INTRODUCING OUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES...
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JON FAINE AM
BIOGRAPHY:
Jon Faine has recently left the ABC after 30
years as a radio and TV presenter. For 23 years he was the articulate and
challenging host of a daily Melbourne current affairs radio programme but
he began his professional life as a lawyer, in commercial litigation for
four years in a major city firm before joining Fitzroy Legal Service for three
years in the 1980s.
Jon has also been a scriptwriter for a number of TV shows and
feature films, hosted TV shows and contributed to national and local print
publications. He has been a regular columnist for legal profession
magazines, hosted national and international conferences and delivered keynote
speeches for universities, the state library and various professional conferences.
After 30 years as a failed shock jock Jon Faine is now
washing dishes, walking dogs and fiddling with old cars in his shed. Unlike
other radio tyrants, Jon maintains an active interest in democracy as a
solution to humanity’s challenges.
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INTRODUCING OUR WELCOME TO COUNTRY...
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DAVID JOHNSTON
DIRECTOR BOON WURRUNG FOUNDATION
BIOGRAPHY:
David Johnston is a Foundation Board Member and Director of the
Boon Wurrung Foundation.
He is an archaeologist and anthropologist and Director of Aboriginal Archaeologists Australia with an Archaeology Master’s Degree – Institute of Archaeology, University College, London and Archaeology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) – The Australian National University.
David is also the Founding Chair of the Australian Indigenous Archaeologists Association and in 2014 was the recipient of the Commonwealth Government’s National Heritage Award – the "Sharon Sullivan National Heritage Award" – for his outstanding contribution to the Australian Indigenous heritage environment and policy and for his continuing influence on practice.
David was recently awarded a Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation in the inaugural Alumni of the Year Award category for 2017 ANU Alumni Awards.
Over 30 years, David has held numerous positions on Commonwealth Government, State and Territory Heritage Advisory Boards, including Indigenous Research Ethics Committee, etc.
He has worked as an archaeologist in the Eastern states of Australia since 1990 from mining to urban development projects. In that time, he has completed over 2000 archaeological and Indigenous heritage projects.
David’s particular skills are to find mutually beneficial solutions and outcomes for our clients and the local Aboriginal community, particularly in regards to larger projects where Indigenous heritage issues require complex consultations.
Conserving the nation’s Aboriginal heritage is David’s passion.
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INTRODUCING OUR SPECIAL GUESTS...
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THE HON. BEN CARROLL
MEMBER
FOR NIDDRIE MINISTER FOR CRIME PREVENTION MINISTER FOR CORRECTIONS MINISTER
FOR YOUTH JUSTICE MINISTER FOR VICTIM SUPPORT
BIOGRAPHY:
Ben Carroll was born and raised in Airport West where
his family have lived for over 40 years. He attended local schools, St Christopher’s Primary
and St Bernard’s College, and although not a naturally gifted athlete Ben
played over 50 games for the mighty Airport West Football Club.
After earning a scholarship from La Trobe University,
Ben completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Politics, before later
completing a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws in Global Business Law.
Ben has over 15 years’ worth of experience in public
service, including as a lawyer for the Victorian Government, adviser to
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks and as a volunteer in community legal centres.
First elected as the Member for Niddrie on the
24th of March 2012, Ben has committed his time in parliament to
serving the community he loves and the people of Melbourne’s north-west.
Shortly after his election Ben served on the Law
Reform, Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee which undertook a ground-breaking
inquiry into the supply and use of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as
‘ice’.
On 23 December 2014 Ben
was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Justice where he worked with his
colleagues to crack down on puppy farms. In October 2017, Ben was appointed the Minister for Industry and Employment. The
son of small business owners, Ben has always understood the critical role small
businesses play in local communities. As Minister for Industry and Employment
he did not waste a day supporting local businesses or their workers.
Through targeted industry support programs, the Victorian
Government created 6000 manufacturing jobs and saw Victorian Manufacturing grow
for 17 consecutive months in 2017-18, the longest growth period for the sector
since records began.
He also oversaw the implementation of Australia’s first ever local
jobs first legislation, which set clear minimum targets for local content and
apprenticeships on all Victorian Government Strategic Projects
As Minister for Industry and Employment, Ben launched Victoria’s Social
Procurement Framework, a national first. Using the Government’s buying power,
the Framework enabled buyers and suppliers to deliver social, economic and
environmental outcomes that benefit the Victorian community, economy and
environment.
