Norman William Frederick Fisher (5 September 193619 February 1997) was a senior Australian public servant in

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. Fisher held many positions in the

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, including Foundation Director, Bureau of Labour Market Research (1980); Director, Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (1982); Deputy Commissioner, Public Service Board (1986); Director, ACT Institute of Technical and Further Education 1988–1993; and again from 1993 until his retirement in 1997. He was founding Director of the Australian International Hotel School.

Awards and honours

Fisher was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia on 9 June 1986 "in recognition of service in the fields of labour market research and public administration". In 2001, a street in the

suburb of

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was named Norman Fisher Circuit in Fisher's honour.

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