Norman William Frederick FisherAM (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".[1]
In 2001, a street in the
Canberra suburb of
Bruce was named Norman Fisher Circuit in Fisher's honour.[2]