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9 Nov 1905 |
The Legal Practitioners Act
1905 assented to in Queensland, allowing women to practise as
barristers or solicitors
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7 Dec 1915 |
AGNES McWHINNEY
the first woman admitted as a Solicitor in Queensland |
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5 Oct 1926 |
KATHARINE McGREGOR
the first woman admitted as a Barrister in Queensland
(practised as a Solicitor)
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1 Oct 1929 |
ELIZABETH HAMILTON-HART
admitted as a Solicitor |
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4 June 1930 |
ELIZABETH TROUT (nee NIMMO) admitted as a Barrister |
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5 Sep 1935 |
HARRIET WALKER
admitted as a Solicitor |
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29 Apr 1938 |
UNA PRENTICE
(nee BICK) the first woman to graduate with a Bachelor of
Laws from the University of Queensland Law Faculty
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30 May 1939 |
CLARE FOLEY
(nee PENDER) admitted as a Solicitor |
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26 Sep 1939 |
MARY WHITEHOUSE
(nee KIDNER) admitted as a Solicitor |
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24 April 1941 |
BERYL DONKIN
appointed Assistant Secretary of the Queensland Law Society
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12 Dec 1941 |
ERICA BARNES graduated
with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School |
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7 May 1942 |
MURIEL DUNN graduated
with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School |
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15 Feb 1944 |
MURIEL DUNN admitted
as a Solicitor |
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26 Apr 1951 |
ANNA BAGE awarded
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from the University of Queensland
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1954 - 1981 |
BERYL DONKIN appointed
Secretary of the Queensland Law Society |
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30 Nov 1955 |
AILSA HEATHWOOD
graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School |
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14 Apr 1957 |
MILLICENT DUGGAN
admitted as a Solicitor |
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6 Aug 1957 |
AILSA HEATHWOOD
Admitted as a Solicitor |
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24 Feb 1960 |
ROSE ANNE KEARNS graduated
with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School |
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27 Sep 1960 |
ROSE ANNE KEARNS
admitted as a Solicitor |
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9 May 1961 |
VALERIE STUKOFF
admitted as a Solicitor |
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23 Oct 1962 |
JENNIFER COLLINS
admitted as a Solicitor |
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29 Nov 1962 |
BRIGIDINE BEHAN graduated
with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School |
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29 Nov 1962 |
LESLENE WATSON graduated
with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School |
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19 Feb 1963 |
SUZANNE CAHILL admitted
as a Solicitor |
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25 Feb 1963 |
MARGARET KELLY
graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School |
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19 Mar 1963 |
BRIGIDINE BEHAN
admitted as a Solicitor |
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19 Mar 1963 |
MARGARET KELLY
admitted as a Solicitor |
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18 Feb 1964 |
LESLENE WATSON admitted
as a Solicitor |
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15 June 1965 |
PATRICIA CONROY
admitted as a Solicitor |
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29 Nov 1965 |
QUENTIN BRYCE graduated
with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School |
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29 Nov 1965 |
FRANCES CLEARY graduated
with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School
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29 Nov 1965 |
NAIDA HAXTON graduated
with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School |
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15 Dec 1965 |
QUENTIN BRYCE
admitted as a Barrister |
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13 Apr 1966 |
FRANCES CLEARY admitted
as a Solicitor |
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13 Apr 1966 |
MADELINE CAMPBELL admitted
as a Solicitor |
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30 Aug 1966 |
NAIDA HAXTON
admitted as a Barrister (the first woman to actively
practise at the Queensland Bar)
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14 Dec 1966 |
JEAN RUSSELL admitted
as a Solicitor |
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19 Sep 1967 |
FAY SILCOCK admitted
as a Solicitor |
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28 Nov 1967 |
JOAN MARTIN graduated
with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School |
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11 Dec 1967 |
ELIZABETH DESHON graduated
with a Bachelor of Laws from the UQ Law School |
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13 Dec 1967 |
JOAN MARTIN admitted
as a Barrister |
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1968 |
QUENTIN BRYCE the
first woman appointed to the UQ Law Faculty |
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12 Apr 1968 |
ELIZABETH DESHON admitted
as a Solicitor |
