Appendix D: Advisory Committee Members and Consultants

Discovery of Documents in Federal Courts

Advisory committee members

• Robert Alexander, General Counsel, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, Canberra
• Dr Peter Cashman, Director, Social Justice Program, University of Sydney, Sydney
• Stuart Clark, Chief Operating Officer, Clayton Utz, Sydney
• The Hon Justice Ray Finkelstein, Federal Court of Australia, Melbourne
• David Gaszner, Thomsons Lawyers, Adelaide
• Sue Laver, General Counsel, Telstra, Melbourne
• Catherine Leslie, Special Counsel Tax Litigation, Australian Government Solicitor, Sydney
• The Hon Kevin Lindgren QC, formerly a judge of the Federal Court of Australia
• Bernard Murphy, Maurice Blackburn, Melbourne
• Professor Les McCrimmon, School of Law and Business, Charles Darwin University, Darwin
• Professor Christine Parker, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
• Matt Minogue, A/g First Assistant Secretary, International Crime Cooperation Division, Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Commonwealth Laws and Family Violence

Advisory roundtable

• Justice Susan Kenny, Federal Court of Australia, Melbourne
• Justice Berna Collier, Federal Court of Australia, Brisbane
• Justice Nahum Mushin, Family Court of Australia, Melbourne
• Professor Terry Carney, Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney
• Toni Brown, Director, Parent Support Services, Child Support Program, Department of Human Services
• Ludo McFerran, Project Officer, Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse

Expert panel members

Child support

• Prem Aleema, Director, Child Support Team, Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
• Cameron Brown, Director, Cross Payment Management, Income Support Programs Branch, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
• Sally Cole, Solicitor, Legal Aid NSW
• Jennifer Cooke, First Assistant Secretary, Program Management, Child Support Agency
• Lee Hansen, Principal Solicitor, Welfare Rights Centre
• Professor Patrick Parkinson, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
• Professor Bruce Smyth, Australian National University

Employment

• Catherine Davis, Women’s Committee, Australian Council of Trade Unions and Women’s Officer, Australian Education Union
• David Gregory, Director Workplace Policy, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Therese MacDermott, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School
• Ludo McFerran, Project Officer, Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse
• Sarah McKinnon, Principal Government Lawyer, Bargaining and Coverage Branch, Workplace Relations Legal Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Migration

• Professor Mary Crock, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
• Robert Day, Director, Family Section, Family and Health Policy Branch, Department of Immigration and Citizenship
• Chris Yuen, then Principal Solicitor, Immigration Advice and Rights Centre Inc

Social Security

• Cameron Brown, Director, Cross Payment Management, Income Support Programs Branch, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
• Professor Terry Carney, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
• Jennifer Cooke, First Assistant Secretary, Program Management, Child Support Agency
• Paul Cramer, Section Manager, Communities NSW/ACT, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Alison Frame, First Assistant Secretary, Social Policy Delivery and Planning, Department of Human Services
• Lee Hansen, Principal Solicitor, Welfare Rights Centre
• Justine Jones, Director, Social Support Team, Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman

Superannuation

• Tom Garcia, Policy and Regulatory Manager, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees
• David Graus, General Manager Policy and Industry Practice, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia
• Tony Keir, Senior Policy Adviser, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia
• Michelle Levy, Law Council of Australia Superannuation Committee (Legal Practice Section) and Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques