Simon Davey

Experience

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  South Australian Crown Solicitor’s Office

  Aug 2004 - Apr 2013

  Lawyer

  Lawyer providing advising and advocacy services to various State Government Departments and Public Sector agencies.- regulatory prosecutions for the EPA, Safework SA, Fisheries SA, Office of the Commissioner for Business Affairs, Office of the Technical Regulator.- public sector employment,- advocacy services including summary prosecution trials in the Magistrate Court, disciplinary proceedings in the District Court and various tribunals, and appeals to the Supreme Court.

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  Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia

  Sept 2008 - Jan 2013

  Providing executive level policy and strategic advice to the Minister for Sustainability, the Environment and Conservation in the principal areas of environmental regulation (the EPA), natural resources management (native vegetation, pastoral land management and water management planning) and resource recovery. Principal activities involved working on major legislative reform projects (Natural Resources Management Act), stakeholder engagement, crisis management, and advising on public sector governance and sound administrative decision making. Show less

  • Adviser to the Minister for the Environment

    Mar 2010 - Jan 2013

  • Adviser to the Minister for Industrial Relations

    Sept 2008 - Mar 2010
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  NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment

  Apr 2013 - Jun 2016

  Manager and Principal Legal Officer of the Government Law Team within the Department's Office of the General Counsel - regulatory prosecution, public sector finance and governance, administrative law, privacy, environmental/resources law, public sector employment law, parliamentary/cabinet processes and legislative reform. Lawyer in the Department of Industry's Office of the General Counsel providing advising and advocacy services to the Department in relation to the use of compliance and enforcement powers, regulatory prosecution, civil enforcement and disciplinary action for Liquor and Gaming NSW, NSW Resources and Energy and the NSW Office for Water.

  • Manager and Principal Legal Officer, Government Law Team, Office of the General Counsel

    Aug 2013 - Jun 2016

  • Lawyer, Litigation Team, Office of the General Counsel

    Apr 2013 - Aug 2013
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  NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA)

  Jan 2017 - Nov 2019

  Lawyer Providing advising and advocacy services to the EPA in relation to matters before the NSW Land and Environment Court.

  • Principal Legal Officer, Waste Crime Taskforce

    Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

  • Principal Legal Officer, Litigation Team

    Oct 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Senior Legal Officer, Litigation Team

    Jan 2017 - Sept 2017
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  Addisons

  Nov 2019 - Oct 2020

  Senior Associate, Planning and Environmental

  Senior Associate in Addison’s Environment and Planning team

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  Victorian Building Authority

  Oct 2020 - Jun 2022

  Managing Legal Counsel - Litigation and Enforcement team, Legal Services Unit

  Managing a team of lawyers supporting the VBA’s compliance, enforcement and licensing functions and managing litigation before Federal and Victorian Courts, the AAT and VCAT.

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  Victorian Department of Health

  Jun 2022 - Jun 2023

  Director, Litigation, COVID-19 Legal, Regulatory, Risk, Integrity and Legal Div

  12 month contract with the Victorian Department of Health COVID-19 legal team.

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  Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

  Apr 2024 - now

  Principal Solicitor