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==Background and early life==
==Background and early life==
Kruk graduated from the University of New South Wales in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Honours)<ref name="BioNSWPC">{{citation|title=New South Wales Government Department of Premier and Cabinet Annual Report 2007–08|date=November 2008|url=http://www.dpc.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/34459/Department_of_Premier_and_Cabinet_Annual_Report_2007-08.pdf|page=27|publisher=Department of Premier and Cabinet}}</ref>. She subsequently completed a Masters of Public Administration and the Harvard Advanced Management Program.
Kruk graduated from the [[University of New South Wales]] in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Honours).<ref name=BioNSWPC>{{citation|url=http://www.dpc.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/34459/Department_of_Premier_and_Cabinet_Annual_Report_2007-08.pdf|page=27|publisher=Department of Premier and Cabinet|date=November 2008|title=New South Wales Government Department of Premier and Cabinet Annual Report 2007–08}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Kruk began her career in the NSW public sector in 1980.<ref name=BioNSWPC/> In July 2002 she was appointed Director-General of the [[Department of Health (New South Wales)|Department of Health]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2005/pdf/ar_2005.pdf|page=5|title=NSW Department of Health Annual Report 2004–05|date=November 2005|isbn=0 7347 3875 7|archivedate=27 March 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110327165624/http://health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2005/pdf/ar_2005.pdf}}</ref> She was in the role at the time of the Camden-Campbelltown hospital crisis, when whistleblower nurses made accusations that 19 deaths at the hospitals could have been avoided.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/dry-resolve-in-the-face-of-crisis-20100226-p95a.html|title=Dry resolve in the face of crisis|first=Andrew|last=Clennell|date=27 February 2010|archivedate=6 May 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506013259/http://www.smh.com.au/national/dry-resolve-in-the-face-of-crisis-20100226-p95a.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media}}</ref>
Kruk began her career in the NSW public sector in 1980. <sup>[1]</sup> In 1994 she was appointed Director-General of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and in 2002 was appointed Director-General of the NSW Department of Health. <sup>[2]</sup>


At the end of her NSW public sector career she was Director-General of the [[Department of Premier and Cabinet (New South Wales)|Department of Premier and Cabinet]].<ref name=DefenceTaskforce>{{citation|url=http://www.defenceabusetaskforce.gov.au/Aboutus/Pages/default.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128042308/http://www.defenceabusetaskforce.gov.au/Aboutus/Pages/default.aspx|archivedate=28 January 2014|title=About us|publisher=Defence Abuse Response Taskforce|date=6 September 2013}}</ref> When Kruk left her top position in the Premier's department in 2008, the media reported that she told Premier [[Nathan Rees]] she no longer had the energy and commitment to continue.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/nathan-rees-axes-premiers-department-head-robyn-kruk/story-e6frewor-1111117770608|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|first=Joe|last=Hildebrand|title=Nathan Rees axes Premier's Department head Robyn Kruk |date=16 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/top-public-servant-too-tired-to-continue/2008/10/16/1223750232694.html|first=Andrew|last=Clennell|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|title=Top public servant too tired to continue|date=17 October 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429131925/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/top-public-servant-too-tired-to-continue/2008/10/16/1223750232694.html|archivedate=29 April 2010|}}</ref> Shortly after, media stated that Kruk may have been concerned at excessive union influence and at the prominence of the NSW Finance Minister [[Joe Tripodi]] in mini-budget discussions.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Australian|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/news/top-bureaucrat-disillusioned/story-e6frg6o6-1111117806193|title=Top NSW bureaucrat Robyn Kruk disillusioned|first=Imre|last=Salusinszky|date=21 October 2008|publisher=News Corp Australia}}</ref>
At the end of her NSW public sector career she was Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet. <sup>[4]</sup> She left the position in late 2008 and was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (later Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) in early 2009. From September 2010, Kruk was suffering from cancer,<ref name="Gillard2" /> and had to take extended sick leave from the role, with Paul Grimes acting in her position.<sup>[12]</sup>


