The Hon Justice Berna Collier
Part-time Commissioner
Justice Collier was appointed a part-time Commissioner of the ALRC for a term of three years on 2 October 2007.
She has been a judge of the Federal Court of Australia, based in Brisbane, since February 2006. Prior to this she was one of three national Commissioners of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, a position she held from 5 November 2001, and a director of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority from November 2001 until June 2003.
Justice Collier has written widely in relation to aspects of insolvency and commercial law and medico-legal practice. From July 1997 until February 2006 she was Clayton Utz Professor of Commercial Law at Queensland University of Technology. She is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland. Justice Collier was awarded the Centenary Medal for service to Australian society through corporate regulation in recognition of her work in this area.