APF Patron and Advisory Panel

CO-PATRONS

The Hon. Michael Kirby AC, CMG Inaugural Chairman of the ALRC 1975-1984 President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal 1984-1996 Justice of the High Court 1996-2009 Prolific speaker, author and advocate on human rights matters Recipient of 20 Honorary Doctorates from Australian and Overseas Universities Chairman of OECD expert groups on transborder data flows and the protection of privacy 1978-80, and security of information systems 1991-92 Human Rights Medal 1991, Australian Privacy Medal 2008

The Hon Justice Elizabeth Evatt AC First female judge of an Australian federal court, from 1972 Chair of the Royal Commission on Human Relationships, 1974-77 First Chief Judge of the Family Court of Australia, 1976-88 President of the ALRC 1988-93 Strong commitment to human rights, with a particular focus on gender and race discrimination UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, 1984-92, incl. Chair 1989-91 The first Australian elected to the UN Human Rights Committee, 1993-2000

Advisory Panel Members

The work of APF's Board and SubCommittees is supported by the following leading citizens:

Father Frank Brennan AO
Jesuit priest, Professor of Law and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research at the Australian Catholic University, human rights advocate, Chair of the National Human Rights Consultation in 2008-09

Julian Burnside AO QC
Leading Victorian barrister, with a large human rights practice particularly on immigration matters, and long-time involvement in Liberty Victoria

The Hon. Fred Chaney AO
Senator and MP for Western Australia 1973-93, Minister 1978-83, active in social justice matters, particularly aboriginal affairs, through the National Native Title Tribunal and Reconciliation Australia

Eva Cox AO
Writer, social commentator, a long term member of Women's Electoral Lobby, a proponent of social and ethical accounting for responsible business enterprises

The Hon. John Dowd AO QC
Former NSW Attorney-General, Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, University Chancellor and a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

The Right Hon. Malcolm Fraser AC CH
Prime Minister (1975-83), subsequently active as a social justice campaigner, including in relation to refugees, terrorism and civil liberties, awarded the Human Rights Medal in 2000

Dr Anna Funder
Author of the two major, multi-Award-winning privacy-related works of recent years, the non-fiction work 'Stasiland' and the novel 'All That I Am'

Prof. Ashley Goldsworthy AO OBE KM FTSE FCIE
Former CEO of major corporations; former Federal President of the Liberal Party, of the Australian Computer Society, and of IFIP; a leader in technology and in privacy aspects of computers

Geoff Huston
Chief Scientist at the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), and the leading figure in the Internet in Australia, with an international profile on Internet freedom issues

The Hon. Dr Barry Jones AO FAA FAHA FTSE FASSA
Writer, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion, Minister for Science (1983-90), Federal President of the Australian Labor Party (1991-2000, 2005-06)

Mary Kostakidis
SBS presenter and management team member 1980-2007, member of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee 2009, wide-ranging contributions to human rights and social justice issues

Dr Kristine Klugman OAM
Doctorate in Politics from ANU, former member of NSW Legal Aid Commission, a foundation member of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, President of Civil Liberties Australia since 2003

Bill Orme
Former Managing Partner of a major law firm, CEO of a major consultancy group, and Chair of major companies, founding Executive Member of the N.S.W. Privacy Committee (1976-82)

Judge Kevin O'Connor AM
Former officer of the Australian Law Reform Commission, Founding Australian Privacy Commissioner (1989-96), President of the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal (1998-)

Terry O’Gorman AM
President Australian Council for Civil Liberties (1996-), long-term office-bearer of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, frequent spokesperson on human rights issues at the national level

Dr Mary O'Kane
An engineer and computer scientist, a former Dean of Information Technology, Vice-Chancellor and Board member of CSIRO, Chief Scientist of NSW

Geoffrey Robertson QC
Australian emigré to the London Bar and Bench, with a large human rights practice, founder of 'Hypotheticals', and frequent author on topics relating to civil freedoms

Jon Stanhope
ACT Chief Minister 2001-11, architect of the first Human Rights Act in Australia in 2004, sole parliamentary leader to stand out against the excesses of post-2001 'counter-terrorism' legislation

Natasha Stott Despoja AM
Senator 1995-2008, including as Leader the Australian Democrats, a leader in privacy law reforms, particularly in relation to genetic data and identity schemes

Prof. George Williams AO
Major contributions to human rights law and practice, and to study of anti-terror laws and democracy, as Anthony Mason Professor of Law at UNSW, barrister and author

FORMER PATRON

The Right Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO QC (7 October 1919 – 8 December 2011) Constitutional lawyer and Dean of Law at the University of Melbourne, Vice-Chancellor at the University of New England and the University of Queensland (1966-1977), and Governor-General of Australia (1977-1982) Author of the Boyer Lecture Series in 1969, which was the foundation publication in the field of privacy in Australia

FORMER ADVISERS

Ron Castan QC (1939-1999), Melbourne, Board-Member 1987-1999

Janine Haines (1945-2004), Adelaide, APCC President 1996-1999

Dr Les Lawrence (1944-1994), Sydney, Board-Member 1990-1994

Ben Lexcen (1936-1988), Perth, Trustee 1987-88

Sir Reginald Smithers (1903-1993), Sydney, Trustee 1987-90

The Advisory Panel is a complementary structure to the APF Board. Membership of the Advisory Panel enables well-recognised members of the community to lend their support to the APF's endeavours without having to commit the time required of a Board-member.

The functions of Members of the APF Advisory Panel are:

• to offer advice to the APF Board from time to time. This may be done by the Advisory Panel as a whole, or by any individual Member of it, whether at the Board's request or at the initiative of any one or more Panel Members
• to occasionally communicate with their peers in relation to key privacy issues
• to authorise the APF to display the Member's association with the organisation

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