Ben also offered significant support to Victorian Social
Enterprises, particularly those that employ and support Victorians who face
significant barriers to finding work, like Specialisterne.
Following the 2018 Victorian State Election Ben was returned with
an increased margin and subsequently appointed Minister for Crime Prevention,
Corrections, Youth Justice and Victim Support.
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THE HON. DR ANDREW LEIGH MP MEMBER FOR FENNER AUSTRALIAN CAPITOL TERRITORY
BIOGRAPHY:
Andrew Leigh is the Shadow Assistant Minister for Treasury and
Charities, and Federal Member for Fenner in the ACT. Prior to being elected in
2010,
Andrew was a professor of economics at the Australian National
University. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard, having graduated from
the University of Sydney with first class honours in Arts and Law.
Andrew is a
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, and a past recipient of
the 'Young Economist Award', a prize given every two years by the Economics
Society of Australia to the best economist under 40.
His books include Disconnected (2010), Battlers and Billionaires (2013), The Economics of Just About
Everything (2014), The
Luck of Politics (2015), Choosing
Openness: Why Global Engagement is Best for Australia (2017), Randomistas: How Radical Researchers
Changed Our World (2018) and Innovation
+ Equality: How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator
(with Joshua Gans) (2019). Andrew is a keen marathon runner, and hosts a podcast
titled "The Good Life: Andrew Leigh in Conversation", which is
available on Apple
Podcasts.
Andrew is the father of three sons - Sebastian, Theodore and Zachary,
and lives with his wife Gweneth in Canberra. He has been a member of the
Australian Labor Party since 1991.
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INTRODUCING OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS...
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ADAM GELB PRESIDENT & CEO COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
BIOGRAPHY:
Adam Gelb has been working for a more just
and effective criminal justice system throughout a 32-year career as a
journalist, congressional aide, senior state government official, and nonprofit
executive.He currently is founder,
president and CEO of the Council on Criminal Justice, an invitational
nonpartisan membership organization and think tank dedicated to advancing
policy and practice grounded in facts, evidence and fundamental principles of
justice.
From 2006-2018, Gelb led the Pew Charitable
Trusts’ Public Safety Performance Project, producing groundbreaking national
research that documented the high cost and low public safety return of
traditional sentencing and corrections policies and helping 35 states develop,
adopt and implement increasingly comprehensive and impactful criminal and
juvenile justice reforms.
Gelb’s first job out of the University of
Virginia was as a reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, covering police
and the drug war at its height in the late 1980s. After earning a master’s
degree in public policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government,
he staffed the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee during negotiations and final
passage of the landmark 1994 federal crime bill. From 1995 to 2000, as policy
director for the lieutenant governor of Maryland, Gelb established several
initiatives that focused enforcement and prevention efforts on at-risk people
and neighborhoods. He served as executive director of the Georgia Sentencing
Commission from 2001 to 2003 and, before joining Pew, as vice president for
programs at the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse where he oversaw youth
reentry and methamphetamine control programs.
Gelb speaks frequently with the media about
national trends and state innovations and advises policy makers on formulation
of practical, cost-effective policies.
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JOHN SILVESTER WALKLEY-AWARD WINNNING CRIME WRITER & COLUMNIST THE AGE & SUNDAY HERALD
BIOGRAPHY:
John Silvester is Victoria’s most experienced crime reporter and has covered the beat since the late 1970s.
He has written, edited and published crime books that have sold more than 1 million copies in Australia and has won industry awards for print, radio, television and on-line reporting.
His work was adapted into the top rating Underbelly television series shown on Channel Nine and he has acted as presenter in a series of critically acclaimed television crime documentaries.
He won the 2007 Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year and was highly commended in the same award in 1998 and 2014.
In 2008 he was judged the Victoria Law Foundation Legal Reporter of the Year.
He has won eight Melbourne Press Club Quill awards, ten Victorian Law Foundation Awards, four Walkley Awards, a Ned Kelly Award for true crime writing and a Ned Kelly lifetime achievement award.
He presented the ABC documentary Trigger Point, an in depth examination of police shootings in Victoria and Conviction – the Logie winning ABC special on the murder of Jill Meagher.
He is the senior crime reporter for The Age and writes the Walkley Award winning Naked City column. He appears weekly on 3AW as crime commentator Sly of the Underworld. He has given evidence in Royal Commissions on crime and corruption.
