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MEDIA RELEASE
Stephen Smith MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
M E D I A R E L E A S E
01 July 2009
DIRECTOR-GENERAL AusAID
After ten years of distinguished service as the Director-General of AusAID, Bruce Davis AM will leave
the position on Friday, 3 July 2009.
Mr Davis will take up a diplomatic assignment later this year, following a period of leave.
As Director-General of AusAID, Mr Davis has led major changes to AusAID and to the delivery of
Australia’s overseas aid.
His achievements include the presentation and implementation of the White Paper on Australia’s aid
program in 2006 and the implementation of the aid program's focus on the Millennium Development
Goals.
He has also worked very effectively to progress the Government’s commitment to increase Australia’s
Official Development Assistance to 0.5 per cent of Gross National Income by 2015-16.
Mr Davis has been at the forefront of efforts to implement a whole of government approach to aid
policy and delivery, demonstrated in Canberra by the creation of the Office of Development
Effectiveness, and overseas through multi-agency initiatives such as the Regional Assistance Mission to
Solomon Islands and the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development.
In accordance with the Public Service Act, the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
will announce an Acting Director-General of AusAID today.
The position of Director-General of AusAID will be advertised and filled in accordance with the
provisions of the Public Service Act in due course.
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