Tony Blunn

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
Nationality	Australian
Children	3[1]
Occupation	Public servant

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

Early life

Tony Blunn was born in 1936.^[2]

Career

Blunn 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 Mr 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