Earlier this week, the Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), Professor Glyn Davis AC, advised me of his intention to resign, effective 16 June 2025.

I thank Professor Davis for his outstanding contribution as Secretary.

One of the key priorities of our Government’s first term was rebuilding the capacity of the Australian Public Service.

This included rebuilding the confidence of people who worked in the APS, making sure they understood that the Government valued their ideas, respected their hard work and recognised their vital role in our democracy.

Professor Davis was instrumental in driving this change. He worked calmly and steadily to reassert the purpose of the public service, and I thank him on behalf of the Government, the Australian Public Service, and the Australian people.

Professor Davis is a man of unique strengths: an intellectual who embraces the practical, an institutionalist who champions reform.

To his enduring credit, he leaves a great national institution in far better shape than he found it, to the benefit of all Australians.

I want to offer my personal thanks for his friendship, advice and support over the past three years. I’m sure he will continue to make a significant contribution to public life.

Professor Davis goes with my gratitude, respect and very best wishes to him, Margaret and his family.

I will make an announcement about the next Secretary of PM&C at an appropriate time.