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Pat Turner is a 68-year-old civil servant, indigenous and women's rights activist from Alice Springs, Australia. She is best known for her work in the Australian public service, where she has held a number of senior positions, including Deputy Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and CEO of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. Turner has been a vocal advocate for Indigenous rights and women's rights throughout her career. She has been a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and has served on the boards of the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples. Turner has been awarded numerous honors for her work, including the Order of Australia in 2006, the Centenary Medal in 2003, and the Australian Human Rights Medal in 2011. She is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. Turner is married to former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, and they have two children together. She is estimated to have a net worth of around $2 million.

Popular As Patricia Ann Turner
Occupation civil servant, indigenous and women's rights activist
Age 71 years old
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Born , 1952
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Birthplace Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Nationality Australia

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2019

In November 2019, it was announced that Turner would be one of 20 members of the Senior Advisory Group to help co-design the Indigenous voice to government set up by Ken Wyatt, the Minister for Indigenous Australians. The Group is co-chaired by Wyatt, Marcia Langton and Tom Calma.

2006

Returning to the APS, Turner worked in senior management positions in Centrelink and the Department of Health before retiring from the APS in 2006. From 2006 to 2010, she worked on the development and prepared for the launch of the National Indigenous Television. In 2011, she joined the advisory council of the Australian National Preventative Health Agency, serving until 2016 when she became CEO of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO).

1994

In 1994, Turner became the "most senior Indigenous government official in Australia" when she was appointed as CEO of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. She served in the post for four years, during which time she completed her master's degree in public administration with the thesis, From paternalism to participation: the role of the Commonwealth in the administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs policy. After her term, Turner served as the "Monash Chair" of Australian Studies at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. for eighteen months in 1998 and 1999.

1978

Turner moved to Canberra in 1978 and began working in the Equal Opportunity Branch to assess which jobs within the Public Service Board could be filled by indigenous people. At the time, the APS recognized only twenty government positions were suited for aboriginal people and Turner developed strategies to overcome systemic biases to improve funding and opportunity for Aboriginal Australians. In 1981, Turner became a liaison officer for the Commonwealth heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Melbourne, and in 1985 was appointed as director of the Alice Springs office of the DAA. After a year in the post, she was elevated to first assistant secretary of the Economic Development Division of the DAA, where she worked for three years. In 1989, she became Deputy Secretary of DAA and in 1990 was honoured as a member of the Order of Australia for her dedication to public service. From 1991 to 1992 worked as Deputy Secretary in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. During this period, she was tasked with overseeing the founding of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and Office of the Status of Women.

1972

In 1972, Turner joined the Australian Public Service (APS) and was trained as a community welfare officer for the newly created Department of Aboriginal Affairs (DAA). The first woman to hold the post in Alice Springs as a welfare officer, Turner worked to build bridges between the aboriginal community and the government, focusing on programs for at-risk youth and community health and welfare initiatives. In 1976, she enrolled in social work courses at the South Australian Institute of Technology, but became frustrated that the classes approached community challenges with temporary solutions rather than analyzing society and suggesting real changes. Joining radical student movements, Turner became involved with the aboriginal rights movement, environmental activism, the trade union movement and the Women's liberation movement. That same year, she was elected as the vice president of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI), pressing other students to become politically active.

1952

Pat Turner, AM (born 1952) is an aboriginal Australian of Gudanji-Arrernte heritage who has worked as a civil administrator for policies which guarantee the right to self-determination for indigenous people. She was awarded the Order of Australia in 1990 for her service.

Patricia Ann Turner was born in 1952, in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia to Emma and Alec Turner. Her mother descended of the Gudanji people and her father's family were of Arrernte heritage. The middle child in a family of five siblings, Turner enjoyed reading from a young age. Her father owned his own business, erecting windmills in the area, but was killed in a work-related accident when Turner was 11. In her paternal line, Charles Perkins, was her great uncle and an influence on her dedication to education and the preservation of aboriginal traditions. Her mother's struggle to receive compensation as a widow and to find permanent employment after her husband's death were important in her development as a feminist.