Tanya Thornton

Tanya Thornton currently serves as the Assistant Director Employee Relations at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, a position held since March 2023. Prior to this role, Tanya Thornton was the Assistant Director Workplace Relations at the Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs from February 2018 to March 2023. Additional experience includes working as part of the SES Support Unit at the Australian Department of Health from September 2016 to February 2018 and contributing to the Workplace Relations and Enterprise Agreement Project Team at the Department of Parliamentary Services from October 2010 to September 2016. Earlier in Tanya Thornton's career, positions included working with the Performance Management and Awards Team at the Australian Government Department of Human Services in 2010, serving as Pay and Conditions Manager at Indigenous Business Australia from May 2009 to May 2010, and holding the role of Senior Payroll Officer at Medicare Australia from October 2008 to May 2009.