies
7Sir John Bunting, CBE1 January 195910 March 19689 years, 69 daysMenzies; Holt; McEwen; Gorton
8Sir Lenox Hewitt, OBE11 March 196812 March 19713 years, 1 dayGorton; McMahon[5]
n/aSir John Bunting, CBESecretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet17 March 197131 January 19753 years, 320 daysMcMahon; Whitlam[6][7]
9John Menadue1 February 197530 September 19761 year, 242 daysWhitlam; Fraser[7][8]
10Sir Alan Carmody, CBE1 October 197612 April 197811 year, 193 daysFraser[8][9][10][11]
11Sir Geoffrey Yeend, AC, CBE18 April 197810 February 19867 years, 298 daysFraser; Hawke[12][13][14]
12Mike Codd, AC10 February 19861 December 19915 years, 294 daysHawke[13]
13Dr Michael Keating, AC1 December 199113 May 19964 years, 164 daysHawke; Keating; Howard[15]
14Max Moore-Wilton, AC13 May 199620 December 20026 years, 221 daysHoward[15][16]
15Dr Peter Shergold, AC10 February 200328 February 20085 years, 20 daysHoward; Rudd[17]
16Terry Moran, AC3 March 20085 September 20113 years, 186 daysRudd; Gillard[18]
17Dr Ian Watt, AO5 September 201130 November 20143 years, 86 daysGillard; Rudd; Abbott[19]
18Michael Thawley, AO1 December 201423 January 20161 year, 53 daysAbbott, Turnbull[20]
19Dr Martin Parkinson, AC, PSM23 January 20162 September 20193 years, 222 daysTurnbull, Morrison [21]
20Phil Gaetjens2 September 201922 May 20222 years, 262 days Morrison [22][23]
21Stephanie Foster, PSMActing Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet22 May 20225 June 202214 days Albanese
22 Prof Glyn Davis AC Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 6 June 2022 1 year, 207 days Albanese [24]
Notes
^1 Sir Alan Carmody CBE died suddenly of coronary vascular disease on 12 April 1978; during the term of his appointment.[10][11]

Historical arrangements

Within days of John Gorton becoming Prime Minister, the functions of the Prime Minister's Department was split and a Department of the Cabinet Office was established.[25][26][27][28][29] On taking office as Prime Minister in 1971, William McMahon reversed Gorton's changes and restored earlier changes via the creation of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. A lesser role of Secretary to the Department of the Vice-President of the Executive Council was established for a short time; abolished in the early days of the Whitlam government.[30][31][32] Upon election to office in 1996, John Howard established a separate Cabinet Office within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The Cabinet Office was a small unit, staffed from within and outside the public service, which provided the Prime Minister with advice on issues before Cabinet as well as strategic policy directions.[33]

Secretary to the Department of the Cabinet Office

OrderNameTitleDate appointment
commenced		Date appointment
ceased		Term in officeRef(s)
1Sir John Bunting CBESecretary to the Department of the Cabinet Office11 March 196817 March 19713 years, 6 days[25]
2Michael L'Estrange AOSecretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Cabinet Policy Unit8 March 199630 June 20004 years, 114 days[33][34]

Secretary to the Department of the Vice-President of the Executive Council

OrderNameTitleDate appointment
commenced		Date appointment
ceased		Term in officeRef(s)
1Sir Lenox HewittSecretary to the Department of the Vice-President of the Executive Council17 March 197120 December 19721 year, 278 days[30][35]

References

  1. ↑ "Minimum wage up as penalty rates trimmed".
  2. ↑ CA 12: Prime Minister's Department, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 23 March 2014
  3. ↑ Murray-Smith, S. (1981). "Percival Edgar (Percy) Deane (1890–1946)". Deane, Percival Edgar (Percy) (1890–1946). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 30 October 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ McDonald, D. I. (1986). "Sir John Gilbert McLaren (1871–1958)". McLaren, Sir John Gilbert (1871–1958). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 30 October 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ PM.NO.31/1968
  6. ↑ McMahon, William (12 March 1971). "New Administrative Arrangements – Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr William McMahon". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 Whitlam, Gough (23 August 1974). "Appointments approved by the Executive Council". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  8. 1 2 Fraser, Malcolm (6 September 1976). "Senior government appointments". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Hyslop, Robert (1993). "Sir Alan Thomas Carmody (1920–1978)". Carmody, Sir Alan Thomas (1920–1978). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 30 October 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  10. 1 2 "Sir Alan Carmody: at the top of the bureaucracy". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 April 1978. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Obituary: Sir Alan Carmody: a controversial initiator of government activity". The Canberra Times. 13 April 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 4 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
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  13. 1 2 Hawke, Bob (10 February 1986). "For media". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  14. ↑ "Yeend named to head PM's". The Canberra Times. 19 April 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 4 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. 1 2 Howard, John (9 April 1996). "Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  16. ↑ Howard, John (20 December 2002). "Retirement of Max Moore-Wilton AC". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  17. ↑ Howard, John (2 February 2003). "Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
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  21. ↑ Turnbull, Malcolm (3 December 2015). "Departmental Secretaries". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  22. ↑ https://www.pmc.gov.au/who-we-are/the-secretary
  23. ↑ "Phil Gaetjens promoted to head of PM&C, Dr Steven Kennedy to lead Treasury". 25 July 2019.
  24. ↑ "Appointment of Professor Glyn Davis AC as Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | Prime Minister of Australia". www.pm.gov.au.
  25. 1 2 Gorton, John (11 March 1968). "For press: PM. No. 31/ 1968 Department of the Cabinet Office - Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  26. ↑ Browne, Geoffrey; Millar, Ann; Evans, Harry (2010), "Gorton, Sir John Grey (1911–2002)", The biographical dictionary of the Australian Senate. Volume 3, 1962-1983, University of New South Wales Press, pp. 22–23, ISBN 978-0-86840-996-2, retrieved 5 November 2013
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  28. ↑ Gaul, Jonathan (5 March 1968). "A think-tank and a Secretariat". The Canberra Times. p. 2. Retrieved 5 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  29. ↑ Gaul, Jonathan (12 March 1968). "PM forms a Cabinet department". The Canberra Times. p. 1. Retrieved 5 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  30. 1 2 McMahon, William (17 March 1971). "Permanent Head of Department of the Vice-President of the Executive Council – Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr William McMahon". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  31. ↑ Solomon, David (13 March 1971). "PM sets up new departments". The Canberra Times. p. 1. Retrieved 5 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  32. ↑ "System inefficient". The Canberra Times. 13 March 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 5 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  33. 1 2 Howard, John (8 March 1996). "Statement by the Prime Minister designate, The Hon John Howard MP". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
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  35. ↑ Whitlam, Gough (20 December 1972). "Appointment of Permanent Heads". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Press release). Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
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