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Christopher Conybeare is a retired Australian senior public servant.

Career

He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney University. He is the son of Judge Theo Conybeare QC.

Conybeare began his Commonwealth Public Service career in 1965 at the Department of External Affairs (later Foreign Affairs. There he held various positions, including postings in London, Bonn and Manila. In 1980 Conybeare joined the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Conybeare was appointed Secretary of the Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (later Immigration and Ethnic Affairs in 1990. He remained Permanent Head of the Immigration department until 1996, when he was one of six Secretaries removed from their roles by the newly elected Howard government.

Notes

1. NSBHS Leaving Certificate 1959
2. ^ Hawke, Robert (10 April 1990). "APPOINMNET OF SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ETHNIC AFAIRS[sic]" (Press release). Archived from the original on 10 December 2013.
3. CA 5988: Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 12 January 2014
4. CA 7662: Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [II], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 12 January 2014
5. Tedeschi, Claire (4 May 1996). "A sharp end to a life of service: Chris Conybeare speaks frankly about the abrupt end of his 31 year public service career". The Canberra Times.
6. Nethercote, J.R. (7 December 2010). "Memoirs suggest servants are ever overlooked". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media.

References and further reading

• Schroder, Philippa (9 December 1995). "Walking the talk: A new breed of leader in the Australian Public Service". The Canberra Times.

• Living people
• Secretaries of the Australian Government Immigration Department
• Australian diplomats
• People educated at North Sydney Boys High School
• Conybeare family