James Allan holds the Garrick Professor in Law, School of Law, Faculty of Business, Economics & Law at the University of Queensland. Before arriving in Australia he taught law at the University of Otago and before that lectured law in Hong Kong. Before shifting to teaching, Allan practised law in a large Toronto law firm and at the Bar in London.
Allan has published widely in the areas of legal philosophy and constitutional law. His latest book, a monograph for the Ashgate Applied Legal Philosophy series, is entitled The Vantage of Law. Allan also has a sideline interest in bills of rights; he is opposed to them. He has been actively involved in the efforts trying to stop one from being enacted here in Australia. He also writes widely for newspapers and weeklies, including The Australian, The Spectator Australia and Quadrant.
James Allan is attending Consilium with his wife, Heather Allan.
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KEVIN ANDREWS MP
The Hon Kevin Andrews MP is the Minister for Social Services. Kevin has served in the Australian Commonwealth Parliament, since 1991, as the member for the Victorian seat of Menzies in the House of Representatives.
Since his election to parliament, Kevin has served on numerous Parliamentary Committees, including the Joint Select Committee on Family Law Issues, the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Joint Select Committee on Intelligence Services. He has also served as Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Chairman of the Federal Government’s Policy Committee on Family and Community Services and Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Economics Committee.
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BETTINA ARNDT
Bettina Arndt trained as a clinical psychologist before becoming well known as one of Australia’s first sex therapists. As editor of Forum magazine, she taught medical students, doctors and other professionals and worked in the media educating the public about this fascinating subject.
She then moved on to writing about broader social issues, working for leading newspapers and magazines. As a respected social commentator she was invited onto government advisory committees covering issues from family law to childcare and ageing.
Bettina still makes regular media appearances but also greatly enjoys her latest activity – online dating coaching.
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GLENN BARNES
Glenn Barnes is the Chairman of Australian Unity Limited and Chairman of Ansell Limited. Glenn has 20 years of governance experience in banking and financial services, business information, consumer goods and the not-for-profit sector. He was involved in the packaged goods, banking and financial services sectors for over 30 years, as an executive, business leader and director in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, United States of America, Republic of Ireland, Japan and China.
Glenn is joined at Consilium by his wife, Candace Barron. Candace is a director of the Dispute Resolution Unit for the Office of the NSW Small Business Commissioner. Candace directs the NSW Government’s program to help small businesses prevent and/or resolve disputes at the earliest possible opportunity.
Her career has spanned acting as Guardian ad Litem for children, working on legal issues for a USA computer company, and developing a private commercial mediation practice. Candace has mediated hundreds of matters in the areas of retail lease, franchise and commercial disputes, family will disputes, business partnership disputes and business to Government disputes. She has delivered mediation courses and regularly gives presentations on how to prevent and resolve commercial disputes.
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