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Appendix D: Advisory committee members and consultants

Commonwealth Laws and Family Violence

Advisory roundtable

  • Justine 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
  • Belinda Tkalcevic, Industrial Officer, Australian Council of Trade Unions
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

Expert reader

Income management

  • Emily Webster, Welfare Rights Lawyer, Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service.

Censorship and Classification

Advisory committee members

  • Dr Jeffrey Brand, Associate Dean and Head of School of Communication and Media, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bond University
  • Associate Professor Jane Burns, Chief Executive Officer, Young and Well Co-operative Research Centre
  • Simon Bush, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Home Entertainment Distributors Association
  • Simon Cordina, Assistant Secretary, Cyber-Safety and Trade, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
  • David Court, Head of the Centre for Screen Business, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
  • Ron Curry, Chief Executive Officer, Interactive Games & Entertainment Association
  • Jane Fitzgerald, Assistant Secretary, Classification Branch, Attorney-General’s Department
  • Iarla Flynn, Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google Australia and New Zealand
  • Fiona Jolly, Chief Executive Officer, Advertising Standards Bureau
  • Tom Kennedy, Executive Director, Group Digital Services, Omnilab Media
  • Bryce Menzies, Marshall + Dent Lawyers
  • Donald McDonald AC, Director, Classification Board
  • Louise McElvogue, Convergence Review Committee
  • Jonquil Ritter, Executive Director, Citizen and Community Branch, Australian Communications and Media Authority
  • Tim Watts, Regulatory Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Strategy and Corporate Services, Telstra

Expert Readers

  • Peter Coroneos, Consultant, former Chief Executive of Internet Industry Association
  • Nick Gouliaditis, Senior Lawyer, Australian Government Solicitor

Age Barriers to Work

Advisory committee members

  • Emeritus Professor Terry Carney, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
  • The Hon Justice Berna Collier, Federal Court of Australia, Brisbane
  • Anne de Salis, Director ME, Sydney
  • Anne Lampe, Freelance Journalist, Sydney
  • Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum AO, UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities , University of Sydney, Sydney
  • Therese MacDermott, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University, Sydney
  • Michael O’Neill, Chief Executive, National Seniors Australia, Brisbane
  • Professor John Piggott, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, Sydney
  • The Hon Susan Ryan AO, Age Discrimination Commissioner, Sydney
  • Professor Philip Taylor, Director, Research and Graduate Studies, Monash University, Victoria

Copyright and the Digital Economy

Advisory Committee Members

  • Charles Alexander, Partner, Minter Ellison, Sydney
  • Professor Kathy Bowrey, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Professor Tom Cochrane, QUT Chair, Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Brisbane
  • Teresa Corbin, CEO, ACANN (Consumer Group)
  • Carolyn Dalton, Executive Director, Policy Australia, Sydney
  • Henry Ergas, Consultant, Syd-Canberra
  • Patrick Fair, Baker & McKenzie and Deputy Chairman, Internet Industry Association, Sydney
  • Professor Brian Fitzgerald, Executive Dean of Law, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
  • Mia Garlick, Communications & Policy for Facebook, Sydney
  • Dr Nicholas Gruen, Chief Executive Officer, Lateral Economics, Melbourne
  • Michael Hall, Barrister, Sydney
  • Terrie Janke, Terri Janke and Company, Sydney
  • The Hon Justice Susan Kenny, Federal Court of Australia, Melbourne
  • Dr The Hon Kevin Lindgren QC, Sydney
  • Associate Professor David Lindsay, Monash University, Melbourne
  • Caroline Lovell, NBN Co, Sydney
  • Professor Martin Nakata, Director Nura Gili, Sydney
  • Matthew Minogue, First Assistant Secretary, Civil Law Division, Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra
  • Emeritus Professor Dennis Pearce AO, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers Special Counsel, Canberra
  • Fiona Phillips, Executive Director, Australian Copyright Council, Sydney
  • Professor Sam Ricketson, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
  • Ishtar Vij, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google Australia and New Zealand, Sydney
  • Associate Professor Kimberlee Weatherall, Sydney Law School, University of NSW, Sydney
  • The Hon Justice David Yates, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney