Stephen Skehill

Skehill first joined the Australian Public Service in 1970,{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120903178|title=New SES officers named|date=9 January 1989|page=2|newspaper=The Canberra Times}} in the Department of Labour and National Service.

Between 1970 and 1984, he worked in a range of agencies including the Department of Business and Consumer Affairs, the Trade Practices Commission and the Department of Social Security.

He was appointed a Deputy Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department in 1989, having previously been the First Assistant Secretary of Corporate Services for the Department. In 1994, he became Secretary of the Department, replacing Alan Rose.{{cite press release|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=9225|archivedate=4 March 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304074604/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=9225|title=Secretary to the Attorney-General's Department|first=Paul|last=Keating|author-link=Paul Keating|date=11 May 1994}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118210989|title=Rose to head law reform commission|first=Verona|last=Burgess|author-link=Verona Burgess|date=12 May 1994|page=3|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}

In 2011, he was engaged by the Department of Finance and Deregulation to lead a review of small and medium agencies in the Attorney-General's portfolio.{{citation|chapter-url=http://www.ag.gov.au/Publications/AnnualReports/AnnualReport201112/Documents/Attorney-Generals%20Department%20-%20Management%20and%20Accountability.pdf|title=Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2011–12|page=197|archivedate=12 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212042446/http://www.ag.gov.au/Publications/AnnualReports/AnnualReport201112/Documents/Attorney-Generals%20Department%20-%20Management%20and%20Accountability.pdf|chapter=Chapter 3: Management and accountability|date=2012}}{{citation|date=January 2012|title=Strategic review of small and medium agencies in the Attorney-General's Portfolio: Report to the Australian Government|url=http://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default/files/strategic_review_ag.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720070318/http://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default/files/strategic_review_ag.pdf|archivedate=20 July 2014|url-status=live}} In response to the review, which came to be known as the Skehill Review,{{citation|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/BudgetReview201314/CourtFunding|title=Federal courts funding|first=Tyler|last=Fox|date=May 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225053400/http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/BudgetReview201314/CourtFunding|archivedate=25 February 2014|url-status=live|publisher=Parliament of Australia|work=Budget Review 2013–14}} federal courts adopted a comprehensive shared services model and some functions were merged.{{cite news|url=http://www.intermedium.com.au/content/federal-courts-share-services-response-skehill-recommendations|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419104257/http://www.intermedium.com.au/content/federal-courts-share-services-response-skehill-recommendations|archivedate=19 April 2013|date=18 March 2013|title=Federal courts to share services in response to Skehill recommendations|first=Pallavi|last=Singhal|publisher=Intermedium}}

In 2008, Skehill was appointed ethics and integrity advisor to the ACT Legislative Assembly, a new role.{{citation|url=http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/ethics-and-integrity|publisher=ACT Legislative Assembly|title=Ethics and Integrity|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204183804/http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/ethics-and-integrity|archivedate=4 February 2014}}{{citation|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/nationalinterest/ethics-tsar-only-a-phone-call-away/3251236|title=Ethics tsar only a phone call away|date=18 July 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720073315/http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/nationalinterest/ethics-tsar-only-a-phone-call-away/3251236|archivedate=20 July 2014|url-status=live|publisher=ABC Radio National}} In 2014 in the role, Skehill recommended a register and code of ethics for lobbyists in the ACT.{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/act-lobbyist-register-should-apply-to-public-servants-and-all-mps-says-adviser-skehill-20140703-zryop.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720070033/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/act-lobbyist-register-should-apply-to-public-servants-and-all-mps-says-adviser-skehill-20140703-zryop.html|archivedate=20 July 2014|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=5 June 2014|publisher=Fairfax Media|title=ACT lobbyist register should apply to public servants and all MPs, says adviser Skehill|first=Kirsten|last=Lawson|url-status=live}} He has also been available part-time to provide ethics and integrity advice to MLAs.{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/seselja-breathes-a-sigh-of-relief-20120411-1wsfe.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721101510/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/seselja-breathes-a-sigh-of-relief-20120411-1wsfe.html|archivedate=21 July 2014|title=Seselja breathes a sigh of relief|date=12 April 2012|newspaper=The Canberra Times|publisher=Fairfax Media}}

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