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The ACCM Board contains one representative of each state of Australia
and two representatives from its corporate membership. There are
ten Board members in all, plus an appointed Secretary and Treasurer.
The current officers of the Board are:
| President |
Jane Roberts |
| Vice-President |
Elizabeth Handsley |
| Secretary |
Anne Anastasiou |
| Treasurer |
<vacant position> |
Current Board members are:
| State |
Member |
Background information |
| South Australia |
Prof Elizabeth Handsley |
BA, LLB, LLM, Professor of Law, Flinders
University, a specialist in media law as it applies to children
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| Western Australia |
Jane Roberts |
Dip Children Studies, B Soc Sc, Principal Policy Officer Department of Premier and Cabinet WA
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| New South Wales |
Helen Walton |
B.Soc.Sci, Dip Ed. Post Grad Diploma in Counselling, representing parent interests across NSW, has background in education and works in the TAFE system
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| Queensland |
Rev'd Canon
Elisabeth Crossman |
BTh., Grad Dip Past. Couns., Parish Priest, Anglican Parish of Goondiwindi, Queensland; Social Responsibility Co-ordinator, The Mothers' Union in Australia Inc.
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| Victoria |
Prof Ann Sanson |
BA, PhD, Professor in Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne, a child psychologist with expertise on children’s social and emotional development, including the impact of media, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
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| Tasmania |
Anne Fitzgerald |
BSW, media consultant and former broadcaster with the ABC, social work background in child protection and domestic violence crisis work and youth homelessness, involved with projects aimed at developing resilience through music. Anne is a research unit coordinator at UTAS.
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| Australian Capital Territory |
Rosemary Crowley |
BA/LLB,
Special Counsel in commercial law at Deacons, holds a long-term interest in youth justice issues, legal education in schools, has lobbied governments on issues relating to children in the media and is involved in community sporting associations.
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| Northern Territory |
<vacant position> |
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| Corporate representatives |
Member |
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| Early Childhood Australia (ECA) |
Dr Glenn Cupit |
PhD, senior lecturer in child development in the deLissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family Studies, long history of research and advocacy with ACCM, consultant on many children's programs for the ABC and commercial interests, and authored The Child Audience for the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal.
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| Australian Education Union (AEU) |
Jenny Cassidy |
Teacher, Victoria
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Honorary CEO,Australian Council on Children and the Media:
Barbara Biggins, OAM
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