Simon Draper

Law Society of NSW deputy CEO Anthony Lean will lead the state’s new Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Simon Draper is the new NSW Premier’s Department secretary; William Murphy will be acting secretary for the NSW Cabinet Office.

A special COVID-19 Honour Roll recognises individuals within the wider honours list for their contribution, service or achievement relating to COVID-19.

Jobs for NSW chief executive officer Nicole Cook has left her role, according to a Treasury spokesperson. Jobs for NSW was originally an independent agency reporting through the NSW Department of Industry. It was moved to the Treasury’s portfolio after the Berejiklian government’s re-election prompted machinery of government changes.

New South Wales Department of Industry secretary Simon Smith was replaced over the weekend by Simon Draper, who has been promoted from deputy secretary for economic policy in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.

Council general managers who miss out on interim jobs at the helm of new merged councils may get ‘deputy’ jobs to avoid saddling ratepayers with the cost of paying out their entitlements.