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Margaret
Crawford
First woman
Auditor-General
of NSW
Margaret Crawford heads the Audit Office of
NSW (est. 1824) which, under the Public Finance
and Audit Act, 1983, holds the NSW Government
accountable for its use of public resources.
Her two decade-plus experience in senior
leadership roles within the public sector extends
across large, complex public sector organisations
at Local, State and Commonwealth Government
levels, including the Victorian Department of
Human Services, the Australian Taxation Office,
the former NSW Roads and Traffic Authority and
Australia’s largest local government, Brisbane
City Council. Prior to her appointment as
Auditor-General of NSW in 2016, Ms Crawford
was Deputy Secretary, NSW Department
of Family and Community Services.
“Leadership’s not about
hierarchy or positional power.
Everyone can be a leader.
It’s about trying to be
brave and have a go—to be
courageous in order to make
a difference. But the very
biggest leadership lesson for
me was just actually to be
myself, and let people see
the real me.”
Ms Crawford’s career has spanned a diverse
range of sectors, including housing and
homelessness, community and disability services,
road transport policy and regulation, taxation
administration, and gaming regulation. She is also
a Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration
Australia (NSW).
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