Fed: ACCI boss to become Industry Department secretary - PM

AAP General News (Australia)
12-07-2001
Fed: ACCI boss to become Industry Department secretary - PM

CANBERRA, Dec 7 AAP - Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry head Mark Paterson
will take the reins of the revamped Department of Industry under a reshuffle of federal
heads of departments.

Prime Minister John Howard announced changes to the bureaucratic line-up today after
choosing his new leadership team two weeks ago.

He said Mr Paterson, the chief advocate for the business community, would take up his
new position as secretary of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources on January
18.

"Mr Paterson will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to that important position,"

Mr Howard said.

In other changes, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission chief executive
Mark Sullivan will become head of the Department of Family and Community Services and
Prime Minister and Cabinet coordinator Jane Halton will take charge of the Department
of Health and Ageing.

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