The Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Australia is the principal adviser and head of the Prime Minister's Office.[The Gatekeepers: Lessons from prime ministers’ chiefs of staff] RAW Rhodes and Anne Tiernan. Melbourne University Press 2014 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.The Prime Ministers’ Chiefs The Wheeler Centre 2014 Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament HouseThe Pivot of Power: Australian Prime Ministers and Political Leadership, 1949–2016 Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
