Tom Hayes (public servant)

Tom Hayes AO
Secretary of the Department of Business and Consumer Affairs
In office 14 March 1982 – 7 May 1982
Secretary of the Department of Industry and Commerce
In office 7 May 1982 – 13 December 1984
Secretary of the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce
In office 13 December 1984 – 12 March 1985
Comptroller-General of the Australian Customs Service
In office 1 July 1985 – 1988
Personal details
Born	Thomas Plunkett Hayes
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Public servant

Thomas Plunkett "Tom" Hayes AO is a retired senior Australian public servant, best known for his time at the Australian Customs Service.

Life and career

Hayes was appointed to the position of Secretary of the Department of Business and Consumer Affairs starting in March 1982.^[1] He transitioned into a new position as head of the Department of Industry and Commerce in May 1982,^[2] which was described in media as "because of changes in administrative arrangements... mostly his old department".^[3]

In 1984, the Department of Industry and Commerce was abolished, and replaced with the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce, and Hayes moved into the new Department in the Secretary position. ^[4]

When the Australian Customs Service was established in 1985, splitting out from the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce, Hayes was appointed its Comptroller-General.^[5] At the time, Hayes said the Customs service required the full-time attention of its top executive.^[6]

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 World Customs Organization).^[7]

Awards

Hayes was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in June 1992 for service to international organisations, and for his public service.^[8]

References

1. "New head". The Canberra Times. 17 December 1981. p. 2.
2. Fraser, Malcolm (11 May 1982). "Appointment of Permanent Heads to new Departments" (Press release). Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.
3. Waterford, Jack (12 May 1982). "Four PS heads change". The Canberra Times. p. 1.
4. CA 4132: Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 18 February 2015
5. "Head of reorganised department". The Canberra Times. 28 August 1985. p. 24.
6. Coyle, Kerry (13 March 1985). "Two new department heads named: New Customs service part of PS changes". The Canberra Times. p. 1.
7. Hobbs, Philip (2 September 1988). "Customs head for top Brussels job". The Canberra Times. p. 2.
8. "Search Australian Honours: HAYES, Thomas Plunkett, Officer of the Order of Australia", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government