Martin Parkinson

Dr Martin Parkinson PSM
Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 January 2016
16th Secretary of the Department of the Treasury
In office 7 March 2011 – 12 December 2014
Secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
In office 8 March 2010 – 7 March 2011
Secretary of the Department of Climate Change
In office 3 December 2007 – 8 March 2010
Personal details
Born	Martin Lee Parkinson
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	Heather Smith[1]
Alma mater	University of Adelaide; Australian National University; Princeton University
Profession	Public Servant Economist

Dr Martin Lee Parkinson PSM, is a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of the Treasury between March 2011 and December 2014.^[2] On 3 December 2015 it was announced that he would return to the public service as Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Life and career

Parkinson graduated with honours from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Economics. He completed his Masters in Economics at the Australian National University in 1983 and his Masters in Arts in 1988, also at the Australian National University.^[3] He completed his Ph.D in 1990 at Princeton University.

Parkinson has previously served as the inaugural Secretary of the Department of Climate Change, Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, an International Monetary Fund official, and an advisor to former Australian Treasurer, John Dawkins.

Between 2011 and 2015, Parkinson was Secretary of the Department of the Treasury.^[4]

Awards

Parkinson was awarded the Public Service Medal on 26 January 2008.^[5] He was also a recipient of the inaugural Australian National University Alumnus of the Year Award on 9 March 2013.^[6]

Notes

1. Owens, Jared (12 January 2016). "Power couple: Heather Smith and Martin Parkinson at top of tree". The Australian. News Corp Australia.
2. Balogh, Stefanie; Kelly, Joe (21 December 2010). "Ken Henry's Treasury replacement to be climate department head Martin Parkinson". The Australian. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
3. Witness statement: Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Program (PDF), Australian Government, 25 March 2014, p. 1, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2014
4. Shanahan, Dennis (8 December 2014). "Banker John Fraser takes Treasury secretary role". The Australian. News Ltd.
5. It's An Honour (2008)
6. Nielsen, Georgia (Winter 2013), "Behind Every Great University", ANU Reporter, Australian National University: 18

References

• Brief profile of Dr Martin Parkinson, Department of the Treasury, archived from the original on 16 March 2012
• Nethercote, J.R. (14 March 2014). "Silence would have been golden on hunt for a new Treasury head". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014.
• Hutchens, Gareth; Massola, James (14 March 2014). "Criticism mounts over Abbott removal of Treasury mandarin". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014.