Jim Scully (public servant)
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| office1 = Secretary of the Department of Trade
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| term_end1 = {{end date|1984|3|1|df=y}}
| office2 = Secretary of the Department of Trade and Resources
| term_start2 = {{start date|1977|12|20|df=y}}
| term_end2 = {{end date|1983|3|11|df=y}}
| office3 = Secretary of the Department of National Resources
| term_start3 = {{start date|1975|12|22|df=y}}
| term_end3 = {{end date|1977|12|20|df=y}}
| office4 = Secretary of the Department of Minerals and Energy
| term_start4 = {{start date|1975|08|24|df=y}}
| term_end4 = {{end date|1975|12|22|df=y}}
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James Scully {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AO}} is a retired senior Australian public servant. He is best known for his time in the Australian Government trade department.
Life and career
Scully was the son of William Scully, a federal Labor MP and government minister.{{cite news|title=New man moves into the hottest hot-seat|first=Tony|last=Thomas|date=18 August 1975|newspaper=The Age|page=5|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19750818&id=4eZaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5656,2613310}} He studied English and History at the University of Sydney, going on to join the Australian Public Service in 1949, in the Department of Trade and Customs as a junior clerk.
Between 1961 and 1963, Scully was Assistant Trade Commissioner in Cairo. In 1967, Scully was appointed a First Assistant Secretary in the Department of Trade and Industry, heading the trade services section.
In August 1975, Scully was appointed to his first Secretary role, heading the Department of Minerals and Energy. He went on to fill the Secretary position at the Department of National Resources (1975–1977), the Department of Trade and Resources (1977–1983) and the Department of Trade (1983–1984). In 1981, he led bilateral talks on resources development with South Korea.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127051512|title=Scully begins bilateral talks with South Korea|page=17|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=14 July 1981}}
After retiring from the public service, Scully moved into a private sector career.{{citation|title=Politics in the Blood: The Anthonys of Richmond|first=Paul|last=Davey|page=196|isbn=978-1-921410-23-9|publisher=University of New South Wales|date=2008}} He headed an independent committee advising the ACT Government on the Very Fast Train project.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120854337|title=Very Fast Train project moving|first=Andree|last=Coelli|date=21 September 1989|page=5|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}
For a time in the 1990s, Scully was a director at Westpac.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126947021|title=New rules for exiled heads|first=Jack|last=Waterford|author-link=Jack Waterford|date=4 October 1992|page=11|newspaper=The Canberra Times}} He resigned following a September 1992 board meeting in which a loss of $1.5 billion was announced.{{citation|first=Jim|last=Bain|title=A Financial Tale of Two Cities: Sydney and Melbourne's Remarkable Contest for Commercial Supremacy|date=2007|page=153|publisher=University of New South Wales}}
Awards
Scully was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in January 1984 for his public service.{{citation|title=Search Australian Honours: SCULLY, James|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/885257|publisher=Australian Government|archivedate=1 July 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701105750/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=885257&search_type=quick&showInd=true|work=itsanhonour.gov.au}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Secretary of the Department of Trade and Resources|years=1977–1983|rows=2}}
{{s-aft|after=Alan Woods|as=Secretary of the Department of Resources and Energy}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Secretary of the Department of Trade|years=1983–1984}}
{{s-aft|after=John Menadue}}
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Category:Australian public servants
Category:Officers of the Order of Australia