David Rosalky
Australian public servant and academic
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David Marcus Rosalky (born 26 May 1946) is an academic and a retired senior Australian public servant. He is currently a visiting fellow at the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Academic
David Rosalky | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations | |
| In office 1 February 1995 – 18 July 1997 | |
| Secretary of the Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business | |
| In office 18 July 1997 – 5 February 1998 | |
| Secretary of the Department of Social Security | |
| In office 5 February 1998 – 21 October 1998 | |
| Secretary of the Department of Family and Community Services | |
| In office 21 October 1998 – 26 November 2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1946 |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney Australian National University |
| Occupation | Public servant Academic |
Background and early life
David Rosalky was born in Sydney on 26 May 1946. He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney University.[1][2]
Career
Rosalky began his Australian Public Service career in the Department of Defence.[3]
From 1978 to 1980, Rosalky was a senior advisor in the economic division of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.[3] Between 1980 and 1983, Rosalky was Senior Private Secretary to Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.[4] Media reported that their sources told them Rosalky had not applied for his new position but had rather been asked to take it.[5]
In September 1992 Rosalky was appointed ACT Under-Treasurer.[6] In July 1994 he was appointed Secretary of the ACT Government Chief Minister's Department.[7][8]
Rosalky was appointed to his first Australian Government departmental secretary role in 1995, as head of the Department of Industrial Relations (later Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business.[4][9] His move back to the federal public service was reportedly engineered within three days.[10]
Prime Minister John Howard shifted Rosalky from the Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business to a new role as head of the Department of Social Security in early 1998.[11] Later that year, the Department was transitioned to become the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) and it grew to take on functions from other departments and agencies.[4]
Rosalky retired from the public service in 2001, announcing his departure from the service while FaCS was in caretaker mode prior to the 2001 federal election.[12]