David Tune

David Tune AO PSM
Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation
In office 31 August 2009 – 18 September 2013
Secretary of the Department of Finance
In office 18 September 2013 – 27 June 2014
Personal details
Born	David John Tune 1954 (age 61–62)[1]
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Public servant

David John Tune AO PSM (born 1954) is a retired senior Australian public servant. Between 2009 and 2014 he was Secretary of the Australian Government Finance Department. He is currently co-chairing a review into parliamentary entitlements.

Life and career

Tune joined the Australian Public Service in 1976.^[2]

Between 1986 and 1988 he worked on a secondment in the British Cabinet Office.^[2]

In August 2009, Tune was appointed Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation.^[2] 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.^[3]

Tune announced his retirement from the public service in May 2014,^[4] with his last day as Finance Secretary announced for 27 June.^[5] Tune served 38 years in public service.^[6]

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.^[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]

References

1. Uren, David (31 May 2014). "Finance secretary David Tune to retire next month". The Australian (News Ltd).
2. The Secretary: Mr David Tune PSM, Department of Finance, archived from the original on 15 February 2014
3. Swan, Jonathon (29 May 2014). "Public servant 'had to obey' Labor government over controversial asylum seeker ads". The Canberra Times (Fairfax Media). Archived from the original on 7 June 2014.
4. Bourke, Latika (30 May 2014). "David Tune retires as secretary of Federal Finance Department". Australian Broadcasting Commission. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014.
5. Mannheim, Markus (30 May 2014). "Finance Department secretary David Tune resigns". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Archived from the original on 7 June 2014.
6. Cormann, Mathias (30 May 2014). "Retirement of David Tune PSM" (Press release). Archived from the original on 7 June 2014.
7. Henderson, Anna (7 August 2015). "Brendan Nelson, Harry Jenkins join review panel into parliamentary entitlements". Australian Broadcasting Commission. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015.
8. "David John Tune PSM". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
9. "Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia in the General Division" (pdf). Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia. 26 January 2015. p. 26. Retrieved 27 January 2015.