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AQIS Bulletin August/Sepember 2007
Other articles include:
- Meet our Indigenous trainees
- Bribery doesn’t pay…
- Final quarantine inspection for a World War II relic
- Steering clear of hazards with bulk ship inspection training
- AQIS helping to strengthen quarantine in Papua New Guinea
- Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy Torres Strait training week 4–8 June 2007
- Avian influenza workshops in Sandaun Province,Papua New Guinea
Feature article
New AQIS leader identifies top priorities
Stephen Hunter, who took up the reigns as AQIS’ new executive director in early April, has been busy getting to know the detail of how the organisation works and how its service and effectiveness can be improved.
“I’ve been meeting staff and getting a frontline view of our operations at airports, seaports, export-registered establishments and at the regional offices across Australia. One of a number of highlights was a trip to the Torres Strait where I gained an appreciation of the important work being undertaken through the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy border operations,” Stephen said.
To cement AQIS role in supporting Australia’s import and export industries, he has already identified key areas for AQIS to work on in the short term and others over the next three to five years.
“My priorities are to support staff to deliver our business ethically, professionally and effectively across the country; ensure that our business processes and the systems that support them are efficient and helpful to staff and industry; and to further improve our relationship with industry by ensuring that we have the right principles to guide our approach to regulation and support of trade.”
“I’ll now be working with people throughout AQIS to further develop these priorities and how we go about delivering them,” he said.
Previously Stephen was executive director of the Bureau of Rural Sciences and before then a deputy secretary of the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Prior to this, he spent five years as a deputy secretary with the Department of Environment and Heritage. He has also worked with the Department of Transport and Regional Development and in the administration of the Australian Capital Territory before and after selfgovernment.
Before he joined the APS Stephen had tentative careers in the mining industry, photojournalism and in the music world.
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