List of commissioners of the Australian Public Service
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The Australian Public Service Commissioner is an official appointed by the Australian Government to take a leading role ensuring the Australian Public Service has adequate organisational and workforce capability.[1] Until 1987 the Australian Public Service Commission was called the Public Service Board.
List of commissioners
[edit]Inaugural Public Service Commissioner
[edit]Original appointments to the Public Service Board (1923)
[edit]- William Skewes (1923–1931)[5]
- John Patrick McGlinn (1923–1930)
- Brudenell White (1923–1928)
Commissioners on the Public Service Board
[edit]- John McLaren (1928)[6][7]
- William Clemens (1929–1931)
Sole Public Service Commissioners
[edit]- William Clemens (1931–1937)[8]
- Frank Thorpe (1937–1947)[9]
Chairmen of the Public Service Board
[edit]- William Dunk (1947–1960)[10]
- Frederick Wheeler (1961–1971)
- Alan Cooley (1971–1977)
- Mick Shann (1977–1978
- William Cole (1978–1983)
- Peter Wilenski (1983–1987)[11]
Australian Public Service Commissioners
[edit]- John Enfield (1987–1990)
- Dennis Ives (1990–1995)
- Peter Shergold (1995–1998)
- Helen Williams (1998–2002)
- Andrew Podger (2002–2004)
- Lynelle Briggs (2004–2009)
- Steve Sedgwick (2009–2014)
- John Lloyd (2014–2018)[12]
- Peter Woolcott (2018–2023)
- Gordon de Brouwer (2023–)
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Public Service Commission, About the Australian Public Service Commissioner, Australian Government, archived from the original on 28 February 2015
- ^ "Public Service Commissioner. Mr. McLachlan retiring". The Argus. Melbourne, Victoria. 30 September 1915. p. 6.
- ^ Nethercote, J.R. (2 February 2015). "Wise appointment: John Lloyd equipped to tackle the public service's neglected problems". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "Federal Service. Retirement of Mr. McLachlan". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 May 1916. p. 5.
- ^ "Public Service. Federal Board Appointed". The Maitland Weekly Mercury. 9 June 1923. p. 14.
- ^ "Public Service Board. Mr. J. G. McLaren Second Member". The Canberra Times. 23 June 1928. p. 4.
- ^ "Public Service. Secretaries Transferred". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 December 1928. p. 18.
- ^ "Public Service Board: Mr. Clemens to Act Alone". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 15 May 1931. p. 7.
- ^ "Mr. F.G. Thorpe: P.S. Commissioner Cabinet Appointment". The Canberra Times. 10 February 1937. p. 2.
- ^ "Mr. Dunk appointed Chairman of Public Service Board". The Canberra Times. 6 February 1947. p. 2.
- ^ Mitcham, Chad. "Peter Stephen Wilenski (1939–1994)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
- ^ Thomson, Phillip (12 December 2014). "John Lloyd new Public Service Commissioner". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2015.