Charles Halton (public servant)

Charles Christopher Halton CBE (4 March 1932 – 16 October 2013) was a senior Australian public servant.

Charles Halton
CBE
Director-General of the Department of Civil Aviation
In office
30 September 1973 – 30 November 1973
Secretary of the Department of Transport
In office
5 November 1973 – 7 May 1982
Secretary of the Department of Defence Support
In office
7 May 1982 – 13 December 1984
Secretary of the Department of Communications
In office
1 February 1986 – 24 July 1987
Personal details
Born
Charles Christopher Halton

(1932-03-04)4 March 1932
Yorkshire, Northern England
Died16 October 2013(2013-10-16) (aged 81)
NationalityAustralia Australian
SpouseShirley
ChildrenJane, David and Philip
OccupationPublic servant

Life and career

Charles Halton was born on 4 March 1932 in Yorkshire, Northern England.[1]

As an engineer in England in the 1950s and 60s, Halton was associated with the development of the Concorde and the guidance system of the Bristol Bloodhound.[1][2]

Gough Whitlam appointed Halton Secretary of the Department of Transport in 1973, and Halton and his family moved to Canberra from Canada where they had lived since 1969.[3][4] The Halton family stayed in Canberra, with Charles Halton appointed to further senior positions in the Australian Public Service, as Secretary of the Department of Defence Support (1982-84), as Chairman leading a taskforce on Youth Allowance Administration (1984–85) and as Secretary of the Department of Communications (1986–87).[2]

Awards

Charles Halton was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1983.[2]

References
  1. Waterford, Jack (29 October 2013). "Mathematician figured it all out as Australia's first federal transport tsar". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.
  2. Hawke, Robert (23 July 1985). "Untitled" (Press release). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.
  3. Davidson, Gay (26 September 1973). "Canadian to head amalgam of DCA, Transport". The Canberra Times. ACT. p. 1.
  4. Malone, Paul (November 2006), "Chapter 19: Taking the 'Hospital Pass' – Jane Halton, Department of Health and Ageing", Australian Department Heads Under Howard: Career Paths and Practice (Collected articles from the Canberra Times), ANU E Press and ANZSOG, ISBN 1-920942-83-1, archived from the original on 11 January 2014

References and further reading
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