Advisory Committee

  • Michael Berry SC, President, Family Law Practitioners Association WA
  • Jackie Brady, Executive Director, Family & Relationship Services Australia, Canberra ACT
  • Michael Brandenburg, Strategy Manager, No To Violence/Men’s Referral Service, Melbourne, Victoria
  • Judge Amanda Chambers, President, Judge of the County Court of Victoria and President of the Children’s Court of Victoria
  • The Honourable Richard Chisholm AM, former Family Court of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Jeremy Culshaw, Legal Practice Director, Culshaw Miller Lawyers (WA), The Legal Advice Service (WA and SA), Perth, Western Australia
  • Sandra Elhelw-Wright, Women’s Chair, FECCA; Policy Officer, ACT Human Rights Commission, Canberra, ACT
  • Professor Belinda Fehlberg, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • Dr Stewart Fenwick, the CEO and Principal Registrar of the Federal Circuit Court, Melbourne, Victoria
  • The Honourable Justice Mary Finn, former Family Court of Australia, Canberra ACT
  • Manuela Galvao, Regional Co-ordinator Child Dispute Services, Family Court of Australia & Federal Circuit Court, Melbourne Victoria
  • Louise Glanville, Managing Director, Victoria Legal Aid, Victoria.
  • Magistrate Anne Goldsbrough, Magistrates Court of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria
  • Ms Pamela Hemphill, Executive Director, Out-of-Home Care, Department for Child Protection, Adelaide, South Australia
  • Dr Victoria Hovane, Tjallara Consulting, Perth
  • Wendy Kayler-Thomson, Partner, Accredited Family Law Specialist, Forte Family Lawyers, Melbourne, Victoria
  • Michael Kearney SC, Waratah Chambers, Sydney, NSW
  • Angela Lynch, Women’s Legal Service, Brisbane, Queensland
  • Emma Malone, Clinical Psychologist, Carinity Communities – Talera, Brisbane
  • Corina Martin, CEO, Aboriginal Family Law Services Western Australia
  • Commissioner Megan Mitchell, National Children’s Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commissioner, Sydney, NSW
  • His Hon Judge Matthew Myers, Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Family Law Pathways Network, Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Sydney, NSW
  • Dr Heather Nancarrow, CEO ANROWS, Sydney, NSW
  • The Honourable Richard O’Brien, Family Court of Australia, Perth, Western Australia
  • Jaquie Palavra, Managing Solicitor, Family Law Section, Northern Territory, Legal Aid Commission, Darwin, Northern Territory
  • Nicole Rich, Executive Director, Family Youth & Children’s Law (Gippsland Region), Victoria Legal Aid, Melbourne, Victoria
  • Glenn R.Thompson OAM, Partner, Newnhams Solicitors, Sydney
  • Professor John Tobin, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Victoria
  • The Honourable Justice Garry Watts, Family Court of Australia, Sydney, NSW
  • Her Hon Judge Jillian Williams, Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria