| John Taylor | |
| Office1: | Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs |
| Term Start1: | 6 May 1981 |
| Term End1: | 29 March 1984 |
| Office2: | Commonwealth Auditor-General |
| Term Start2: | 1988 |
| Term End2: | 13 January 1995 |
| Birth Name: | John Casey Taylor |
| Birth Date: | 2 December 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne |
| Death Place: | Canberra |
| Occupation: | Public servant |
| Nationality: |  Australian |
| Spouse: | Valerie Booth (m. 1959–2011; his death) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Melbourne Australian National University |
John Casey Taylor (2 December 193014 May 2011) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs from 1981 to 1984.
John Taylor was born on 2 December 1930 in Melbourne.[1] He graduated from University of Melbourne with a degree in commerce.[2]
Taylor joined the Australian Public Service in 1952 as a clerk in the Victorian branch of the Postmaster-General's Department.[3]
Between 1974 and 1981, Taylor was a Commissioner on the Public Service Board.[4]
In 1981 he was appointed Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. In 1984 Charles Perkins, succeeded him as Secretary in the department and he was appointed Australia's Consul-General in New York.[5]
Between 1988 and 1995 he was Commonwealth Auditor-General. As Auditor-General, Taylor said he saw his main achievements as providing a much more efficient and focused service to the Australian Parliament and people, and keeping up with (if not getting ahead of) contemporary professional standards.[6]
Taylor died on 14 May 2011.
In 1990, Taylor was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for his public service.