Rae Taylor

Rae Taylor AO

Secretary of the Department of Employment and Youth Affairs
In office 13 December 1978 – 7 May 1982
Secretary of the Department of Transport and Construction
In office 7 May 1982 – 11 March 1983
Acting Secretary of the Department of Housing and Construction
In office 11 March 1983 – 2 May 1983
Secretary of the Department of Transport
In office 11 March 1983 – 10 February 1986
Secretary of the Department of Aviation
In office 10 February 1986 – 24 July 1987
Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations
In office 24 July 1987 – 1 March 1989

Personal details
Born	Rae Martin Taylor 1935
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Sydney (BEc)
Occupation	Public servant

Rae Martin Taylor AO (born 1935) is a retired senior Australian public servant and policymaker.

Taylor is a University of Sydney graduate, with a bachelor's degree in Economics (with honours).

Rae Taylor joined the Commonwealth Public Service at the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics in 1956. He subsequently was employed in the Department of Primary Industry, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Territories and the Department of Housing. In 1969 Taylor joined the Department of Shipping and Transport, becoming a Deputy Secretary of the Department in 1975.

Taylor was appointed to his first Secretary role in December 1978, becoming head of the Department of Employment and Youth Affairs.

In May 1982, Taylor was shifted to a position as head of the Department of Transport and Construction. After the Hawke Government was elected in the 1983 federal election, Taylor was retained in only an acting role overseeing Commonwealth construction functions, becoming Acting Secretary of the Department of Housing and Construction. and Secretary of the Department of Transport.