Noel Tanzer | |
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Secretary of the Department of the Arts and Administrative Services | |
In office 24 March 1993 –19 December 1993 | |
Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services | |
In office 1 March 1989 –24 March 1993 | |
Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs | |
In office 18 December 1986 –1 March 1989 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Noel John Tanzer 16 November 1931 |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Public servant |
Noel John Tanzer, AC (born 16 November 1931) is a retired senior Australian public servant and policymaker.
Noel Tanzer was born on 16 November 1931. [1]
Tanzer began his career in the Commonwealth Public Service in 1949,serving for 17 years in Brisbane. [2]
In 1980 and 1981 he was serving as a senior assistant commissioner in the management systems and efficiency division of the Public Service Board. [3] [4]
Tanzer was appointed Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs in 1986. [5] Immediately prior to his Veterans' Affairs appointment,he had been a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Social Security. [6]
He moved to the Department of Administrative Services in 1989. [7] His task was to have the department operate in accordance with commercial principles. [8] He also aimed to improve departmental services to customers. [9] He restructured 17 separate departmental units into four programs,and offered redundancy packages to downsize the department, [8] reducing staffing numbers by more than 1000. [10] The new structure Tanzer established saw much of the department run on commercial lines and funded on a trust-account basis. [11]
Tanzer retired from the public service in 1993,his final appointment was as Secretary of the Department of the Arts and Administrative Services. [12] As head of the Department,he was responsible for handling more than $2 billion in revenue. [13]
In 1994,Tanzer was appointed as a consultant to the law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques. [14]
Tanzer was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1994. [15]
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