title: Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister (Australia)
text: # Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister (Australia)
  
  The Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Australia is the principal adviser and head of the Prime Minister's Office. The position of Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Australia was formally created by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1972 to run the political and private office of the Prime Minister.
  
  ## Powers and responsibilities
  
  The Chief of Staff is directly responsible to the Prime Minister for the management of the Prime Minister's Office and for the coordination of strategic and policy priorities.
  
  ## List of Chiefs of Staff
  
  | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Prime Minister |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Peter Wilenski | ? | ? | Whitlam |
  | Tony Eggleton | ? | ? | Fraser |
  | David Kemp | 1981 | 1981 | Fraser |
  | Sandy Hollway | 1988 | 1990 | Hawke |
  | Dennis Richardson | 1990 | 1991 | Hawke |
  | Don Russell | 1991 | 1993 | Keating |
  | Allan Hawke | 1993 | 1996 | Keating |
  | Nicole Feely | 1996 | 1997 | Howard |
  | Grahame Morris | 1997 | 1997 | Howard |
  | Arthur Sinodinos | 1997 | 2007 | Howard |
  | David Epstein | 2007 | 2008 | Rudd |
  | Alister Jordan | 2008 | 2010 | Rudd |
  | Amanda Lampe | 2010 | 2011 | Gillard |
  | Ben Hubbard | 2011 | 2013 | Gillard |
  | Peta Credlin | 2013 | 2015 | Abbott |
  | Drew Clarke | 2015 | 2017 | Turnbull |
  | Greg Moriarty | 2017 | 2017 | Turnbull |
  | Peter Woolcott | 2017 | 2018 | Turnbull |
  | John Kunkel | 2018 | 2022 | Morrison |
  | Tim Gartrell | 2022 | Incumbent | Albanese |
  