Tony Blunn
AO
Secretary of the Department of the Capital Territory
In office
10 August 1981 – 11 March 1983
Secretary of the Department of Territories and Local Government
In office
11 March 1983 – 3 May 1983
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Construction
In office
2 May 1983 – 24 July 1987
Secretary of the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
In office
24 July 1987 – 27 December 1991
Secretary of the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories
In office
27 December 1991 – 24 March 1993
Secretary of the Department of Social Security
In office
24 March 1993 – 5 February 1998
Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department
In office
1998 – 17 December 1999
Personal details
Born
Anthony Stuart Blunn

1936 (age 87–88)
NationalityAustralia Australian
Children3[1]
OccupationPublic servant

Anthony Stuart "Tony" Blunn AO (born 1936) is a retired Australian senior public servant.

Life and career

Tony Blunn was born in 1936.[2]

He joined the Australian Public Service at the age of 21, after four years with a firm of solicitors in Melbourne.[3]

In 1979 Blunn took a position in the Department of Finance, in an area linked with works, mainland Territories, defence and other areas.[4] He moved to the Department of Business and Consumer Affairs in 1980,[5] and was appointed to his first permanent Secretary role in 1981 as head of the Department of the Capital Territory.[6]

Blunn was appointed Secretary of the Attorney General's Department in 1998, replacing Stephen Skehill who resigned from the role.[7]

Blunn retired from the public service in December 1999.[8]

In 2000 Blunn was appointed chairman of the company in charge of managing Bruce Stadium.[9]

Awards and honours

In January 1989 Blunn was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of service to the public service.[10]

Blunn Island, in Antarctica, is named after Blunn, who was responsible for Australia's Antarctic program between 1987 and 1993.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Burgess, Verona (9 November 1999). "Tony Blunn To End 40-year PS Career". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media.
  2. ↑ Blunn, Tony (1936-), National Library of Australia, retrieved 1 February 2014
  3. ↑ Payne, Stephen (5 June 1981). "Mr Tony Blunn: Returning to meet the challenges facing the ACT". The Canberra Times. p. 2.
  4. ↑ Andrews, Ross (22 March 1979). "Tony Blunn moving on to post in Finance". The Canberra Times. p. 1.
  5. ↑ Campbell, Rod (24 July 1987). "Top two are no strangers to job". The Canberra Times. p. 3.
  6. ↑ CA 1477: Department of the Capital Territory, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 February 2014
  7. ↑ Hudson, Phillip (31 December 1997). "Public Service reshuffle". The Age.
  8. ↑ Howard, John (24 January 2000). "NEW SECRETARY OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT" (Press release). Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Former Public Servant To Be Bruce Chairman". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. 9 February 2000. p. 2.
  10. ↑ Search Australian Honours: BLUNN, Anthony Stuart, Australian Government
  11. ↑ "CC: Lovely sign of nostalgia". City News. 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013.
  12. ↑ Name Details: Blunn Island (Australian Antarctic Gazetteer), Australian Antarctic Data Centre, archived from the original on 1 February 2014
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