List of commissioners of the Australian Public Service

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

Inaugural Public Service Commissioner

  • Duncan McLachlan (1902–1916)[2][3][4]

Original appointments to the Public Service Board (1923)

  • William Skewes (1923–1931)[5]
  • John Patrick McGlinn (1923–1930)
  • Brudenell White (1923–1928)

Commissioners on the Public Service Board

  • John McLaren (1928)[6][7]
  • William Clemens (1929–1931)

Sole Public Service Commissioners

  • William Clemens (1931–1937)[8]
  • Frank Thorpe (1937–1947)[9]

Chairmen of the Public Service Board

  • 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

  • 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

  1. ^ Australian Public Service Commission, About the Australian Public Service Commissioner, Australian Government, archived from the original on 28 February 2015
  2. ^ "Public Service Commissioner. Mr. McLachlan retiring". The Argus. Melbourne, Victoria. 30 September 1915. p. 6.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Federal Service. Retirement of Mr. McLachlan". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 May 1916. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Public Service. Federal Board Appointed". The Maitland Weekly Mercury. 9 June 1923. p. 14.
  6. ^ "Public Service Board. Mr. J. G. McLaren Second Member". The Canberra Times. 23 June 1928. p. 4.
  7. ^ "Public Service. Secretaries Transferred". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 December 1928. p. 18.
  8. ^ "Public Service Board: Mr. Clemens to Act Alone". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 15 May 1931. p. 7.
  9. ^ "Mr. F.G. Thorpe: P.S. Commissioner Cabinet Appointment". The Canberra Times. 10 February 1937. p. 2.
  10. ^ "Mr. Dunk appointed Chairman of Public Service Board". The Canberra Times. 6 February 1947. p. 2.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.