Malcolm Hazell
{{Short description|Australian public servant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Malcolm John Hazell
|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=|CVO|AO}}
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|office = 9th Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia
|monarch = Elizabeth II
|governor-general = Peter Hollingworth (2003)
Michael Jeffery (2003–08)
|deputy =
|term_start = 9 May 2003
|term_end = 4 September 2008
|predecessor = Martin Bonsey
|successor = Stephen Brady
|birthname = Malcolm John Hazell
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|12|17|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland
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|death_place =
|spouse = Rhondda née Scells
|alma_mater = University of Queensland (BA)
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Malcolm John Hazell {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=|CVO|AO}} (born 17 December 1948), is a 21st-century Australian public servant, who served as Official Secretary to two Governors-General of Australia, the Rt Revd Dr Peter Hollingworth (2003) and Major General Michael Jeffery (2003–2008).
Early life
He was born in 1948 to WWII veteran, Neville John Hazell (1921–2008) and WRAN writer Joan Nell née Ekelund (1924–2016),[https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/72573/joan-hazell/ www.smh.com.au] who married at St John's Cathedral, Parramatta in 1945.{{cite web|url=http://0-www.connectweb.com.au.library.newcastle.edu.au/view-biography.aspx?pid=14370&p=WWA|title=Malcolm John Hazell|accessdate=7 July 2014|work=Who's Who in Australia Online|publisher=Connect Web}} {{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=44964|title=Hazell, Neville John|accessdate=7 July 2014|work=World War II Nominal Roll|publisher=Department of Veterans' Affairs}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=N&veteranId=1122668|title=Hazell, Joan Nell|accessdate=7 July 2014|work=World War II Nominal Roll|publisher=Department of Veterans' Affairs}} Hazell was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane and then the University of Queensland,{{cite book|last=Mason|first=James|title=Churchie: The Centenary Register|year=2011|publisher=The Anglican Church Grammar School|location=Brisbane, Australia|isbn=978-0-646-55807-3}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2009/06/queens-birthday-honours-uq-staff-alumni|title=Queen's Birthday honours to UQ staff, alumni|website=UQ News}} graduating BA (Hons).
Career
In 1974, Hazell joined Australian Public Service with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), holding policy advising positions. He then worked on parliamentary and government matters and international relations, becoming Head of the Cabinet Secretariat from 1996 to 1998. As Head of the Office of Ceremonial and Hospitality, he supervised many arrangements, including the Australian Bicentenary celebrations in 1988, and served as Commonwealth Director of Royal Visits to Australia.
Seconded by Max Moore-Wilton as Senior Government Adviser to the Office of Prime Minister John Howard, in 2003 he became Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia, Archbishop Peter Hollingworth, and ex-officio Secretary of the Order of Australia. On Dr Hollingworth's resignation later that year, he continued to serve his successor as Governor-General, Major General Michael Jeffery.
In August 2008, there was considerable media comment when it was revealed that Jeffery's successor-designate, Quentin Bryce, had decided that she would appoint Stephen Brady as her Official Secretary when she took office on 5 September. This meant that after 30 years' experience in the Australian Public Service Hazell's job would be ending and, although he made no public comment, reportedly he was "distraught" when informed three weeks earlier by the Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Terry Moran.{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,24109879-661,00.html|title=Steve Lewis, Steady on Governor-General Quentin Bryce, staff in uproar, Herald Sun, 1 August 2008}} It was reported that Jeffery confronted Bryce about the matter when they met in Brisbane.{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24110916-1702,00.html|title=news.com.au, Next GG dumps senior adviser, 1 August 2008}} However, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd stated that neither he nor his office played any part in Bryce's decision. At the same time, Rudd recognised Bryce's right to decide who her Official Secretary should be, and said that Hazell would be offered another position within the public service.{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24111468-1248,00.html|title=news.com.au, ''Governor-General 'can pick own staff', 1 August 2008}}
Honours and appointments
Invested as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by Queen Elizabeth II on 10 May 1988 for his "services during the 1988 Royal Visit",[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1066823 It’s an Honour: CVO] Hazell was appointed a Knight of the Order of St John in 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ema.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/4D27CDCFD482B95ECA25750C0005AE18/$file/S253.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 October 2009 |archive-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612040409/http://www.ema.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/4D27CDCFD482B95ECA25750C0005AE18/$file/S253.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Honoured in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours as a Member of the Order of Australia for "services to the community and to successive Australian Governments through senior positions in the Australian Public Service, and as Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia",[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1140844 Australian Honours Search @ honours.pmc.gov.au] Hazell was invested by newly-appointed Governor-General later Dame Quentin Bryce at Government House, Canberra on 7 September 2009, being promoted Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Australia Day Honours.{{cite web|title=Australia Day 2021 Honours List|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-01/ad21_gazette_-_o_of_a.pdf|publisher=Office of the Governor-General of Australia|date=26 January 2021|accessdate=26 January 2021}}
Appointed on 11 June 2010, Hazell served as an Extra Equerry to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article7148337.ece Court Circular 11 June 2010]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Serving from 1994 until 2006 on Canberra Grammar School Board of Governors, as Chairman of the Education Committee and then as Deputy Chairman of the Board,{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgs.act.edu.au/simon_murray_blog/headmasters_speeches/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013170405/http://www.cgs.act.edu.au/simon_murray_blog/headmasters_speeches/|url-status=dead|title=Headmaster's Address, Canberra Grammar School Speech Night 2006|archivedate=13 October 2008}} Hazell is also involved in community education for the Anglican Church of Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lionsclubs.org.au/ooa/Speech1.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722120220/http://lionsclubs.org.au/ooa/Speech1.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Presentation to the Order of Australia Association|archivedate=22 July 2008}}
Family
Married to Rhondda Leonie Scells,[https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/governors-program/12-may-2015 www.govhouse.qld.gov.au] daughter of Ronald Gervase Scells (1908–1982), of Taringa, Queensland, the couple have two sons.
His uncle was Mervyn Thomas Hazell {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=|OAM}} (1919–2003) and a niece is Rebecca Hazell who in 1999 married the Hon. William Howson (formerly Fiennes-Clinton).[https://www.burkespeerage.com/ www.burkespeerage.com]
References
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Sources
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080722120220/http://lionsclubs.org.au/ooa/Speech1.pdf Edited transcript of a presentation to the ACT Branch of the Order of Australia Association, 23 March 2004]
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