Federation Uni Chancellor guest speaker at health service AGM

East Grampians Health Service will hold its annual general meeting in November, with Federation University Chancellor Terry Moran AC as guest speaker.

At the meeting staff long service awards will be presented as well as scholarships which will enable staff to undertake additional study to further their careers.

Terry Moran’s distinguished career includes holding the most senior position in the Australian Public Service – Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and cabinet.

Appointed by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, he continued in the position when Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female leader. Previously he spent more than seven years as Secretary of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.

Mr Moran led the Department’s work on national security and international policy, environment, industry and economic policy, social policy and reforms negotiated by the Council of Australian Governments. These reforms included a package of initiatives to reshape funding, governance and accountability for Australia’s public hospitals. During the global financial crises, he helped lead Australia’s highly successful policy responses.

While Secretary of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet and Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Terry played a leading role with Steve Bracks and senior officers in initiating, planning and achieving financing for new institutions which have come to make an important contribution to Australia’s cultural life and higher education. These included the Australian and New Zealand School of Government, the Melbourne Recital Centre, the Wheeler Centre (for books and ideas), the Grattan Institute and Opera Victoria.

In addition to his public sector leadership and policy development expertise, Mr Moran is a leading figure in Australia’s education sector.

He is a former CEO of the Office of the State Training Board in Victoria and the first CEO of the Australian National Training Authority in Brisbane. In 1998, he was appointed Queensland’s Director-General of Education. He also reviewed the South Australian TAFE system on behalf of the South Australian Government.

“I am pleased to be attending the East Grampians Health Service annual general meeting in Ararat, which is part of the catchment of Federation University and the location of our Ararat Jobs and Technology Precinct on Laby Street which undertakes valuable research for the local community and industry. I look forward to meeting the Board, staff and volunteers,” Mr Moran said.

East Grampians Health Service chief executive Nick Bush said hearing from Mr Moran would be interesting for all in attendance.

“The health service has a strong affiliation with Federation University, which delivers the Diploma of Nursing and Certificate III in Individual Support on site at EGHS in Ararat, and it will be good to hear Terry’s perspective on tertiary education and the delivery of courses in regional areas,” Mr Bush said.

“We are also very much looking forward to presenting our long serving staff with awards, and education scholarships to staff who will be taking on further study, which in the long run improves the quality and range of services we can offer at EGHS.”

All are welcome to attend the EGHS AGM, which will be held on Tuesday November 26 at the Ararat Town Hall commencing at 6pm. Please RSVP to Amelia Miller at amelia.miller@eghs.net.au by Monday November 25.