Career
Born in Street Leonards, he became a lawyer and was admitted to the New South Wales Supreme Court in 1972. In 1979, Dyer was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Labor member following the resignation of John Ducker. In 1988 he entered the shadow ministry as Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Services.
He was shifted to Housing in 1989 and to Family, Community and Disability Services in 1991.
Dyer retired in 2003. He is the Convenor of the Evatt Foundation"s Democracy and Human Rights Committee.
In 2011, Brad Hazzard NSW Minister for Planning appointed Dyer as a Joint Chair of a Review of the NSW Planning System together with former NSW Environment Minister Tim Moore. In December 2011, he and Mr Moore released an Issues Paper based on an extensive, statewide community and stakeholder consultation process.
After consideration of the more than 600 submissions to the Issues Paper (and earlier submissions), Volume 1 (Major Issues) and Volume 2 (Other Issues) of their Review Paper with recommendations for a new planning system in NSW were prepared and provided to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure.
On Saturday 14 July 2012 the Minister released Mr Moore and Mr Dyer"s Review Report, The Way Ahead for Planning in NSW Volume 1 (Major Issues) and Volume 2 (Other Issues), together with the Government"s initial response to the Review, A New Planning System for NSW - Green Paper. The release of these papers marks the end of their work on the Review.
