Media notes - Meritorious

PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (PSM)
Queensland
Professor Michael Ian CLEARY, Brisbane Qld 4000
For outstanding public service to healthcare innovation improvement and reform in
Queensland.
Dr Cleary's is the Deputy Director-General, Health Service and Clinical Innovation Division,
Queensland Health and is a recognised leader and health executive with over 30 years'
experience. Dr Cleary has a proven record of significant achievement in a managing complex
healthcare systems, health policy development, medical administration and emergency
medicine and has demonstrated ongoing outstanding contributions to healthcare innovation,
improvement and reform in Queensland. He understands the importance of engaging with
staff at all levels of the organisation and with consumers of healthcare services. His
significant skills include being a strategic leader of significant health reform within the public
service; expert knowledge of emergency medicine, medical administration and health policy
development.; executive leader and specialist adviser on health service, professional
practice, leadership, clinical innovation; direction, leadership, support and professional
development to a large group of specialist health sector professionals; strategic leader in
planning, implementation, governance and performance management in a range of health
care, clinical and corporate environments; and leader in organisation transformation, change
management and organisation health and culture. He is also an expert leader of divisional
state-wide portfolio operations, ensuring optimal levels of service within budget parameters.
Mr Dale Robert DICKSON, Main Beach Qld 4217
For outstanding public service to local government, including the Gold Coast City
Council.
Mr Dickson's outstanding dedicated service and contribution to the field of local government
administration now spans over 30 years. Mr Dickson commenced his career in 1983 with the
Melbourne City Council and progressed through a range of senior positions with Brisbane
City Council, Albert Shire Council, Cooloola Shire Council, Whitsunday Shire Council and,
finally, in 2003 with his current appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of the City of Gold
Coast Council. Mr Dickson has made an outstanding contribution to the local communities
and the local governments he has served, and has been responsible for a number of
innovations in governance, together with presiding over the development of significant
community infrastructure which will leave a legacy of benefits to the residents of the City of
the Gold Coast in particular. His considerable influence in the sphere of local government is
attested to by his being admitted as a Fellow of the Local Government Managers Association.
Awards/recognition include:
Governance Professional of the Year Award, Chartered Secretaries of Australia, 2006.
Queensland's top award for leadership in local government by the Local Government
Managers Association, 2006.
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