Lindsay Duthie

Lindsay Duthie
AM
Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry
In office
23 April 1980 – 10 February 1986
Personal details
Born
Lindsay Percival Duthie

Wiluna, Western Australia
NationalityAustralia Australian
SpouseJoan[1]
OccupationPublic servant

Lindsay Percival Duthie AM is a former senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry, between 1980 and 1986.

Life and career

Lindsay Duthie was born in the early 1930s in Wiluna, Western Australia.[2]

He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1951 in the Department of Trade and Customs.[2] In 1976, he was appointed Deputy Secretary in the Department of Trade and Resources.[2]

Duthie was appointed Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry in April 1980.[2][3]

In 1986, in the departmental reshuffle,[4] Duthie was removed as head of the Primary Industry Department,[5] going on to become Special Trade Representative of Australia to Europe between 1986 and 1990.[6]

Awards

Duthie was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in January 1992, in recognition of his service to international trade.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Farewell parties for ambassador". The Canberra Times. 23 August 1981. p. 14.
  2. ^ a b c d "Department's new head". The Canberra Times. 24 April 1980. p. 3.
  3. ^ CA 1960: Department of Primary Industry [II], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 27 December 2013
  4. ^ Waterford, Jack (11 February 1986), "Shuffling to go beyond departments", The Canberra Times, p. 2, Nor is the likely appointment of the present Primary Industry head, Mr Lindsay Duthie, to an "economic" ambassadorship to be seen as a way of shifting him sideways. Mr Duthie's expertise is in trade-related areas, and it is in this area, especially in relation to the EEC's Common Agricultural Policy, that primary producers are suffering most. An appointment, say as an Ambassador to the EEC, would be making good use of his abilities without any downgrading.
  5. ^ Hawke, Robert (10 February 1986). "Untitled" (Press release). Archived from the original on 1 November 2013.
  6. ^ Golding, Peter (1996), Black Jack McEwen: Political Gladiator, Melbourne University Press, p. 347, ISBN 0522847188
  7. ^ "Search Australian Honours: DUTHIE, Lindsay Percival", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 30 August 2014
Government offices
Preceded by Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry
1980 – 1986 		Succeeded by