Lionel Barrie Woodward, (born 9 October 1942) is a retired senior Australian public servant.

Life and career

Woodward was born in Sydney on 9 October 1942. In 1982, Woodward was appointed a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, where he remained until 1985. From 1985 to 1989, Woodward was a Deputy Secretary in the

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. Between March 1989 and April 1994, Woodward was the

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of the

Department of Veterans' Affairs Veterans' affairs is an area of public policy concerned with relations between a government and its communities of military veterans. Some jurisdictions have a designated government agency or department, a Department of Veterans' Affairs, Minist ...

. Woodward was the Chief Executive Director of the

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for over a decade, between 1994 and 2005.

Awards

Woodward was made an

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

in January 1995. In 2001, he was awarded the

Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or go ...

for service as Comptroller General and later Chief Executive Officer, Australian Customs Service.

References

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