Norman Fisher (public servant)
Quick Facts
Biography
Norman William Frederick Fisher AM (5 September 1936 – 19 February 1997) was a senior Australian public servant in Canberra.
Fisher held many positions in the Australian Public Service, including Foundation Director, Bureau of Labour Market Research (1980); Director, Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (1982); Deputy Commissioner, Public Service Board (1986); Director, ACT Institute of Technical and Further Education 1988-1993; and again from 1993 until his retirement in 1997. He was founding Director of the Australian International Hotel School.
Awards and honours
Fisher was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia on 9 June 1986 "in recognition of service in the fields of labour market research and public administration".
In 2001, a street in the Canberra suburb of Bruce was named Norman Fisher Circuit in Fisher's honour.