Graham Glenn

Graham Glenn
Graham Glenn; AO
Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services
	In office; 24 July 1987 – 1 March 1989
Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations
	In office; 1 March 1989 – 6 March 1992
Personal details
Born	Graham Gordon Glenn; 30 July 1933
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Public servant

Graham Gordon Glenn AO (born 30 July 1933) is a former senior Australian public servant.

Career

Graham Glenn joined the Commonwealth public service in 1950 as a cadet in the Department of Trade and Customs.[1]

Glenn was appointed Commissioner of the Public Service Board as in 1984,[2] having been with the Board since 1958 and previously having served as Deputy Commissioner starting in 1977.[1]

In July 1987, Glenn was appointed Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Administrative Services,[3] serving in that role until March 1989 when he was to become the Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations.[4] He was head of Industrial Relations until March 1992,[5] </ref> In 1995, Glenn was appointed Chair of the ACT Bushfire Task Force, responsible for reviewing practices for bushfire fuel management in the ACT and for recommending appropriate policies and practices for future bushfire fuel management.[6]

Awards

In January 1993, Glenn was made an Officer of the Order of Australia.[7] He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 for service to Australian society through public service leadership.[8]

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gollark: ...

gollark: If you define "objective" as "you can test this against reality", then yes.

gollark: Some theories have better evidence than others, they're never *definitely true*.

gollark: Well, I'm fairly sure you're wrong.

References

Juddery, Bruce (19 December 1977). "New appointment to PSB". The Canberra Times. p. 7.
"PSB position". The Canberra Times. 21 June 1984. p. 8.
CA 5983: Department of Administrative Services [III], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 25 March 2014
Hawke, Robert (21 February 1989). "Unknown" (Press release). Archived from the original on 27 February 2014.
CA 5989: Department Industrial Relations [II], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 25 March 2014
Bushfire Task Force, archived from the original on 8 February 2014
Search Australian Honours: GLENN, Graham Gordon, Australian Government, archived from the original on 11 March 2014
Search Australian Honours: GLENN, Graham Gordon, Australian Government, archived from the original on 11 March 2014

Government offices
New title Department established	Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services 1987 – 1989	Succeeded by Noel Tanzer
Preceded by Rae Taylor	Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations 1989 – 1992	Succeeded by Michael Costello

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[Juddery-1] Juddery, Bruce (19 December 1977). "New appointment to PSB". The Canberra Times. p. 7.

[2] "PSB position". The Canberra Times. 21 June 1984. p. 8.

[NAA_CA_5983-3] CA 5983: Department of Administrative Services [III], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 25 March 2014

[4] Hawke, Robert (21 February 1989). "Unknown" (Press release). Archived from the original on 27 February 2014.

[NAA_CA_5989-5] CA 5989: Department Industrial Relations [II], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 25 March 2014

[6] Bushfire Task Force, archived from the original on 8 February 2014

[7] Search Australian Honours: GLENN, Graham Gordon, Australian Government, archived from the original on 11 March 2014

[8] Search Australian Honours: GLENN, Graham Gordon, Australian Government, archived from the original on 11 March 2014