Andrew Metcalfe
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Andrew Metcalfe AO |
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| Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | |
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In office 29 January 2013 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship | |
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In office 30 January 2007 – 28 January 2013 |
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| Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs | |
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In office 27 January 2006 – 30 January 2007 |
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| Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs | |
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In office 16 July 2005 – 27 January 2006 |
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Andrew Edgar Francis Metcalfe 13 October 1959 Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Jenny |
| Occupation | Public servant |
Andrew Edgar Francis Metcalfe AO (born 1959) is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker. He is an Australian public service leader and public policy expert, Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, and Partner at Ernst and Young, Canberra in their Government and Public Sector team.
Andrew Metcalfe was born and raised in Toowoomba, Queensland. He attended Rangeville State School and Toowoomba Grammar School and was dux of Toowoomba Grammar in 1976. He then earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1980, and a Bachelor of Laws in 1985 from the University of Queensland.
Andrew Metcalfe joined the Australian Public Service as an Administrative Trainee in 1980, assigned to the Public Service Board, in Canberra. In 1981, he transferred to the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs where he undertook a variety of roles in Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne, primarily involved in the direct provision of client services. He remained there until 1989 when in September, he was appointed Regional Director for Immigration, and Consul, Australian Consulate-General, Hong Kong where his diplomatic posting continued until May 1993.
Upon his return to Canberra, he was appointed Assistant Secretary, Legal Branch at the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs where he remained until April 1996. He was asked to serve as the Chief of Staff to the then Minister for Immigration, the Hon Philip Ruddock MP in April, and stayed in that role until December 1997, whereupon he returned to the department as a First Assistant Secretary. Following this he was promoted to Deputy Secretary, a role in which he remained until 2002, He was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in August 2002, with specific responsibilities for the coordination of policy advice to the Prime Minister on international affairs, national security and machinery of government issues. He was the inaugural chair of the Commonwealth/State/Territory National Counter Terrorism Committee.
John Howard appointed Andrew Metcalfe Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs in July 2005. Metcalfe stayed on as the Department transitioned, first becoming the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and later the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. He defended the often-criticised Gillard Government Malaysia Solution during his time in the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. During his time as Secretary of Immigration, he was also Chair of the Commonwealth/State/Territory Standing Committee on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2005–12) and of the Five Countries (Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and the UK) Conference (2007, 2011).
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