Media notes - Meritorious

PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (PSM)
Ms Kim Louise CLARKE, deceased,
Late of Aranda ACT 2614
For outstanding public service as First Assistant Secretary Ministerial and
Parliamentary Services Division in the Department of Finance and Deregulation,
particularly in relation to the accountability and transparency of parliamentary
entitlements.
Ms Clarke modelled outstanding public service through her dynamic leadership, integrity and
strong commitment to governance and high quality service delivery. She excelled in her
duties often operating in a complex and demanding environment and was responsible for
supporting parliamentarians in the performance of their roles, making a lasting contribution to
an efficiently functioning Parliament. Her work drove, and delivered, increased accountability
and transparency of parliamentary entitlements through the consolidated publication of
documents outlining the entitlements framework; expansion of the categories of expenditure
reported on parliamentarians' entitlements and the introduction of online reporting;
introduction of an annual report on parliamentarians' staff entitlements; and the establishment
of a website that provides information on these entitlements.
Ms Clarke died on 12 September 2013.
Ms Tania Joy CONSTABLE, 9 Hall Street, Hall ACT 2618
For outstanding public service in the development of Australia's Liquefied Natural Gas
and other resource and energy industries, particularly the development and
implementation of policies and regulations applying to Australia's on and offshore
mineral and energy resources.
Ms Constable has served as an officer in the Australian Public Service for 28 years. She has
consistently provided outstanding leadership with a strong record of achievement in several
areas of policy and regulatory development and reform. Ms Constable's key achievements
include overseeing the historic reforms to the regulation of Australia's offshore oil and gas
industry through the passage of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage
Amendment (National Regulator) Act 2011 which established the single national regulator for
offshore petroleum in Commonwealth waters, the National Offshore Safety and
Environmental Management Authority, and created the National Offshore Petroleum Titles
Authority to administer petroleum titles in Commonwealth waters. Ms Constable has also
made an outstanding contribution through her work with the Western Australian and Northern
Territory Governments, and the resources industry more broadly, to support the development
of key resource projects in these regions.
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