Garry John Alfred Payne AM is a former New South Wales senior public servant and local government administrator.
Payne joined the NSW Public Service on 2 April 1962, when he was appointed as a clerk in the Forestry Commission of New South Wales.
[3][4] He then moved in September 1973 to the Ministry of Cultural Activities and returned to the Public Service Board as an inspector in October 1974.
[5][6] During his periods with the Public Service Board, Payne also served on two occasions as Secretary of the Art Gallery of NSW.
In the 2006 Australia Day Honours list Payne was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "For service to public sector governance in New South Wales through the development and implementation of accounting, policy and legislative reforms relating to the business and administrative operations of local government councils".