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Penny Allbon was appointed Director of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare in February 2006. She has over 20 years of experience in government, at both Commonwealth and Territory levels and within the financial, health and welfare arenas. She joined the public service in 1981, working for the Commonwealth Department of Finance before transferring to the ACT Treasury in 1988 in the lead up to self-government. She also served as Treasury representative in the office of ACT Chief Minister Rosemary Follett. Dr. Allbon spent seven years in ACT Health before becoming Chief Executive of the Department in 2000. In addition to health policy and funding, she managed areas responsible for people with a disability, drug and alcohol and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues. She also gained experience in the housing arena as ACT Commissioner for Housing when responsibility for housing was merged with Health for a 12 month period.

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