Edward Alfred Evans AC (4 March 1941 – 12 April 2020) was an Australian senior public servant and economist.
[3][4] One of his colleagues in his student honours group in the University of Queensland in 1967 was Adrian Pagan who later became a well-known Australian academic economist.
[11] Later, following the Asian financial crisis in 1998, he took part in public discussions about economic challenges in Asia and the implications for Australia.
[15] In 2013, Evans was outspoken over the sacking of Martin Parkinson and three other public service secretaries, saying that the Abbott government was wasting good people and politicising the bureaucracy.
[18] Treasurer Josh Frydenberg recalled that "It was his powerful advocacy and intellectual leadership which was behind many of the key economic reforms in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
The floating of the dollar, the deregulation of the financial sector, labour market flexibility and the development and implementation of the goods and services tax were all shaped by Ted's contributions.
"[19] In June 1999, Evans was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in recognition of service to Australian economic policy development.