Kruk was appointed [[Departmental secretary|Secretary]] of the [[Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts]] (later [[Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities|Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities]]) in March 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/rudd-picks-senior-officials-who-quit-nsw-bureaucracy/2008/12/25/1229998662016.html|archivedate=5 June 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605041015/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/rudd-picks-senior-officials-who-quit-nsw-bureaucracy/2008/12/25/1229998662016.html|title=Rudd picks senior officials who quit NSW bureaucracy|first=Jonathan|last=Pearlman|date=26 December 2008|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media}}</ref> During her time at the department, she oversaw the [[Energy Efficient Homes Package]], a program beset by controversy after four workers died in separate accidents linked to program installations and house fires were caused by insulation fitted poorly under the scheme.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/politics/top-bureaucrat-robyn-kruk-defends-insulation-scheme/story-e6frgczf-1225832957132|title=Top bureaucrat Robyn Kruk defends insulation scheme|first=Samantha|last=Maiden|date=22 February 2010|newspaper=The Australian|publisher=News Corp Australia|accessdate=4 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-02-22/department-head-says-sorry-for-insulation-deaths/338982|title=Department head says sorry for insulation deaths|archivedate=4 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204012218/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-02-22/department-head-says-sorry-for-insulation-deaths/338982|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Commission|date=22 February 2010}}</ref> From September 2010, Kruk was suffering from cancer,<ref name=Gillard>{{cite press release|title=Departmental Secretaries|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=17894|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201172800/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=17894|archivedate=1 February 2014|first=Julia|last=Gillard|author-link=Julia Gillard|date=1 June 2011}}</ref> and had to take extended sick leave from the role, with Paul Grimes acting in her position.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/15/minimal-change-in-the-bureaucracy-as-the-canberra-arrangements-are-settled/?wpmp_switcher=mobile|title=Minimal change in the bureaucracy as the Canberra arrangements are settled|first=Bernard|last=Keane|date=15 September 2010|publisher=Crikey|archivedate=28 January 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128041044/http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/15/minimal-change-in-the-bureaucracy-as-the-canberra-arrangements-are-settled/?wpmp_switcher=mobile}}</ref>
On her return to work in 2011,<ref name="Gillard2" /> following successful cancer treatment, Kruk was appointed CEO and Commissioner and set up the newly created National Mental Health Commission.<ref name="Butler2">{{cite press release|title=RETIREMENT OF ROBYN KRUK AM|date=30 May 2013|url=http://www.acmhn.org/news-events/media/parliamentary-media|archivedate=28 January 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128040423/http://www.acmhn.org/news-events/media/parliamentary-media|first=Mark|last=Butler|author-link=Mark Butler}}</ref>


On her return to work in 2011, following successful cancer treatment,<ref name=Gillard/> Kruk was appointed the CEO and Commissioner of the newly established National Mental Health Commission.<ref name=Butler>{{cite press release|url=http://www.acmhn.org/news-events/media/parliamentary-media|archivedate=28 January 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128040423/http://www.acmhn.org/news-events/media/parliamentary-media|title=RETIREMENT OF ROBYN KRUK AM|first=Mark|last=Butler|author-link=Mark Butler|date=30 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.comcare.gov.au/events/past_events/2012_national_conference/speaker_presentations2/speaker_presentations/robyn_kruk/speaker_ms_robyn_kruk_am,_chief_executive_officer,_australian_mental_health_commission_-_transcript|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213101938/https://www.comcare.gov.au/events/past_events/2012_national_conference/speaker_presentations2/speaker_presentations/robyn_kruk/speaker_ms_robyn_kruk_am,_chief_executive_officer,_australian_mental_health_commission_-_transcript|archivedate=13 February 2014|publisher=Comcare|title=Speaker: Ms Robyn Kruk AM, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Mental Health Commission Our National Investment in Mental Health - transcript|first=Robyn|last=Kruk}}</ref>
Following her retirement from the Commission, she undertook program reviews and was appointed to a range of non-executive board and statutory positions. Kruk was the Independent Assessor for the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (DART) and led international taskforces assessing sustainable development in China. In 2015, she was appointed chair of the eHealth Implementation Steering Committee, to oversight delivery of an Australia-wide electronic medical record system.<sup>[16]</sup><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/477/news/commission-for-ehealth-taking-shape|title=Commission for eHealth taking shape|date=13 October 2015|work=PS News|publisher=PSNews|edition=477|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref>


In 2014, she appeared before the [[Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Program]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/bureaucrat-sorry-for-home-insulation-deaths-20140328-35olm.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329131833/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/bureaucrat-sorry-for-home-insulation-deaths-20140328-35olm.html|archivedate=29 March 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|title=Bureaucrat sorry for home insulation deaths|date=28 March 2014|publisher=Fairfax Media|agency=Australian Associated Press}}</ref> In 2015, she was appointed chair of the eHealth Implementation Taskforce Steering Committee, to oversee the delivery of an Australia-wide electronic medical record system.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/health-mediarel-yr2015-ley122.htm|date=9 October 2015|first=Sussan|last=Ley|title=Developing a 21st century electronic health record system|archivedate=12 March 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312062645/http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/health-mediarel-yr2015-ley122.htm|publisher=Australian Government}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/477/news/commission-for-ehealth-taking-shape|accessdate=6 June 2016|title=Commission for eHealth taking shape|publisher=PSNews|edition=477|work=PS News|date=13 October 2015}}</ref>
She is a Chair Emerita of the US Milbank Memorial Fund (a philanthropic health research organisation) and has been a judge of the Dubai government’s annual public sector excellence awards since 2013.

Kruk is a member of the NSW Planning Assessment Commission, the Chair of the NSW Ambulance Advisory Council, the Deputy Chair of Mental Health Australia, the Chair of the Victorian Expert Advisory Committee on Perpetrator Interventions, the Chair of the WA Partnership Forum reporting to the Premier on improving community services and the Chair of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.


