Career
After completing his honours degree,Harris transferred to Canberra,initially with the Taxation Department,before moving to the Department of Trade,where he began working closely with (later Sir) John Crawford,who facilitated his gaining a Public Service Fellowship at the Australian National University which enabled Harris to undertake a PhD.
In 1962 Harris joined the then Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAE),now the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES),initially as the senior economist. Taking leave from the BAE in 1967-68,Harris worked with the Colombian government on land reform as part of the Harvard Advisory Service [3] mission there. He returned to Australia in mid-1968 to take up the position of Director,BAE,where he was considered to have “contributed to the development of a more professional approach to policy analysis in the BAE.”He also initiated the annual Agricultural Outlook Conference,which continues to this day. [4] [5]
Between 1972 and 1975 Harris was a Deputy Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade. [6] During his time in the public service,Harris contributed to a number of major government inquiries,such as The Committee of Economic Enquiry (Vernon Report,1965). [7] [8] In 1974 he led the working group that produced the report on The Principles of Rural Policy in Australia in 1974 [9] which attracted attention from the academic and policy community at the time. [10] In the following year,Harris chaired the Task Force on Economic Policy,which published the report The Processes of Economic Policy Making in Australia (as part of the Royal Commission on Australian Government). [11] . The Task Force also included noted economists Ian Castles and Robert Gregory as members.
In 1975,Harris moved to the Australian National University where he was appointed to the Chair of Resource Economics in the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES,later renamed the Fenner School of Environment and Society). [12] He took on the position of Director of the Centre from 1982 to 1984. [13]
Harris was appointed secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in September 1984 . [1] In 1986,he published a major report on the role of the DFA in his Review of Australia's Overseas Representation. [14] Harris then oversaw the transition in administrative arrangements in which the Department of Foreign Affairs was reorganised and the expanded Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was established. Harris retired as secretary of the department in 1988. [16]
After leaving the public service,Harris returned to academic life at the ANU,as Professor of International Relations,specialising in Northeast Asia,particularly China. In 1989,Harris was one of the three chairs appointed to lead the Ecologically Sustainable Development Process,commissioned by the Hawke Government. Based on extensive consultation the chairs presented 9 sectoral papers in 1991 and two further reports on intersectoral issues and greenhouse in 1992. [17]
Since his retirement in 1996,Harris has continued research on China's foreign policy [18] and global relationships as an Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University. [6] [19]
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