Tom Hayes (public servant)
{{Short description|Australian public servant}}
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| office1 = Secretary of the Department of Business and Consumer Affairs
| term_start1 = 14 March 1982
| term_end1 = 7 May 1982
| office2 = Secretary of the Department of Industry and Commerce
| term_start2 = 7 May 1982
| term_end2 = 13 December 1984
| office3 = Secretary of the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce
| term_start3 = 13 December 1984
| term_end3 = 12 March 1985
| office4 = Comptroller-General of the Australian Customs Service
| term_start4 = 1 July 1985
| term_end4 = 1988
| birth_name = Thomas Plunkett Hayes
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Thomas Plunkett Hayes {{post-nominals|country=AUS|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.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126866128|title=New head|date=17 December 1981|page=2|newspaper=The Canberra Times}} He transitioned into a new position as head of the Department of Industry and Commerce in May 1982,{{cite press release|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=5816|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202021823/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=5816|archive-date=2 December 2013|title=Appointment of Permanent Heads to new Departments|first=Malcolm|last=Fraser|author-link=Malcolm Fraser|date=11 May 1982}} which was described in media as "because of changes in administrative arrangements... mostly his old department".{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126895071|title=Four PS heads change|first=Jack|last=Waterford|author-link=Jack Waterford|date=12 May 1982|page=1|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}
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. {{citation|title=CA 4132: Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce, Central Office|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+4132|publisher=National Archives of Australia|access-date=18 February 2015}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122525135|title=Head of reorganised department|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=24|date=28 August 1985}} At the time, Hayes said the Customs service required the full-time attention of its top executive.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122502805|title=Two new department heads named: New Customs service part of PS changes|first=Kerry|last=Coyle|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=13 March 1985|page=1}}
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).{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102067314|title=Customs head for top Brussels job|page=2|newspaper=The Canberra Times|first=Philip|last=Hobbs|date=2 September 1988}}
Awards
Hayes was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in June 1992 for service to international organisations, and for his public service.{{Cite web|title=Mr Thomas Plunkett Hayes|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/884977|access-date=2021-07-20|website=It's An Honour}}
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