Tony Blunn

Tony Blunn AO
Secretary of the Department of the Capital Territory
In office 10 August 1981 – 11 March 1983
Secretary of the Department of Territories and Local Government
In office 11 March 1983 – 3 May 1983
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Construction
In office 2 May 1983 – 24 July 1987
Secretary of the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
In office 24 July 1987 – 27 December 1991
Secretary of the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories
In office 27 December 1991 – 24 March 1993
Secretary of the Department of Social Security
In office 24 March 1993 – 5 February 1998
Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department
In office 1998 – 17 December 1999
Personal details
Born	Anthony Stuart Blunn 1936 (age 79–80)
Nationality	Australian
Children	3[1]
Occupation	Public servant

Anthony Stuart "Tony" Blunn AO (born 1936) is a retired Australian senior public servant.

Life and career

Tony Blunn was born in 1936.^[2]

He joined the Australian Public Service at the age of 21, after four years with a firm of solicitors in Melbourne.^[3]

In 1979, Blunn took a position in the Department of Finance, in an area linked with works, mainland Territories, defence and other areas.^[4] He moved to the Department of Business and Consumer Affairs in 1980,^[5] and was appointed to his first permanent Secretary role in 1981 as head of the Department of the Capital Territory.^[6]

Blunn was appointed Secretary of the Attorney General's Department in 1998, replacing Stephen Skehill who resigned from the role.^[7]

Blunn retired from the public service in December 1999.^[8]

In 2000, Blunn was appointed chairman of the company in charge of managing Bruce Stadium.^[9]

Awards and honours

In January 1989, Blunn was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of service to the public service.^[10]

Blunn Island, in Antarctica, is named after Blunn, who was responsible for Australia's Antarctic program between 1987 and 1993.^[11][12]

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