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16 Dec 1969 |
JOAN BENNETT
admitted as a Solicitor |
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16 Dec 1969 |
MARY FINN (nee
FOLEY) admitted as a Barrister |
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1970 - 1982 |
MARGARET WHITE
the first woman employed as a full time staff member of the
University of Queensland Law School
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29 Sep 1970 |
MARGARET SCOTT
admitted as a Solicitor |
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23 Mar 1971 |
BETH BARR admitted
as a Barrister
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14 Apr 1972 |
VERONICA McCARTHY admitted
as a Solicitor |
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15 Dec 1972 |
ROSSLYN EVANS admitted
as a Barrister
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15 Dec 1972 |
PAMELA SCOTT-HOLLAND admitted
as a Barrister
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15 Dec 1972 |
YVONNE GOODMAN
admitted as a Barrister |
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5 June 1973 |
PATRICIA HAMILTON admitted
as a Barrister |
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20 Dec 1973 |
DAPHNE SWALLOW admitted
as a Barrister |
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10 June 1975 |
JULENE GIUDES admitted
as a Barrister |
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19 Aug 1975 |
ANNE FORBES admitted
as a Barrister |
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14 Oct 1975 |
SUSAN KIEFEL admitted
as a Barrister |
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1978 |
SUSAN KIEFEL appointed
Honorary Secretary to Committee, Queensland Bar Association
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1978 |
LENEEN FORDE
the first President of the Queensland Women Lawyers’ Association |
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1981 |
MARION GIBNEY
graduated from the UQ Law School with the highest grade point
average (a perfect grade point average)
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1984 |
WOMEN'S LEGAL
SERVICE established |
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1984-1986 |
QUENTIN BRYCE
founding Director, Queensland Women’s Information Service,
Office of the Status of Women, Department of Prime Minister and
Cabinet
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1985 |
DIANE FINGLETON
appointed Co-ordinator of the Caxton Legal Service
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1986-1987 |
ELIZABETH NOSWORTHY
the first woman President of the Queensland Law Society
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1986-Sept
1989
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DIANNE SMITH
appointed Assistant Director Legal Aid Office Queensland |
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7 Dec 1987 |
SUSAN KIEFEL
the first woman appointed a Queen’s Counsel in Queensland |
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1987-1988 |
NOELA L’ESTRANGE elected
President of the Women Lawyers’ Association of Queensland
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1988 |
QUENTIN BRYCE
the first Queensland woman awarded the Order of Australia |
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1988 |
PATRICIA WOLFE
appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Fitzgerald Inquiry (the
first woman in Australia to be appointed to such a position)
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1988-1992 |
QUENTIN BRYCE
member, Australian Delegation UN Commission Human Rights, Geneva
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1988-1993 |
QUENTIN BRYCE
appointed Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights
and Equal Opportunity Commission, Sydney
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1990 |
ZOE RATHUS
the first woman to win the Young Australian Lawyer of the
Year Award |
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1990 |
PATRICIA WOLFE
Chaired the Committee Review into Land Policy and Administration
in Queensland, which produced the "Wolfe Report"
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1 Mar 1990 |
GRACE KRUGER the
first woman appointed Stipendiary Magistrate |
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5 Mar 1990 |
MARGARET WHITE
the first woman appointed Master of the Supreme Court of
Queensland
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2 July 1990 |
MARY FINN
appointed Justice of the Family Court of Australia (based in
Canberra) |
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29 Jan 1991 |
MARGARET McMURDO
the first woman appointed Judge of the District Court of
Queensland |
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9 April 1991 |
HELEN O'SULLIVAN
appointed Judge of the District Court of Queensland |
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9 April 1991 |
ELIZABETH NOSWORTHY
appointed
Chancellor of Bond University (the first woman in
Queensland to be appointed Chancellor of a university)
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18 Apr 1991 |
COLLEEN MOORE
appointed Justice of the Family Court of Australia (based in
Sydney)
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12 Sept 1991 |
DONNA McCALLUM appointed
Stipendiary Magistrate |
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2 Apr 1992 |
MARGARET WHITE the
first woman appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of
Queensland
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29 July 1992 |
LENEEN FORDE
appointed Governor of Queensland |
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1992-1994 |
PATRICIA WOLFE
appointed Hearing Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal
Opportunity Commission
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3 Dec 1992 |
