Alan Rose (public servant)
{{Short description|Australian public servant}}
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| name = Alan Rose
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| office1 = Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department
| term_start1 = 1989
| term_end1 = 1994
| office2 = Secretary of the Department of Community Services
| term_start2 = 4 March 1986
| term_end2 = 24 July 1987
| birth_name = Alan Douglas Rose
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Alan Douglas Rose {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 3 May 1944) is a former senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department between 1989 and 1994.
Life and career
Alan Rose was born in Brisbane on 3 May 1944.{{citation|url=http://defence-honours-tribunal.gov.au/about/members/mr-alan-rose-ao/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204070917/http://defence-honours-tribunal.gov.au/about/members/mr-alan-rose-ao/|archivedate=4 February 2014|title=Mr Alan Rose AO|publisher=Australian Government Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal|url-status=dead|access-date=28 February 2014|df=dmy-all}} He was educated at state schools: Rainworth Primary School and Indooroopilly High School. He later attended the University of Queensland, where he earned a BA in 1966 and an LLB(Hons) in 1969, and the London School of Economics, where he earned an LLM in 1979.{{cite web|url=http://esvc000156.wic051u.server-web.com/quiet_australians/database/extra/extra174.pdf|title=Alan Rose|publisher=The Order of Australia}}
From 1986 to 1987, Rose was Secretary of the Department of Community Services.{{citation|title=CA 4133: Department of Community Services, Central Office|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+4133|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131230042001/http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+4133|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2013|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=28 February 2014}} In the 1987 public service restructure, when all Australian Government departments were reorganised into 16 "super-ministries", Rose was named Associate Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department. He was promoted to become the Department's Secretary in 1989.
In May 1994, Rose left his Secretary role and was appointed President of the Australian Law Reform Commission.{{citation|url=http://www.alrc.gov.au/about/commissioners/past-presidents/alan-rose-ao|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214154503/http://www.alrc.gov.au/about/commissioners/past-presidents/alan-rose-ao|publisher=Australian Law Reform Commission|archivedate=14 February 2014|title=Alan Rose AO|date=18 July 2012}}{{cite press release|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=9225|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228093616/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=9225|archivedate=28 February 2014|title=Statement by the Prime Minister|first=Paul|last=Keating|author-link=Paul Keating|date=11 May 1994}}
Rose joined law firm HWL Ebsworth as a consultant in 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/appointments/hwl-ebsworth-nabs-three-government-lawyers|date=1 November 2011|title=HWL Ebsworth nabs three government lawyers|archivedate=28 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228084917/http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/appointments/hwl-ebsworth-nabs-three-government-lawyers|journal=Lawyers Weekly}} The same year, he was also appointed Chair of the Defence Honours and Awards Tribunal.
Awards
Rose was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in January 1994 for service to public administration, particularly through service to the Attorney-General's Department.{{citation|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/885194|archivedate=28 February 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228092203/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=885194&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Search Australian Honours: ROSE, Alan Douglas|publisher=Australian Government}}
Notes
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References
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- {{citation|url=http://www.theorderofaustralia.asn.au/quiet_australians/database/extra/extra174.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228010153/http://www.theorderofaustralia.asn.au/quiet_australians/database/extra/extra174.pdf|archivedate=28 February 2014|title=Mr Alan Rose: President, Australian Law Reform Commission|date=June 1998}}
- {{citation|url=http://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/speeches/former-justices/kirbyj/kirbyj_alrc20may.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212052534/http://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/speeches/former-justices/kirbyj/kirbyj_alrc20may.htm|archivedate=12 February 2014|title=Tribute to Alan Rose AO: Retiring President of the ALRC|date=20 May 1999|publisher=Australian Law Reform Commission|first=Michael|last=Kirby|author-link=Michael Kirby (judge)}}
- {{citation|title=Alan Rose AO|publisher=HWL Ebsworth Lawyers|url=http://www.hwlebsworth.com.au/expertise/government/features/our-team/item/482-alan-rose-ao.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129150131/http://hwlebsworth.com.au/expertise/government/features/our-team/item/482-alan-rose-ao.html|archivedate=29 January 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=28 February 2014}}
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{{s-bef|before=Mike Codd}}
{{s-ttl|title=Secretary of the Department of Community Services|years= 1986 – 1987}}
{{s-aft|after=Tony Ayers|as=Secretary of the Department of Community Services and Health}}
{{s-bef|before=Pat Brazil}}
{{s-ttl|title=Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department|years= 1989 – 1994}}
{{s-aft|after=Stephen Skehill}}
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Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics
Category:Australian public servants