The Australian Public Service Commissioner is an official appointed by the
Australian Government
The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national executive government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The executive consists of the pr ...
to take a leading role ensuring the
Australian Public Service
The Australian Public Service (APS) is the federal civil service of the Commonwealth of Australia responsible for the public administration, public policy, and public services of the departments and executive and statutory agencies of the G ...
has adequate organisational and workforce capability. Until 1987 the
Australian Public Service Commission
The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) is a statutory agency of the Government of Australia, Australian Government, within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia), Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, that ...
was called the Public Service Board.
List of commissioners
Inaugural Public Service Commissioner
*Duncan McLachlan (1902–1916)
Original appointments to the Public Service Board (1923)
*William Skewes (1923–1931)
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John Patrick McGlinn (1923–1930)
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Brudenell White (1923–1928)
Commissioners on the Public Service Board
*
John McLaren (1928)
*
William Clemens (1929–1931)
Sole Public Service Commissioners
*
William Clemens (1931–1937)
*
Frank Thorpe (1937–1947)
Chairmen of the Public Service Board
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William Dunk (1947–1960)
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Frederick Wheeler (1961–1971)
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Alan Cooley (1971–1977)
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Mick Shann (1977–1978
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William Cole (1978–1983)
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Peter Wilenski (1983–1987)
Australian Public Service Commissioners
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John Enfield (1987–1990)
*Dennis Ives (1990–1995)
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Peter Shergold (1995–1998)
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Helen Williams (1998–2002)
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Andrew Podger (2002–2004)
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Lynelle Briggs (2004–2009)
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Steve Sedgwick (2009–2014)
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John Lloyd (2014–2018)
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Peter Woolcott (2018–2023)
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Gordon de Brouwer (2023–)
References
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