Rosemary Huxtable

{{Short description|Australian public servant}}

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Rosemary Therese Huxtable {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|PSM}} is a retired senior Australian public servant. She was the Secretary of the Department of Finance from December 2016 to August 2022.

From 2010 to 2013, Huxtable was a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Health and Ageing.{{citation|url=https://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default/files/IGB-admin-brief-pt-1-redacted.pdf|author=Department of Finance|publisher=Australian Government|title=Incoming Government Brief: Minister for Finance|date=2013|page=7|accessdate=9 January 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109121907/https://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default/files/IGB-admin-brief-pt-1-redacted.pdf|archivedate=9 January 2017}} She moved to the Department of Finance in 2013, also as a Deputy Secretary.{{citation|url=https://www.finance.gov.au/about-the-department/the-secretary.html|accessdate=9 January 2017|title=The Secretary: Rosemary Huxtable, PSM|author=Department of Finance|publisher=Australian Government}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.financeminister.gov.au/media-release/2016/12/22/new-finance-secretary|first=Mathias|last=Cormann|author-link=Mathias Cormann|date=22 December 2016|title=New Finance Secretary|publisher=Australian Government|archivedate=9 January 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109121103/http://www.financeminister.gov.au/media-release/2016/12/22/new-finance-secretary}} In her finance department role, Huxtable played a key role developing several Australian federal budgets.{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/pm-recommends-second-senior-female-public-servant-in-a-row-to-lead-finance-department-20161221-gtgb60.html|title=PM recommends second senior female public servant in a row to lead Finance Department|first=Daniel|last=Burdon|date=22 December 2016|archivedate=9 January 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109121549/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/pm-recommends-second-senior-female-public-servant-in-a-row-to-lead-finance-department-20161221-gtgb60.html|url-status=live|accessdate=9 January 2017|newspaper=The Canberra Times|publisher=Fairfax Media}}

When former Finance Secretary Jane Halton stood down in 2016, Huxtable was promoted to act as head of the agency, having been recommended to the role by the Prime Minister.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/finance-dept-gets-another-female-boss/news-story/957c9009c00ae4de69866a8bab8dada0|title=Finance dept gets another female boss|date=22 December 2016|accessdate=9 January 2017|agency=Australian Associated Press|newspaper=Herald Sun|publisher=News Corp}}{{cite news|url=http://www.themandarin.com.au/74059-pm-asks-rosemary-huxtable-to-stick-around-as-finance-chief/|title=PM asks Rosemary Huxtable to stick around as Finance chief|date=22 December 2016|first=Stephen|last=Easton|website=The Mandarin|publisher=Private Media}} She was appointed permanently to the role after it being recommended by the Prime Minister in December 2016.{{cite press release|url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/2016-12-22/appointment-secretary-department-finance|first=Malcolm|last=Turnbull|author-link=Malcolm Turnbull|date=22 December 2016|title=Appointment of Secretary of the Department of Finance|publisher=Australian Government|archivedate=9 January 2017|accessdate=9 January 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109122450/https://www.pm.gov.au/media/2016-12-22/appointment-secretary-department-finance}} She retired on 8 August 2022.{{cite press release|url=https://www.financeminister.gov.au/media-release/2022/08/08/statement-retirement-rosemary-huxtable-psm|date=8 August 2022|title=Statement on the retirement of Rosemary Huxtable PSM|first=Katy|last=Gallagher|author-link=Katy Gallagher|publisher=Australian Government|accessdate=30 August 2022}}