Ms Kathy Parton is a senior executive with more than 20 years’ experience in government, working across departments and statutory bodies and has led strategic policy, legislation and reform for the department in recent years.
Ms Parton holds a Bachelor of Arts in communications and journalism, has undertaken postgraduate study in writing, editing and publishing and has completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors course. In addition to her most recent role as Deputy Director-General with the agency, Ms Parton previously held Deputy Director-General roles in the Department of Local Government, Racing and Multicultural Affairs and the Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, where she specialised in leading policy and legislation reform, and overseeing governance and corporate services.
Ms Parton also spent three years leading communication and strategic engagement at the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, a statutory body established following the 2010–2011 Queensland floods. She previously managed communications and media for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and led the Queensland Government’s Crisis Communication Network in the wake of the 2010–2011 floods and Cyclone Yasi.
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