Media notes - Meritorious

PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (PSM)
Mrs Pamela June MARTIN, Adelaide SA 5000
For outstanding public service in the provision of legal and commercial advice on
major projects.
Ms Martin commenced her career in the South Australian Public Service in the Crown
Solicitor's Office in 1983. Her role in government has involved leading negotiations to resolve
complex Federal/State legal and planning issues and negotiating multi-billion dollar projects.
Ms Martin has become renowned for working through intractable issues to find plausible
policy solutions. At all times she has acted professionally, with integrity and the intent of
excellence in public service delivery. Ms Martin successfully negotiated the multi-million dollar
first expansion of the Olympic Dam mining indenture, the tri-government and private sector
funding agreement to build the Adelaide to Darwin Railway, and led negotiations to resolve
the complex issues associated with the construction and governance of the Hindmarsh
Stadium and the relocation of the Adelaide Studios of the South Australian Film Corporation.
She played a major role in establishing the Royal Institution of Australia in Adelaide, involving
negotiations with the Federal and British governments. She has played a major role in
resolving difficult planning issues and in the complex international negotiations to establish an
Adelaide campus of both the University College London and the Carnegie Mellon University.
Ms Martin's skills as a lawyer, administrator and negotiator have seen her occupy a number
of state government board positions as well as being sought by the non-government sector
where she has served as Deputy Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. She is highly
regarded by her peers in both the public and private sectors, the business community and the
legal profession, and as a mentor to many. Ms Martin is a leader who thinks laterally and
transforms the wisdom of her experience into action for the benefit of the community while
also bringing great credit to the South Australian Public Service.
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