Daryl Paul Quinlivan is a senior Australian public servant. He was the

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of the former

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, having been appointed in June 2015 to the previous Department of Agriculture which was known as the

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between 2015 and 2019. He had a varied career across the

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before his appointment.

Life and career

Quinlivan studied for a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) at Monash University, and a Bachelor of Economics from the

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. In the Department of Transport and Regional Services, Quinlivan was responsible for the Corporate Division, and also advised on the East Coast Very High Speed Train Scoping Study investigating high-speed rail for Australia. Between 2005 and 2010, Quinlivan was a deputy secretary in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. From 2011 to 2012, Quinlivan was a deputy secretary in the

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. In the role, he was head of the Infrastructure group, working to progress Australian communication infrastructure, including the implementation of the

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. In 2012, Quinlivan joined the

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as head of office. Quinlivan was appointed Secretary of the Department of Agriculture in June 2015, responsible for Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries, and animal and plant health, including quarantine. The name of the department was expended to include Water Resources in September 2015. Quinlivan was appointed an Officer of the

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in the

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References

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