In the lead up to the 2017 NESS Forum on Thursday 9th November, we will introduce you to our fabulous speakers over the next few days. Here are our first two:
Prof Kate Auty is a barrister; holds a number of board and advisory committee roles in environmental and rural contexts; and is the ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment and Professorial Fellow with the University of Melbourne. Kate was previously the Victorian Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability and has been a magistrate and Aboriginal sentencing court judicial officer in both Victoria and Western Australia.
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r Paul Grimes has had a diverse public sector career spanning a number of senior appointments at both federal and state government levels. He was previously Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and, before that, Secretary of the then Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Dr Grimes works as an independent policy adviser. Among other things, he is currently Chair of the independent Review of the Victorian Electricity and Gas Networks Safety Framework. Dr Grimes has held senior positions in several Commonwealth and state departments, including as Associate Secretary (Domestic Policy) in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Deputy Secretary in the Australian Government Department of Finance, Deputy Secretary in the South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance and Chief Executive of the ACT Department of Treasury.
