Former directors and members of ART
Spencer Zifcak, Allan Myers Professor of Law at the Australian Catholic University, former President of Liberty Victoria, and former Chair of the Accountability Round Table.
He specialises in International Human Rights Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and the Law and Operation of the United Nations. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Dr Elizabeth M. Dax, AM; MD; MBBS; PhD; GAICD
Had a career in medicine and science. Director in 5 not-for-profit companies. Former director of National Reference Laboratory, Australia and a WHO Collaborating Centre (1990-2009). Former president Aus. Soc. HIV Medicine and vice president AIDS Soc Asia and Pacific

The Hon David Harper, AM, former Court of Appeals Justice at the Supreme Court of Victoria and was a Director and Honorary Secretary of ART until 2021. He was appointed President of the Victorian Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders in 1995. He was President of the Victorian Chapter of the International Commission of Jurists (1992-1999) and Chairman of the Victorian Bar Council (1990-1991). He served as Chair of the Victorian International Humanitarian Law Advisory Committee of the Red Cross from 2000.

Adjunct Professor, Dr Colleen Lewis, National Centre for Australian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Monash University.

Marcia Neave, AO, legal academic, public policy-maker and appellate court judge. She has held chairs at three Australian Universities and was appointed as Foundation Chair of the Victorian Law Reform Commission in 2001. In 2006 she was appointed a judge of the Appeal Division of the Victorian Supreme Court. From February 2015- March 2016 she presided over the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence. She is currently a Distinguished Professional in Residence at Monash Law School.

Professor Barbara Norman, Foundation Chair of Urban & Regional Planning and Director of Canberra Urban & Regional Futures (CURF), University of Canberra.

Des Pearson AO, former Auditor-General of Western Australia (1991-2006) and Victoria (2001-2012). Presently Non-Executive Director and Advisor on Governance, Accountability and Performance Reporting, Melbourne Health. Life Member and Fellow of CPA Australia; Life Member and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management; National and Victorian Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia; Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia; and Fellow, International Society of Engineering Asset Management.

The Hon. Kevin Rozzoli AM, former Speaker (Legislative Assembly, NSW) (Greiner & Fahey governments), Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Government at the University of Sydney, formerly National President, The Australasian Study of Parliament Group.

Angela Smith, former Senior Social Worker in the area of Adoption and Permanent Care of children.

The Hon. Tim Smith AM, QC, former Supreme Court Judge and former Commissioner of the ALRC and VLRC, former Adjunct Professor, Monash University. Co-founder of ART. ART Chair 2009 – June 2018.

Dr David Solomon AM, former Chair Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, former Queensland Integrity Commissioner. Currently Adjunct Professor University of Queensland.

His Honour Michael Strong, former barrister, Prosecutor for the Queen, Judge of the County Court of Victoria, Vice-President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and Director of the Office of Police Integrity (Victoria). Currently an Examiner (part time) at the Australian Crime Commission, Chair of the Australian Centre for Post-traumatic Mental Health and a director of Odyssey House Victoria.

Rob Southey, retired management consultant, as chair of Cordiner King from 1991 to 2007 advised industry and government on chief executive appointments. Has experience of both industry (ACI International) and government, as an adviser to cabinet ministers in the Hamer and Fraser governments. Served on a number of not-for-profit boards including the Winston Churchill Trust. Was secretary of Reform Australia, working with Barry Jones and Malcolm Fraser on the formation of a new political party.

John Button, (30 June 1933 – 8 April 2008). Senator for Victoria, 18 May 1974 – 31 March 1993. Former Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce in the Hawke and Keating governments. Obituary in ‘The Australian’.

Harry Evans, (7 February 1946 – 7 September 2014). Former Clerk of the Senate, Parliament of Australia from 17 February 1988 to 4 December 2009. Obituary in ‘The Australian’.

Alan Hunt, AM, (9 October 1927 – 19 July 2013) Former member of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1961 until 1992. Minister for Local Government, Minister for Planning and Minister for Education under the Bolte, Hamer and Thompson governments. Obituary, Parliament of Victoria.

Sid Spindler (9 July 1932 – 1 March 2008) Former member of the Australian Senate for the Australian Democrats from 1990 to 1996. Obituary in ‘The Age’.

Professor Emeritus David Yencken AO, formerly: founding Chair, Australian Collaboration; Head, Centre for Environmental Planning, The University of Melbourne; Secretary for Planning and Environment, Victorian Govt; Chair, Australian Heritage Commission, Australian Govt. (Retired from ART)

The Hon Jim Carlton AO, (13 May 1935 – 24 Dec 2015) former Federal Minister for Health (Fraser government), former Secretary General of Australian Red Cross. Parliamentary Biography.

Barry Everingham, (1932 – 4 June,.2018) Melbourne based author, broadcaster and journalist. Obituary in The Independent.

The Hon Alan Goldberg AO QC, (7 August 1940 – 23 July 2016) Former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, former President of Victorian Council of Civil Liberties, former President of the Australian Competition Tribunal. Obituary, University of Melbourne

Anne Mancini, Author, Secondary School and CAE Teacher. (Retired Co-Founder of ART.)

The Hon Dr Race Mathews, former Federal Member for Casey (Whitlam government), former Victorian Minister for Community Services (Cain government), former Victorian Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for the Arts (Cain government). (Retired Co-Founder of ART, Chair 2006 to 2009)

Bruce Grant, Author, High Commissioner in India and Ambassador to Nepal (1973‑1976), Chairman, Australia-Indonesia Institute 1988‑1991.

Carmel Benjamin AM, founder and former Executive Director of the Victorian Court Information and Welfare Network Inc. Former Chairperson of the Victorian Women’s Prison Council, and consultant to the Law Reform Commission and to the Public Advocate.

Dr Genevieve Grant, Faculty of Law, Monash University.

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