==Awards==
==Awards==
In 2005, Kruk was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to public administration in New South Wales.<ref name="Butler">{{cite press release|title=RETIREMENT OF ROBYN KRUK AM|date=30 May 2013|url=http://www.acmhn.org/news-events/media/parliamentary-media|archivedate=28 January 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128040423/http://www.acmhn.org/news-events/media/parliamentary-media|first=Mark|last=Butler|author-link=Mark Butler}}</ref>
In 2005, Kruk was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to public administration in New South Wales.<ref name=Butler/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 11:58, 24 December 2016

Robyn Kruk
AM
Secretary of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
In office
March 2009 – 14 September 2010
Personal details
NationalityAustralien Australian
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales (BS)
OccupationPublic servant

Robyn Kruk AM (/ˈkrʌk/) is a retired senior Australian public servant and policymaker.

Background and early life

Kruk graduated from the University of New South Wales in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Honours).[1]

Career

Kruk began her career in the NSW public sector in 1980.[1] In July 2002 she was appointed Director-General of the Department of Health.[2] She was in the role at the time of the Camden-Campbelltown hospital crisis, when whistleblower nurses made accusations that 19 deaths at the hospitals could have been avoided.[3]

At the end of her NSW public sector career she was Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet.[4] When Kruk left her top position in the Premier's department in 2008, the media reported that she told Premier Nathan Rees she no longer had the energy and commitment to continue.[5][6] Shortly after, media stated that Kruk may have been concerned at excessive union influence and at the prominence of the NSW Finance Minister Joe Tripodi in mini-budget discussions.[7]

Kruk was appointed Secretary of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (later Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) in March 2009.[8] During her time at the department, she oversaw the Energy Efficient Homes Package, a program beset by controversy after four workers died in separate accidents linked to program installations and house fires were caused by insulation fitted poorly under the scheme.[9][10] From September 2010, Kruk was suffering from cancer,[11] and had to take extended sick leave from the role, with Paul Grimes acting in her position.[12]

On her return to work in 2011, following successful cancer treatment,[11] Kruk was appointed the CEO and Commissioner of the newly established National Mental Health Commission.[13][14]

In 2014, she appeared before the Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Program.[15] In 2015, she was appointed chair of the eHealth Implementation Taskforce Steering Committee, to oversee the delivery of an Australia-wide electronic medical record system.[16][17]

Awards

In 2005, Kruk was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to public administration in New South Wales.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b New South Wales Government Department of Premier and Cabinet Annual Report 2007–08 (PDF), Department of Premier and Cabinet, November 2008, p. 27
  2. ^ NSW Department of Health Annual Report 2004–05 (PDF), November 2005, p. 5, ISBN 0 7347 3875 7, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2011
  3. ^ Clennell, Andrew (27 February 2010). "Dry resolve in the face of crisis". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 6 May 2010.
  4. ^ About us, Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, 6 September 2013, archived from the original on 28 January 2014
  5. ^ Hildebrand, Joe (16 October 2008). "Nathan Rees axes Premier's Department head Robyn Kruk". The Daily Telegraph.
  6. ^ Clennell, Andrew (17 October 2008). "Top public servant too tired to continue". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  7. ^ Salusinszky, Imre (21 October 2008). "Top NSW bureaucrat Robyn Kruk disillusioned". The Australian. News Corp Australia.
  8. ^ Pearlman, Jonathan (26 December 2008). "Rudd picks senior officials who quit NSW bureaucracy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.
  9. ^ Maiden, Samantha (22 February 2010), "Top bureaucrat Robyn Kruk defends insulation scheme", The Australian, News Corp Australia, retrieved 4 February 2010
  10. ^ Department head says sorry for insulation deaths, Australian Broadcasting Commission, 22 February 2010, archived from the original on 4 February 2014
  11. ^ a b Gillard, Julia (1 June 2011). "Departmental Secretaries" (Press release). Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
  12. ^ Keane, Bernard (15 September 2010). "Minimal change in the bureaucracy as the Canberra arrangements are settled". Crikey. Archived from the original on 28 January 2014.
  13. ^ a b Butler, Mark (30 May 2013). "RETIREMENT OF ROBYN KRUK AM" (Press release). Archived from the original on 28 January 2014.
  14. ^ Kruk, Robyn, Speaker: Ms Robyn Kruk AM, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Mental Health Commission Our National Investment in Mental Health - transcript, Comcare, archived from the original on 13 February 2014
  15. ^ "Bureaucrat sorry for home insulation deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Australian Associated Press. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014.
  16. ^ Ley, Sussan (9 October 2015). "Developing a 21st century electronic health record system" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
  17. ^ "Commission for eHealth taking shape". PS News (477 ed.). PSNews. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
Government offices
Preceded by Secretary of the
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
2009 – 2010 		Succeeded byas Secretary of the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
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