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Dr Helen Irving is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Technology, Sydney. She is the author of To Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution (Cambridge University Press, 1997/1999), and the editor of A Woman's Constitution?: Gender and History in the Australian Commonwealth (1996, Hale & Iremonger) and of The Centenary Companion to Australian Federation (October 1999, Cambridge University Press). She has published widely on the historical evolution of Australian citizenship prior to 1949.
Professor Alastair Davidson is Inaugural Professor of Citizenship Studies at the Swinburne University of Technology (1997). Professor Davidson has acted as a consultant on citizenship to various institutions including the Australian Consumer Council. Currently he chairs the international committees on globalisation and citizenship which were set up by the recent international conference "Globalisation and Citizenship" in 1998. His publications on citizenship are extensive and include From Subject to Citizen Australian Citizenship in the Twentieth Century, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997).
Dr John Chesterman is a Research Fellow at the School of Indigenous Australian Studies, James Cook University. He is the co-author with Professor Brian Galligan of Citizens without Rights: Aborigines and Australian Citizenship (1997, OUP). He is also co-editor, with Professor Brian Galligan, of Defining Australian Citizenship (1999, Melbourne University Press) which will be launched at this conference.
Professor Brian Galligan is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Melbourne and Director of its Centre for Public Policy. His recent publications include the following books co-authored with John Chesterman: Citizens without Rights: Aborigines and Australian Citizenship (Cambridge University Press, 1997) and Defining Australian Citizenship: Selected Documents (Melbourne UP, 1999) which will be launched at this conference.
Commissioner Colin Dillon APM, was appointed by the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs to the Board of Commissioners of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). Prior to this appointment, Commissioner Dillon has worked in the Queensland Police Force since 1965. In addition to his appointment on the Board of Commissioners of ATSIC, Commissioner Dillon is currently an Inspector of Police. This makes him the most senior ranking commissioned Aboriginal police officer in Australia. He was awarded the Australian Police Medal (APM) in the Queen's honour list for distinguished Police Service to Queensland .
Professor Margaret Thornton is Professor of Law and Legal Studies at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Her current research interests are in the areas of citizenship, discrimination jurisprudence, legal education, the legal profession and feminist legal theory. Her publications include The Liberal Promise: Anti-Discrimination Legislation in Australia (1990), Dissonance and Distrust: Women in the Legal Profession (1996) and an edited collection, Public and Private: Feminist Legal Debates (1995), all published by Oxford University Press. She is a member of the Australian Research Council.
Dr Marilyn Waring is a Senior Lecturer in Public policy at Massey University in New Zealand. Dr Waring is a former Member of Parliament and author of several books including Women, Politics and Power, Counting for Nothing (the subject of the award winning NFB Canada Documentary "Who's Counting") and Three Masquerades. She is also a development consultant, farmer and political activist.
Ann-Mari Jordens is a Canberra based historian. Her most recent books, Alien to Citizen, Settling Migrants in Australia 1945-75 (1997, Allen and Unwin in association with Australian Archives) and Redefining Australians. Immigration, Citizenship and National Identity (1995, Hale and Iremonger) were the product of a Research Fellowship held in 1992-93 in the Administration, Compliance and Governability Program within the Urban Research Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.
Dr James Jupp has been Director of the Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies at the Australian National University since 1988. In addition to being the general editor of The Australian People (Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1988) his publications include Immigration (1998), The Politics of Australian Immigration (1993) and Understanding Australian Multiculturalism (1996).
Mary Crooks is the Executive Director of the Victorian Women's Trust. She has had a varied background in public policy, social research and media commentary. Mary has written numerous publications on social policy issues and has a strong profile as a public speaker, including regular guest spots on ABC radio on issues including women, education and social justice.
Susan Pascoe is Coordinating Chairperson (Curriculum and Support Services) at the Catholic Education Office in Melbourne. During her career she has worked as a teacher, researcher, policy adviser and administrator. She is a member of the Federal Government's Civics and Education Group. During 1998 and 1999 she is chairing a review of P-10 Curriculum in Victoria.
The Right Hon Sir Ninian Stephen has been appointed as Chair of the Australian Citizenship Council. Sir Ninian retired as Justice of the High Court of Australia in 1982 to take up appointment as Governor General of Australia which office he held until 1989. Sir Ninian has chaired various Australian governmental and other bodies including the Constitutional Centenary Foundation, the Antarctic Foundation, National Library of Australia and Australian Banking Industry Ombudsman Council. He has recently been a judge of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.