He is a professional public speaker who regularly addresses, police, judicial, legal and corporate conferences.
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PROFESSOR
JAMES OGLOFF FOUNDATION PROFESSOR & DIRECTOR SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY AND
FORENSICARE
BIOGRAPHY:
James Ogloff is trained as a lawyer and psychologist. He is Foundation
Professor of Forensic Behavioural Science and Director of the Centre for
Forensic Behavioural Science at Swinburne University of Technology. He is also
Executive Director of Psychological Services at Forensicare.
Professor Ogloff
was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2015 for significant
service to education and to the law as a forensic psychologist, as an academic,
researcher and practitioner.
Professor Ogloff has specific expertise in
forensic psychology, forensic mental health, mental health law, and the
assessment and management of offenders. He has particular expertise in
correctional and forensic mental health. In his clinical work, he assesses and
assists with the management of some of the most difficult offenders in
Australia and abroad. He is often called upon to lead incident and service
reviews in corrections, forensic mental health, youth justice and mental
health. He served as British Columbia’s first Director of Mental Health
Services for Corrections. He is the Past-President of the Australian and New
Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law and a former Chair of the
College of Forensic Psychologists of the Australian Psychological Society. He
is a Past-President of the Canadian Psychological Association and a
Past-President of the American Psychology-Law Society.
Professor Ogloff has
published 17 books and more than 300 scholarly articles and book chapters. He
has served as editor and associate editor of leading scholarly journals in his
field. He is the recipient of the distinguished contributions awards in law and
psychology/forensic psychology from the Australian Psychological Society, the
Canadian Psychological Association, and the American Psychology-Law Society.
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DANA KAPLAN
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CLOSE
RIKERS ISLAND AND JUSTICE INITIATIVES NEW YORK CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
BIOGRAPHY:
Dana Kaplan is the Deputy Director of
Justice Initiatives and Close Rikers at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal
Justice (MOCJ), where she leads the office’s efforts to Close Rikers
Island.Prior to her current role, Ms.
Kaplan led the office’s implementation of Raise the Age to move 16 and 17 year
olds into the juvenile justice system and off Rikers Island, coordinated the
Mayor’s Action Plan (MAP) for Neighborhood Safety, a $210.5 million initiative
to reduce violence in public housing, and co-chaired the Mayor’s Leadership
Team on School Climate and Discipline.
Previously, Ms. Kaplan was the
Executive Director of the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, a New Orleans
based non-profit legal and advocacy organization. The organization’s accomplishments under her leadership
include the development of statewide juvenile detention center standards, the
revision of the New Orleans school discipline code and policies for District
school security officers, and bringing the state of Louisiana into compliance
with the US Supreme Court decision that life without parole for juveniles for
non-homicide offenses was unconstitutional.
She has also been a Soros Justice Fellow at the Center for
Constitutional Rights (CCR) focused on detention reform, where she worked with
community groups and government on developing alternatives to detention and
downsizing local jails in states including Tennessee, California, Ohio,
Louisiana and New York. She was the State-wide Organizer for the New York
Campaign for Telephone Justice, a partnership between CCR and two prison family
organizations that successfully reduced the cost of all phone calls from New
York State prisons by fifty percent.
Dana holds a Bachelor of Arts from
the University of California at Berkeley where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and
received the John Gardner Fellowship for Public Service and a Masters from the
CUNY Graduate Center with a certificate in American Studies.
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KERRY TUCKER LIVED EXPERIENCE SPEAKER
BIOGRAPHY:
After spending nearly five years in Victoria’s Maximum Security prison for women, Kerry was released with her Master of Arts (commenced and completed during this period) and was successful in her Candidature for her Doctorate.
Whilst incarcerated she was the lead Peer Educator which involved liaising, negotiating and advocating for and on behalf of every woman prisoner for the term of her sentence. She was sole representative for the community of women in appearing with them in Governor Courts, Magistrate and County Court Pleas, Parole Board submissions and DHS negotiations. She was granted her own office in prison where she represented over 4,000 in hearings. For the last six months of her sentence, Kerry worked by day at a law firm in Werribee, returning to the prison at night. Kerry continues in this role since being released and advocates for post-release women in the community. Through her public speaking she continues to support large organisations that benefit women and prison such as Court Network, Wear for Success, Legal Aid and CASA.
