PCYC 2008 Australasian Conference

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Glen Capelli
Glenn Capelli is a leading speaker and trainer who has delivered a message of creativity, innovation, and thinking smarter to audiences around the world. He is a National Speakers Association Certified Speaking Professional, a Winston Churchill Fellowship Awardee and a member of MENSA. Glenn founded the True Learning Centre in 1987, a company focused on quality learning and creative endeavour. Today his clients are as diverse as the giant companies of corporate America to the tiny remote schools of outback Australia. Glenn is the co-author of Maximising Your Learning Potential and The Thinking Learning Classroom. Awards include CPA Presenter of the Year and the National Speakers of Australia 2002 highest award for Speaker Excellence and Service to the Speaking Industry.

Sue Gordon, OAM
Sue Gordon is a Children's Court Magistrate, straight talker and champion of rights for indigenous people. In 1986, she was appointed Commissioner for Aboriginal Planning, the first Aboriginal person to head a government department in Western Australia. In 1988, she was appointed to the Perth Children's Court, the first full-time and first Aboriginal magistrate in the State's history. In 1993, she was awarded an Order of Australia - Australia Medal - for commitment to Aboriginal people and community affairs. In 2001, the State Government appointed her as Chairperson of the 'Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities', often known as the 'Gordon Inquiry'. From 2004 to 2007, Dr Gordon was the Chair of the National Indigenous Council (NIC). In June 2007 the Commonwealth Government appointed Dr Gordon as Chair of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Taskforce which provides advice to the Government and oversees implementation of the emergency measures.

Graham Mabury, OAM
Graham Mabury has been the presenter of 6PR’s Nightline program for the past 27 years. He says, "It's been a great blessing to enjoy such a stay in an environment where you're an optimist if you bring your lunch and no one buys a weekly bus ticket". Graham pioneered rehabilitation courses for homeless young people in Perth and has received numerous awards for similar humanitarian work. These include the Medal of the Order of Australia, WA Citizen of the Year for community service, the Federation Medal, an Advance Australia Award, a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellowship and the Rona Oakley Award for Individual Achievement in the 2008 WA Consumer Protection Awards. He is a Fellow of Edith Cowan University. In 1987 Graham was the inaugural Chairman of the Living Stone Foundation, which became Lifeline WA. Graham began his career in education as a Secondary Teacher becoming Head of the Music Department at a specialist music Secondary School. Using his skills as a teacher, Graham made the leap into media at the ABC as an Education Producer. He has been a member of the pastoral team at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church for 26 years.

Chief Justice Wayne Martin
The Honourable Wayne Martin was appointed as WA's 13th Chief Justice on 1 May 2006. He joined the Independent Bar in 1988 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1993. From 2001 to 2003, he took on the role of counsel assisting the HIH Royal Commission in Sydney, was President of the WA Bar Association between 1996 and 1999, and Chairman of the Western Australian Law Reform Commission from 1996 to 2001, when the commission completed the Review of the Criminal and Civil Justice System in Western Australia. In 2007, the Chief Justice was awarded WA Citizen of the Year for the Professions.
His Honour holds many other positions, including Chairman of the National Judicial College of Australia and the Advisory Board of the Crime Research Centre at UWA, Patron of the Homeless Person's Legal Advice Clinic (WA) Steering Committee, the RSPCA (WA) and Joint Patron of Constable Care. He is also a Board Member of Holyoake - Australian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Resolutions, and an Ambassador for White Ribbon Day (Violence against Women).

Gerard Neesham
Gerard Neesham is the Chief Executive Officer of the Clontarf Foundation and has been instrumental in the coordination of sustainable programs. After working as a teacher from 1975-83, including two years at Clontarf, Gerard played water polo and later Australian Rules Football, in both the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and the Victorian Football League (VFL). He then went on to coach the Claremont Football team in the WAFL and was the inaugural coach of the Fremantle Dockers. Gerard helped establish the Clontarf Football Academy in 2000. The Academy teaches young Indigenous men good sportsmanship and healthy lifestyle practices, and helps students to find employment or further education. In its first term of operation approximately 25 boys attended the football training sessions. Under the guidance and direction of Gerard, the program has expanded dramatically with 1400 boys enrolled in 23 locations throughout Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Karl O'Callaghan, APM
Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan's academic studies have focused on police reform, culture and ethics. He holds a PhD, Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Arts (Education) and in 1997, was awarded a Churchill Fellowship. This allowed him to complete an international study of the development of ethics and professional standards education in police services.
Prior to his appointment as Commissioner in 2004, Mr O'Callaghan ran operational police districts in both metropolitan and country areas, and is currently transitioning the WA Police through a large-scale cultural reform process. Improving customer service at all levels, developing aspirant female leaders within the Police and building stronger relationships with stakeholders and the community, are all major priorities for him.
Commissioner O'Callaghan is a regular keynote speaker at local, national and international conferences that promote the agenda of police at all levels, and sits on the board of a number of private sector and not-for-profit organisations, including the Asthma Foundation and Youth Focus WA.

David Wirrpanda
David Wirrpanda's got history. Among his forebears on his mother's side is Sir Doug Nicholls, one of the very first Aboriginal footballers to make it in the VFL (the AFL today), who said a footballer could preach a sermon by the way he played the game. David Wirrpanda's memory of his early life in Victoria is attending meetings and listening to politics. The reason he loved football as a kid was because it was a rest from politics.
The David Wirrpanda Foundation was launched in 2005 to improve the life outcomes of Indigenous children by promoting strong role models and healthy life choices.
Funded under the National Community Crime Prevention Programme, the Foundation has established successful programs in Perth and the Pilbara. Attendance and behaviour improved over the period. It has forged strong links with the communities in which it operates as well as obtaining funding from sponsors and government sources.