Rae Taylor | |
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Secretary of the Department of Employment and Youth Affairs | |
In office 13 December 1978 –7 May 1982 | |
Secretary of the Department of Transport and Construction | |
In office 7 May 1982 –11 March 1983 | |
Acting Secretary of the Department of Housing and Construction | |
In office 11 March 1983 –2 May 1983 | |
Secretary of the Department of Transport | |
In office 11 March 1983 –10 February 1986 | |
Secretary of the Department of Aviation | |
In office 10 February 1986 –24 July 1987 | |
Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations | |
In office 24 July 1987 –1 March 1989 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rae Martin Taylor 1935 |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | University of Sydney (BEc) |
Occupation | Public servant |
Rae Martin Taylor AO (born 1935) is a retired senior Australian public servant and policymaker.
Taylor is a University of Sydney graduate,with a bachelor's degree in Economics (with honours). [1]
Rae Taylor joined the Commonwealth Public Service at the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics in 1956. [2] He subsequently was employed in the Department of Primary Industry,the Department of Trade and Industry,the Department of Territories and the Department of Housing. [2] In 1969 Taylor joined the Department of Shipping and Transport,becoming a Deputy Secretary of the Department in 1975. [2]
Taylor was appointed to his first Secretary role in December 1978,becoming head of the Department of Employment and Youth Affairs. [2]
In May 1982,Taylor was shifted to a position as head of the Department of Transport and Construction. [3] After the Hawke Government was elected in the 1983 federal election,Taylor was retained in only an acting role overseeing Commonwealth construction functions,becoming Acting Secretary of the Department of Housing and Construction. [4] and Secretary of the Department of Transport. [5]
Between February 1986 and July 1987,Taylor was Secretary of the Department of Aviation. [6]
Taylor's final Secretary appointment was as head of the Department of Industrial Relations between July 1987 and March 1989. [7]
In 1994,Taylor was appointed Board Chairman of the National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd. [8]
In 1999 he was appointed Chairman of a steering group to oversee the second stage review of the Commonwealth Navigation Act. [9]
Taylor was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in January 1987 for his public service. [10]
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Rae M Taylor, AO Chairperson. Age 58; member of the resources committee. Qualifications BEc(Hons) Experience Appointed Board Chairman January 1994; previously managing director, Australia Post; secretary to the Department of Aviation; secretary to the Department of Employment and Youth Affairs and secretary to the Department of Transport and Construction; part -time commissioner of the Australian Shipping Commission.