Blair Comley
Blair is the General Manager of the Treasury's Business Tax Division. Blair previously worked in tax policy during the tax reform of 1997 to 2000, including as General Manager of the Indirect Tax Division. Blair has recently returned from three years in Paris where he represented Australia on economic matters as the Minister (Economic) at the Australian delegation to the OECD. Blair has also held other senior positions in the Treasury portfolio including as the General Manager of both the Macroeconomic Policy Division and the Debt Management Review Team and as the Acting Chief Executive Officer the Australian Office of Financial Management. Blair has also worked on competition policy, environment policy and welfare reform while at the Treasury. Before joining the Treasury in 1994, Blair worked at the Industry Commission and was a lecturer in the Department of Economics at Monash University. Blair holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and a Master of Economics from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies from the Australian National University.