MARGARET WILSON appointed
a Queen’s Counsel
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16 June 1993 |
SUSAN KIEFEL
appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland (the youngest
woman appointed to the bench of a Superior Court)
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1 Feb 1993
|
ROSLYN ATKINSON the
first person to be appointed President of the Queensland
Anti-Discrimination Tribunal |
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9 Aug 1993 |
ELIZABETH HALL appointed
Stipendiary Magistrate
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3 Dec 1993 |
MICHELLE MAY
appointed a Queen’s Counsel
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1994 |
ROSLYN ATKINSON appointed
Deputy Chair of the Queensland Law Reform Commission
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July 1994 |
DIANNE SMITH
the first woman in Queensland appointed a Judicial
Registrar in the Family Court |
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17 Oct 1994 |
SUSAN KIEFEL
the first woman in Queensland appointed a Justice of the
Federal Court of Australia |
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7 Nov 1994 |
SHERYL CORNACK appointed
Stipendiary Magistrate
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1995 |
JULIE-ANNE SCHAFER
the second woman elected President of the Queensland Law Society
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May – Nov
1995
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DIANE FINGLETON appointed
Solicitor-in-Charge of the Legal Aid Office Queensland
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31 Jan 1995 |
PATRICIA WOLFE appointed
Judge of the District Court of Queensland |
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5 Sep 1995 |
MICHELLE MAY
appointed Justice of the Family Court of Australia |
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28 Nov 1995 |
DIANE FINGLETON
appointed Stipendiary Magistrate |
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Dec 1995 |
JANE MACDONNELL appointed
Director-General of Justice and Attorney General Department
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1 Feb 1997 |
RUTH COPELIN appointed
President of the Anti-Discrimination Commission |
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10 Mar 1997 |
PAMELA DOWSE
appointed Stipendiary Magistrate |
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4 Nov 1997 |
JULIE DICK
appointed a Senior Counsel
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March 1998 |
JULIE DICK appointed
first Parliamentary Criminal Justice Commissioner for the State of
Queensland
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3 Aug 1998 |
MARGARET McMURDO
the first woman appointed President of the Court of Appeal,
Supreme Court of Queensland
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13 Aug 1998 |
LENEEN FORDE
appointed Chair of the Commission of Inquiry into the Abuse of
Children in Queensland Institutions
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20 Aug 1998 |
MARGARET WILSON
appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland |
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21 Aug 1998 |
TINA PREVITERA appointed
Stipendiary Magistrate |
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3 Sep 1998 |
ROSLYN ATKINSON
appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland |
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17 Nov 1998 |
DEBRA MULLINS appointed
a Senior Counsel
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17 Nov 1998 |
DONNA O’REILLY appointed
a Senior Counsel |
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7 Dec 1998 |
BARBARA TYNAN
appointed Stipendiary Magistrate
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30 Mar 1999 |
SARAH BRADLEY appointed
Judge of the District Court of Queensland
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12 April 1999 |
JACQUELINE PAYNE the
first indigenous woman appointed Stipendiary Magistrate
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8 July 1999 |
DIANE FINGLETON
the first woman appointed Chief Stipendiary Magistrate
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10 Aug 1999 |
PATRICIA WOLFE the
first woman appointed Chief Judge of the District Court of
Queensland
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20 Aug 1999 |
DIANNE LINNANE
appointed Vice President of the Industrial Relations Commission |
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6 Sept 1999 |
STEPHANIE TONKIN appointed
Stipendiary Magistrate
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2 Dec 1999 |
CATHERINE HOLMES
appointed
a Senior Counsel |
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2 Dec 1999 |
ANTHE PHILIPPIDES appointed
a Senior Counsel
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March 2000 |
FLEUR KINGHAM
appointed Deputy President of the Land and Resources Tribunal |
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16 Mar 2000 |
CATHERINE HOLMES appointed
Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland
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16 Mar 2000 |
DEBRA MULLINS appointed
Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland
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27 Mar 2000 |
ANNE THAKER appointed
Stipendiary Magistrate
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5 June 2000 |
JENNIFER BATTS appointed
Stipendiary Magistrate
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July 2000 |
LEANNE CLARE
the first woman appointed Director of Public Prosecutions,
Justice and Attorney-General Department
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29 Sep 2000 |
CATHERINE PIRIE appointed
Stipendiary Magistrate
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