Thomas Plunkett Hayes is a retired senior Australian public servant, best known for his time at the

Australian Customs Service The Australian Customs Service was an Government of Australia, Australian Government agency responsible for Australian border protection, duties and taxes between 1985 and 2009. The Service was first under the portfolio of the Department of Indus ...

Life and career

Hayes was appointed to the position of

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of the

Department of Business and Consumer Affairs The Department of Business and Consumer Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between December 1975 and May 1982. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be f ...

starting in March 1982. He transitioned into a new position as head of the Department of Industry and Commerce in May 1982, which was described in media as "because of changes in administrative arrangements... mostly his old department". In 1984, the Department of Industry and Commerce was abolished, and replaced with the

Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce The Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce was an Australian government department that existed between December 1984 and March 1993. History The Department was created by the Hawke Government in December 1984, a substantial ...

, and Hayes moved into the new Department in the Secretary position. When the

was established in 1985, splitting out from the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce, Hayes was appointed its Comptroller-General. At the time, Hayes said the Customs service required the full-time attention of its top executive. In 1988, Hayes left his position at the Australian Customs Service to take up the post of Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council in Brussels (now known as the

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Awards

Hayes was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in June 1992 for service to international organisations, and for his public service.

References

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