Garry Payne
Garry John Alfred Payne AM is a former New South Wales public servant and local government administrator. Payne served as Secretary and Director-General of the NSW Department of Local Government from 21 June 1991 to 1 July 2009.
Public service career
Payne joined the NSW Public Service on 2 April 1962, when he was appointed as a clerk in the Forestry Commission of New South Wales.[1][2] In 1971 he moved to the Department of Education and in November 1972 became a Clerk in the Office of the Public Service Board.[3][4] He then moved in September 1973 to the Ministry of Cultural Activities and returned to the Public Service Board as an inspector in October 1974.[5][6] In June 1976 he was appointed an Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Public Service Board and in October 1979 was appointed Chief Executive Officer (Regional Administration) in the Department of Education.[7][8] In 1982 he moved to the Department of Lands but soon returned to the Public Service Board and was appointed Director of the Administration Division in 1986 and then Director of Corporate Services in the Department of Finance in 1987.[9][10][11]
In 1989 he was appointed Registrar of Credit Unions, Friendly Societies, Co-operative Societies, and Permanent Building Societies.[12][13] In June 1991 Payne was appointed as Secretary of the Department of Local Government and then Director-General of the Department of Local Government and Co-operatives from 1 July 1991.[14] Payne was Director-General of the Department of Local Government from 6 April 1995 to the department's devolution into the Office of Local Government under the Department of Premier and Cabinet in July 2009.[15][16] As department head, Payne served several times as the administrator of local councils following their dismissal by the NSW Government, including as one of the Commissioners of the City of Sydney when it was restructured in 2004, Administrator of Tweed Shire when it was dismissed in 2005 amidst allegations of corruption, and as Administrator of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council following the resignation of Dick Persson from the role in early 2009.[17][18][19]
In the 2006 Australia Day Honours list Payne was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "For service to public sector governance in New South Wales through the development and implementation of accounting, policy and legislative reforms relating to the business and administrative operations of local government councils".[20]
References
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS ON PROBATION". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (78). New South Wales, Australia. 17 August 1962. p. 2455. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (48). New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1963. p. 1467. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "SPECIAL GAZETTE UNDER THE "PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, 1902" APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (66). New South Wales, Australia. 18 June 1971. p. 2115. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "SPECIAL GAZETTE UNDER THE "PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, 1902" APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (11). New South Wales, Australia. 19 January 1973. p. 187. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "SPECIAL GAZETTE UNDER THE "PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, 1902" APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (37). New South Wales, Australia. 29 March 1974. p. 1213. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "SPECIAL GAZETTE UNDER THE "PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, 1902" APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (115). New South Wales, Australia. 5 September 1975. p. 3659. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (81). New South Wales, Australia. 11 June 1976. p. 2598. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "SPECIAL GAZETTE UNDER THE "PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, 1902"". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (143). New South Wales, Australia. 19 October 1979. p. 5327. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "PUBLIC SERVICE ACT APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (93). New South Wales, Australia. 2 July 1982. p. 3108. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "PUBLIC SERVICE ACT APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (147). New South Wales, Australia. 19 September 1986. p. 4668. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "PUBLIC SERVICE ACT". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (48). New South Wales, Australia. 13 March 1987. p. 1395. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "CREDIT UNION ACT, 1969". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (87). New South Wales, Australia. 4 August 1989. p. 4989. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT, 1912; CO-OPERATION ACT, 1923 AND PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETIES ACT, 1967". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (87). New South Wales, Australia. 4 August 1989. p. 4989. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "SENIOR APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (97). New South Wales, Australia. 21 June 1991. p. 5005. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "SENIOR APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (97). New South Wales, Australia. 21 June 1991. p. 5005. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT ACT 1988". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (119). New South Wales, Australia. 23 August 1991. p. 7084. Retrieved 19 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Council sacked after property corruption probe". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 25 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ Caton, Peter (21 July 2006). "PAYNE QUITS". Tweed Daily News. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ↑ "Dick says he's done". Port Macquarie News. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ↑ "Mr Garry John PAYNE - Member of the Order of Australia". It's an honour database. Government of Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
Government offices | ||
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Preceded by Frederick Arnold Elliott |
Secretary of the Department of Local Government 1991 |
Department renamed |
New title | Director-General of the Department of Local Government and Co-operatives 1991 – 1995 |
Department renamed |
New title | Director-General of the Department of Local Government 1995 – 2009 |
Succeeded by as Director-General of Premier and Cabinet |
Civic offices | ||
Preceded by Lucy Turnbull as Lord Mayor of Sydney |
Commissioner of the City of Sydney 2004 Served alongside: Turnbull, Pooley |
Succeeded by Clover Moore as Lord Mayor of Sydney |
Preceded by Warren Polglase as Mayor of Tweed Shire |
Administrator of Tweed Shire Council 2005 – 2006 Served alongside: Boyd, Turnbull |
Succeeded by Frank Willan |
Preceded by Lucy Turnbull |
Administrator of Tweed Shire Council 2007 – 2008 Served alongside: Boyd, Willan |
Succeeded by Joan van Lieshout as Mayor of Tweed Shire |
Preceded by Dick Persson |
Administrator of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council 2009 – 2011 |
Succeeded by Neil Porter |