During her incarceration Kerry wrote an interactive children’s colouring and story book that was specifically designed to encourage visitations between Carer’s and the incarcerated mother’s and their children. The prison published the book and it has been widely distributed through prisons, legal and community agencies.She donated all rights to the book to the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre.
Most recently Kerry conducted Training Workshops on ‘Middle Class Crime’ with the Victorian Adult Parole Board in Melbourne.
Kerry continues to be actively involved in Podcasts, Author Talks, Law Week Panels and individual mentoring of women travelling though the court and prison systems on charges of Fraud.
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ANDREW KRAKOUER AFL PLAYER LIVED EXPERIENCE SPEAKER
BIOGRAPHY:
Andrew Krakouer has felt
the highs of football stardom, lived the lows of incarceration
and inspired others to overcome adversity. This is his
incredible story of love, support, family and determination.
The son of indigenous VFL pioneer Jim
Krakouer, who alongside his brother Phil, dominated the game in the
1980’s, it was no surprise that Andrew would reignite the
family name in the football world.
Despite his legendary lineage,
Andrew became an acclaimed footballer in his own
right, appearing in an impressive 137 AFL game career (Richmond
102, Collingwood 35) with numerous accolades to his name.
Andrew made his AFL debut at Richmond Football
Club and was quickly recognised as one of the games key crumming
forwards, known for his tackling prowess and excellent evasive skills.
In 2006, he found himself at the centre of an
altercation sparked by a
multigenerational feud. Krakouer was charged with assault and
sentenced to 4 years in jail.
In a blink of an eye, Andrew's highlights, hopes and hard
work cascaded beneath him, as incarceration saw him delisted from Richmond,
separated from his loved ones and stripped of his freedom.
Rather than lament in the pains of prison, Andrew took
full responsibility for his actions and made a resolution; to give
unwavering dedication to every aspect of his life.
In 2010, after serving just 16
months, Andrew was granted parole and returned to
football playing for the District Swans in the WAFL. A testament to
his sheer tenacity, that same year, he won every individual award, including
the Sandover medal for the league’s best player.
He was best afield in the Grand
Final that year, amassing 42 possessions, 4
majors including a match-winning goal in the last
minute to snatch a fairytale 1-point victory.
Andrew was signed by Collingwood to
play in the 2011 season. In a breakout season, he was
awarded ‘Mark of the Year’ and finished the season 2nd in
the clubs goal kicking tally, including 3 goals in an
outstanding Grand Final performance against Geelong.
Within just 2 years, he achieved
the unimaginable; from staring at the ceiling of a cell, to
starring in the nations biggest stadium.
The importance of family, the benefits of a supportive
network, and the highlights of winning are the hallmarks that
attribute Andrew’s success and resilience; teaching us that resolve
can be found even when faced with an unbearable obstacle.
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KEENAN MUNDINE
LIVED EXPERIENCE SPEAKER
BIOGRAPHY:
Keenan Mundine is a proud First Nations man with connections to the Biripi Nation of NSW through his mother who is from Taree and ties to the Wakka Wakka Nation in Queensland through his Father who is from Cherbourg.
Keenan is the youngest of three boys and grew up in Redfern, notoriously known as “The Block”. Keenan had a rough start to his childhood after losing both parents at a young age, being placed in care, separated from his siblings and growing up unsupported with negative role modelling.
Keenan faced his own difficulties in life and made some poor decisions in his adolescence which resulted to his lengthy involvement with the justice system. Keenan found his passion in giving back to his community and working with people who have similar experiences to him.
Keenan is passionate about creating systemic, individual and collective change for those affected by the justice system. He is a strong advocate for change within the social justice space and for people to be given a voice to become experts of their own lives. Keenan’s seeks to provide practitioners with the skills and knowledge to provide culturally competent solutions for reintegration, diversion, early intervention, prevention and pre/post release support for First Nations people who have justice system or out of home care (OOHC) involvement.
Keenan’s journey inspired him and his wife to create a unique, community led solution and response to the current mass incarceration crisis of First Nations people. With the combined practical experience of Keenan’s lived experience and his wife’s professional skills and academic qualifications, as First Nations people they are committed to changing the narrative for their mob and communities.
The foundation of Deadly Connections is grounded in culture and empowering our communities. As the only culturally specific, specialist agency that specifically focuses on the out of home care and justice system – we are in a unique position to create positive change for the people, families and communities we work with.
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more keynote speakers to be announced...
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