Ms Sam Reinhardt commenced as Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group in August 2022.
In this role, Sam provides advice to the government on the Budget, fiscal strategy, and policy proposals across all portfolios with a view to achieving sustainable and effective economic outcomes. She also manages relations with state and territory treasuries.
During her career, Sam has worked across a range of areas in the public service, including on the secretariat for the Henry Tax Review; as the Division Head of the Foreign Investment and Trade Policy Division, the Commonwealth-State Relations Division, and Corporate and International Tax Division. Sam worked at the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources leading the Northern Australia and Major Projects Division and prior to taking up the role of Deputy Secretary in Treasury, Sam was the Head of Office at the Productivity Commission.
Sam has worked in a number of roles outside the public service, including at the Cape York Institute under Noel Pearson, in the Papua New Guinean Treasury and as Julia Gillard’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Adviser.
Sam holds a master degree in development economics from the Crawford School at the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Economics and Political Science from the Australian National University.