| 1962 |
Graduated
from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts |
| 1965 |
Graduated
from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Laws |
| 1965 |
Admitted
to practice at the Queensland Bar, one of the first Queensland
women admitted to the Bar |
| 1968-83 |
Part-time
tutor then lecturer at the University of Queensland Law School,
the first woman appointed to the faculty |
| 1978 |
Delegate,
Conference Rights of Children in Hospital, Washington DC, USA |
|
USA
State Department Visitor |
| 1978-81 |
Member,
National Women’s Advisory Council |
| 1982-86 |
Women’s
Representative National Committee on Discrimination in Employment
and Occupation |
| 1983 |
Convenor,
National Women’s Advisory Council |
| 1984-86 |
Founding
Director, Queensland Women’s Information Service, Office of the
Status of Women, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| 1987 |
Director,
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Queensland |
| 1988 |
Awarded
the Order of Australia, the first woman in Queensland to be
awarded the Order |
| 1992 |
Guest
Speaker, National Organisation for Women Global Conference,
Washington DC, USA |
|
Delegate,
ILO Regional meeting Women’s Employment Australia |
| 1988-92 |
Member,
Australian Delegation UN Commission Human Rights, Geneva |
|
Observer,
UN Committee on Elimination Discrimination Against Women, Vienna/New
York |
|
Delegate,
International Women’s Rights Action Watch |
|
Conferences
and Core Member Meetings, Vienna/New York |
|
Delegate,
Equal Opportunities in UK conference, London |
| 1988-1993 |
Federal
Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal
Opportunity Commission, Sydney |
| 1993 |
Keynote
Speaker, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Conference,
Johannesburg South Africa |
|
Delegate,
United Nations Human Rights Commission Regional meeting, Racism and
Racial Discrimination, Sydney |
| 1993
- 96 |
Founding
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, National Childcare
Accreditation Council, Sydney |
| 1995- |
Guest
Lecturer, University of South Korea, Seoul and Pusan University,
South Korea |
| 1995-96 |
Member,
National Alternate Dispute Resolution Advisory Council |
|
Guest
Lecturer, Ministry of Education, New Zealand |
| Present |
The
Women’s College, within the University of Sydney |
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CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS
- Chair, National Breast Cancer
Centre Advisory Council, Sydney
- President, Australian Women’s
Cricket Board, Melbourne
- Director, Plan International –
international aid and development organisation
- Director, Young Women’s
Christian Association
- Member, Research Institute for
Humanities and Social Sciences Advisory Board, University of
Sydney
- Member, Defence for Children
International Advisory board
- Member, Sydney I.V.F Ethics
Committee
- National President, Association
for Welfare of Children in Hospital
- Director, Mindcare Mental Health
Foundation
- Director, Family Planning
Council of Queensland
- Member, Network of Enterprising
Women in Business, Chamber of Commerce NSW
- Director, Schizophrenia
Foundation of Australia
- Vice President, Queensland
Council for Civil Liberties
- Director, Justice for Juveniles,
Queensland
- Director, Intellectually
Handicapped Citizens Council, Queensland
- Councillor, Chief Executive
Women
- Member, International Year of
Disabled People Legal Committee
- Member, Legal Committee
Childhood Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia
- Member, Centre for Australian
Public Sector Management Advisory Committee
- Member, National Institute for
Law Ethics and Public Affairs Advisory Board
- Member, Australian Bicentennial
Authority Unsung Heroes Panel
- Member, International Women’s
Rights Action Watch
- Member, Australian Institute of
Women’s Research and Policy
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