(1941-10-25) 25 October 1941 (age 82) Richmond, Victoria
Political party
Liberal Party
Alma mater
Durham University.
Occupation
Retired
Norman Henry Lacy (born 25 October 1941[1]) is an Australian former politician, who was a Victorian Government Minister from May 1979 to April 1982.
He grew up in Richmond, Victoria, and represented his state three times at national under age basketball championships. He completed university degrees in theology (Th.Schol., Australian College of Theology), sociology (B.A. Hons, Monash University) and management science (M.Sc., Durham University, UK) and had a diverse career that included periods as an apprenticed plumber, an Anglican priest, a Liberal parliamentarian, a management educator and an information technology industry executive. He was President of Self Employed Australia (formerly Independent Contractors Australia)[2] from 2008 until 2018. He is retired and lives in Wye River, Victoria.[1]
As Minister for the Arts from 1979–82, Norman Lacy was responsible for the construction of the Victorian Arts Centre and the design of its management structure, the establishment of the Australian Children's Television Foundation and the Heide Museum of Modern Art, the creation of Film Victoria, and the reconstitution of the Victorian College of the Arts. As Assistant Minister of Education and Minister for Educational Services from 1979–82, he was responsible for reforming and decentralising the administration of the Education Department of Victoria, for establishing the Special Assistance Program to deal with illiteracy and innumeracy, by training and appointing an additional 1,000 Special Assistance Resource Teachers to primary schools, for introducing a reformed Health and Human Relations Education curriculum, and for compulsory physical education in government schools.[1][3]
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