Glenys Beauchamp

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Professor Brendan Murphy is set to commence in his new role as secretary of the Department of Health next month.

The Australian Public Service Commissioner has rejected Labor’s request to look into whether the former Department of Health secretary had breached archives laws by destroying personal notes.

Glenys Beauchamp destroyed notes taken during meetings last year involving the controversial $100 million government sports grants program, she has told a Senate inquiry.

Department of Health secretary Glenys Beauchamp has returned from leave just days into her retirement. Health Minister Greg Hunt said his outgoing secretary had offered to postpone her retirement while her successor — chief medical officer Brendan Murphy — handles Australia’s response to the coronavirus. The World Health Organisation today declared the virus a global […]

Secretary of the Department of Health Glenys Beauchamp will retire from her position on February 28, after more than 30 years in the public service. On Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced he would recommend the government’s current chief medical officer professor Brendan Murphy as Beauchamp’s replacement. The Mandarin understands a medical doctor has […]

Prime Minister Scott Morrison plans a major restructure of the Australian Public Service, which may see multiple secretaries lose their jobs, according to news reports today. Department of Communications and the Arts secretary Mike Mrdak, Health Secretary Glenys Beauchamp, Department of Human Services secretary Renée Leon and Agriculture secretary Daryl Quinlivan have all been named […]

Prime Minister Scott Morrison brought department heads out in front of the media cameras on Thursday and told them not to get in the way of his agenda.

Dr Dianne Heriot, the head of the parliamentary library, is adamant that she independently decided to revise a blog post about how law enforcement agencies could access My Health Record data following complaints from Health.

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Journalists only made 3% of requests for New South Wales government information in the last financial year, while six times as many came from private sector companies.

Canberra’s reshuffle could see more women rise on merit, and also brings an opportunity to see new blood in the APS leadership ranks. Disquiet over the new Defence secretary’s rapid rise via Turnbull’s office has sparked conversations about loyalty and reward inside the court of the mandarins.

The high turnover of APS secretaries is expected to continue next year, but a ministerial reshuffle could cut short even more top mandarins’ careers, writes Verona Burgess.