Crawford, Peter John (1940 - )

Summary

Peter Crawford's early career in chemical research was followed by senior international and Australian government roles in the areas of science, environment, and water management. He led the OECD program in Paris on international chemicals control and on his return to Australia headed the NSW Pollution Control Commission, then Sydney Water and, later, the NSW Healthy Rivers Commission. He also had periods as CEO of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in South Australia and as CEO of the Australian defence and communications company AWA Ltd. He served as Chair of the NSW Water Audit, 1984; Chair of National Energy Roundtable, 1988; Member, Commonwealth Secretariat Panel on Restructuring the Public Sector of South Africa, 1995; and as advisor to the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service (1995-97). In his late career he undertook post graduate study in politics, leading to a book on water management in Australia, Japan and China.

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Chronology

1962

Education - BSc (Hons 1), University of New England, New South Wales

1966

Education - PhD, Australian National University - Kinetic Studies of an Interfacial Polycondensation Reaction

1966 - 1967

Career position - Fellow, Max Planck Institüt für Physikalische Chemie, Gottingen Germany

1967 - 1968

Career position - Research Chemist, du Pont Ltd, Wilmington, Delaware

1969 - 1972

Career position - Scientific Administrator, CSIRO Headquarters, Melbourne then Canberra

1970

Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)

1972 - 1973

Career position - Australian Counsellor to OECD, Paris, France

1973 - 1974

Career position - Assistant Secretary, Commonwealth Department of Urban and Regional Development (DURD)

1974 - 1978

Career position - Acting First Assistant Secretary, Environment, Commonwealth Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development (EHCD)

1978 - 1979

Career position - Chair, Commonwealth National Advisory Committee on Chemicals, 1978-79

1979 - 1982

Career position - Division Head and Head of Chemicals Programs, Environment Directorate OEDC, Paris, France

1982 - 1983

Career position - Director, New South Wales State Pollution Control Commission

1983 - 1987

Career position - General Manager, then Managing Director, Sydney Water, New South Wales

1987

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

1987 - 1988

Career position - Managing Director, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd - AWA Limited

1988

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for public service'

1988

Career position - Chair, National Energy Roundtable, Australian Government

1989 - 1992

Career position - Director (CEO), South Australian Department of State Development and Technology

1992 - 1993

Career position - CEO, South Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet

1994 - 2003

Career position - Commissioner, Healthy Rivers Commission of New South Wales

1994 - 2003

Career position - Visiting Professor, Macquarie University, New South Wales

1995

Career position - Member, Commonwealth Secretariat Panel on Restructuring the Public Sector of South Africa

1997

Career position - Advisor to the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service

2001

Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in environmental science and technology [Centenary of Federation]

2004 - 2006

Career position - Adjunct Professor, Newcastle University, New South Wales

2017

Education - MA, University of New England - in Political and International Studies

2021

Education - PhD, University of New England - A Critique of Water Security in Australia, China and Japan

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Published resources

Books

• Crawford, Peter (ed), Managing the Environment (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service (AGPS), 1978), ix, 83 p. ; 25 cm. pp. Details
• Crawford, Peter J., Water Security at Risk in Australia, China and Japan (London: Austin Macauley Publisher, 2024), 164 pp. Details
• Crawford, Peter J. (ed), Securing healthy coastal rivers : a strategic perspective (Sydney: Healthy Rivers Commission of New South Wales, 2000), v, 99 p. ; 26 cm. pp. Details
• Crawford, Peter John, A critique of water security in Australia, China and Japan (Armidale, New South Wales: University of New England, 2020), https://rune.une.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/9b4f2017-27fe-49d0-8da0-1e3bdf4db301/content. Details