Graham Evans (public servant)

Graham Charles Evans AO (born 22 January 1943) is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker.

[7] In 1992 Evans brought defamation proceedings to the ACT Supreme Court against John Fairfax Group over an article titled 'Cosy in the Corridors of Power' that had appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald in April 1990.

[8] Evans claimed that the article implied his success in the public service was because of the patronage of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

[10][11] Evans retired from a 27-year career in the Australian Public Service in 1995, at which time he was appointed to the Board of Australia Post.

[2] In 1995 Evans was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, for service to micro-economic reform in the transport and communications fields.