David Tune Explained

David Tune
Office1:Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation
Term Start1:31 August 2009
Term End1:18 September 2013
Office2:Secretary of the Department of Finance
Term Start2:18 September 2013
Term End2:27 June 2014
Birth Name:David John Tune
Birth Date:[1]
Occupation:Public servant
Nationality: Australian

David John Tune (born 1954) is a retired senior Australian public servant. Between 2009 and 2014 he was Secretary of the Australian Government Finance Department.

Life and career

Tune joined the Australian Public Service in 1976.

Between 1986 and 1988 he worked on a secondment in the British Cabinet Office.

In August 2009, Tune was appointed Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation. While secretary of that department in 2013, Tune was forced to sign off controversial tax-funded advertising intended to deter asylum seekers from making the journey to Australia by boat, during the care-taker period before an election.[2]

Tune announced his retirement from the public service in May 2014,[3] with his last day as Finance Secretary announced for 27 June.[4] Tune served 38 years in public service.[5]

In August 2015, Tune was appointed to co-chair a review into parliamentary entitlements, following intense scrutiny on the spending habits of politicians, and the resignation of Bronwyn Bishop as Speaker over her use of entitlements.[6] In the review, Tune and his colleague John Conde proposed a new "principles-based" system and recommended the language of "entitlements" be renamed "work expenses".[7]

Awards

Tune was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2009 for outstanding public service in the development of significant economic and social policy reforms in a way that models whole-of-government service.[8] Six years later at the 2015 Australia Day Honours, Tune was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to public administration through leadership of finance, budget and social policy initiatives, as an adviser to government, and through disaster recovery coordination and liaison.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Finance secretary David Tune to retire next month . 31 May 2014. David. Uren. The Australian. News Ltd.
  2. News: Public servant 'had to obey' Labor government over controversial asylum seeker ads. https://web.archive.org/web/20140607054927/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/public-servant-had-to-obey-labor-government-over-controversial-asylum-seeker-ads-20140529-396y4.html. 7 June 2014. Jonathon. Swan. 29 May 2014. Fairfax Media. The Canberra Times.
  3. News: David Tune retires as secretary of Federal Finance Department. https://web.archive.org/web/20140605162033/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-30/finance-department-head-david-tune-resigns/5489736. 5 June 2014. Latika. Bourke. Latika Bourke. 30 May 2014. Australian Broadcasting Commission.
  4. News: Finance Department secretary David Tune resigns. https://web.archive.org/web/20140607053230/http://www.smh.com.au/national/public-service/finance-department-secretary-david-tune-resigns-20140530-zrsw5.html. 7 June 2014. Markus. Mannheim. 30 May 2014. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media.
  5. Retirement of David Tune PSM. https://web.archive.org/web/20140607055339/http://www.financeminister.gov.au/media/2014/0530-retirement-of-david-tune.html. 7 June 2014. dead. Mathias. Cormann. Mathias Cormann. 30 May 2014. 7 June 2014.
  6. News: Brendan Nelson, Harry Jenkins join review panel into parliamentary entitlements. Australian Broadcasting Commission. 7 August 2015. Anna. Henderson. 9 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150809075600/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-07/brendan-nelson-and-harry-jenkins-join-tune-review/6681204.
  7. News: Politician 'entitlements' should be renamed 'work expenses', review finds after expenses scandals. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 23 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160323093726/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/politician-entitlements-should-be-renamed-work-expenses-review-finds-after-expenses-scandals-20160323-gnp6qv.html. Michael. Koziol. 23 March 2016.
  8. Web site: David John Tune PSM. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2009. 27 January 2015.
  9. Web site: Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia in the General Division. pdf. 26. Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia. 26 January 2015. 27 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113457/http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2015/Media%20Notes%20-%20AO.pdf. 28 January 2015. dead.

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