{"id":19593,"date":"2022-12-15T13:29:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T13:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=19593"},"modified":"2022-12-15T13:29:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T13:29:12","slug":"appointment-of-new-secretary-of-the-department-of-veterans-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/12\/15\/appointment-of-new-secretary-of-the-department-of-veterans-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"APPOINTMENT OF NEW SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS&#8217; AFFAIRS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am pleased to announce I have recommended the Governor-General appoint Ms Alison Frame as the Secretary of the Department of Veterans&#8217; Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms Frame is currently Deputy Secretary, Social Policy, in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. She has been a senior public servant for both the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments in a range of complex service delivery and policy roles. Ms Frame brings significant experience working with stakeholders and leading staff to deliver positive outcomes for the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms Frame&#8217;s five-year appointment will commence on 23&nbsp;January&nbsp;2023. I congratulate Alison on the appointment and look forward to working with her in this new capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also thank Ms Elizabeth Cosson AM CSC for her service as Secretary of the Department of Veterans&#8217; Affairs since May 2018. She has been a passionate advocate for improving services for veterans and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A changeover to a new Secretary in January&nbsp;2023 will provide for continuity in the Department&#8217;s leadership during the finalisation of the 2023-24 Budget process, 2023 ANZAC commemorations and the ongoing response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to announce I have recommended the Governor-General appoint Ms Alison Frame as the Secretary of the Department of Veterans&#8217; Affairs. Ms Frame is currently Deputy Secretary, Social Policy, in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. She has been a senior public servant for both the Commonwealth and New South Wales &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/12\/15\/appointment-of-new-secretary-of-the-department-of-veterans-affairs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;APPOINTMENT OF NEW SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS&#8217; AFFAIRS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19594,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19593\/revisions\/19594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}