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David K Malcolm | Iain
Walker | Casta Tungaraza | Stephen Kinnane | Sheilla
Suttner | Brenda Robbins | Myrna Tonkinson | Dorothy
Parker | Dennis Eggington
BOARD MEMBERS – AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF RACE RELATIONS
CHAIRPERSON: The Hon. David K Malcolm AC Chief Justice of Western Australia
The Hon. David Kingsley Malcolm AC Cit WA was appointed Chief Justice of Western Australia in
1988. In 1990 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia.
In 1992 he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia. In 1999 he was elected as an Honorary
Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, London. In 2000 he was awarded the Honour of Citizen of the Year in Western
Australia in the category of the Professions. He graduated with an LL.B from the University of Western
Australia in 1959 with first class honours and was Rhodes Scholar from Western Australia in 1960.
In 1962 he obtained his BCL at Oxford with first class honours. He was admitted to practice in 1964.
He was a partner with the firm of Freehill Hollingdale & Page and its predecessor firm in Perth
from 1964 to 1979.
Justice Malcolm acted as Counsel and Deputy General Counsel for the Asian Development Bank based
in Manila between 1967 and 1970. He practised widely in many areas of the law including commercial
and corporate law, mining, media, shipping and administrative law. He was Chairman of the Law Reform
Commission of Western Australia in 1976 and from 1979 to 1982 and a member of the Copyright Tribunal
from 1979 to 1982.
He was Queen's Counsel from 1980 to 1988, President of the Western Australian Bar Association
from 1981 to 1984 and Vice-President of the Australian Bar Association in 1984. He was Vice-President
of the Law Society of Western Australia from 1986 to 1988 and Chairman, Town Planning Appeals Tribunal
from 1978 to 1986. He has been Chairman of the Judicial Section of the Law Association for Asia
and the Pacific since 1991.
Justice Malcolm has been a member of the LAWASIA since 1968. He is Chairman of the Advisory Board
of the Crime Research Centre at the University of Western Australia, President of the Western Australian
Branch of the International Commission of Jurists and a member of the Board of Directors of the
Society for the Reform of Criminal Law.
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MEMBERS
1. Associate Professor Iain Walker
Associate Professor Iain Walker is Dean of the School of Psychology at Murdoch University where
he has worked since 1986. His PhD is from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and his undergraduate
degrees are from the University of Adelaide and Flinders University. He has published two books
and more than 75 chapters, journal articles and conference papers. The main focus of his research
is on inter-group relations (especially stereotyping and prejudice). Associate Professor Walker
has been engaged, as a consultant, by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and by the
Office of Multicultural Interests, among others.
2. Dr. Casta Tungaraza
Dr. Casta Tungaraza is the Equal Opportunity and Social Justice Manager at Murdoch University
and the Public Relations Officer of the African Community in WA.
She is a member of the Anti-Racism Steering Committee chaired by the Hon. Premier Dr Geoff Gallop.
Dr. Tungaraza was a member of the Western Australian Citizenship And Multicultural Advisory Council
contributing to the State's strategic plan and policies on citizenship, multicultural issues and
most significantly the WA government's anti-racism strategy.
Dr. Tungaraza was involved and contributed to the United Nations Preparatory Committee for the
World Conference Against Racism.
She was the Executive Coordinator of a national conference entitled Treaty: A National Conference
on Land, Racism and Reconciliation in a Global Context that was held at Murdoch University in June
2002.
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3. Mr. Stephen Kinnane
Mr. Steve Kinnane is a descendant through his mother's mother of the Miriwoong people of the East
Kimberley in the north west of Australia and was raised in Noongar country in the south west.
He is a writer and researcher who has worked on a variety of community based cultural heritage,
research and film projects. He collaborated with Lauren Marsh and Alice Nannup on the book, When
the Pelican Laughed (1992) published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Mr. Kinnane also co-wrote and
co-produced 'The Coolbaroo Club' (1996), an ABC TV documentary, which was awarded the Human Rights
and Equal Opportunity Commission Human Rights Award for the Arts.
Mr. Kinnane currently lectures at Murdoch University, Western Australia in Australian Indigenous
Studies and Sustainable Development. His most recent book is Shadow Lines (2003). He won the Non-Fiction
category of the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards with his book Shadow Lines.
Shadow Lines has also earned Mr. Kinnane recognition through the 2003 National FAW Literary Award,
a short-listing for the South Australian Festival Awards for Literature and an Honourable Mention
in the Individual for the Centre for Australian Cultural Studies Awards 2003.
Mr. Kinnane has also appeared at the Adelaide Festival of Arts Writer's Week and The UWA Perth
International Arts Festival Writers' Week, and has read his own book Shadow Lines on ABC Radio National
this year.
4. Ms Sheilla Suttner
Ms Sheilla Suttner is a social and political activist who was involved in anti apartheid movement
in South Africa and very active in the action against racism. A distinguished lecturer, speaker,
writer and social worker, she has helped young people who came to her, and drawn others into activity
for democratic rights, peace and social justice.
Ms Suttner was a Research Assistant at the South African Institute of Race Relations.
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5. Ms Brenda Robbins
During her career in the Western Australian Public Service Ms Brenda Robbins held a number of
senior management and Chief Executive Officer positions including: Assistant Public Service Commissioner,
Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment, Executive Director (CEO) Office of Industrial
Relations, Acting Executive Director (CEO) Department of State Services, Chief Executive Officer
Subiaco Redevelopment Authority and Executive Director Office of Multicultural Interests.
Ms Robbins has also been a member of many boards and committees including: Commissioner Legal
Aid Commission of Western Australia, member Senate of University of Western Australia (and numerous
Senate related committees), President Australian Institute of Management (WA), member Occupational
Health and Safety Commission, member Western Australian Citizenship and Multicultural Advisory Council,
(Australian National) Departments of Labour Advisory Committee and (Australian National) Standing
Committee of Officials for Departments of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Ms Robbins is a
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company
Directors.
Ms Robbins holds a BA majoring in Economics (UWA), MEc (Preliminary) with Distinction (UWA) and
Diploma in Company Directorship. At present Ms Robbins is a full-time final year Juris Doctor (JD)
student (University of Notre Dame). She has won a number of academic awards including the Vice Chancellor's
Medal and proposes to obtain Articles and practice Law in 2005.
Ms Robbins has always had a strong commitment to human rights and Equal Opportunity and wishes
to contribute to achieving positive outcomes in Western Australia in a voluntary capacity.
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6. Dr. Myrna Tonkinson
Dr. Myrna Tonkinson is a lecturer at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Western
Australia. Dr. Tonkinson held a number of positions in the public sector including Policy Consultant
at the Western Australian Ministry of Education's Human Resources Policy Branch. She was the Equal
Employment Opportunity Officer at the University of Western Australia, a Research Officer to the
Northern Territory Aboriginal Land Commissioner and a Research Co-ordinator at the Australian Institute
of Aboriginal Studies, 1978-1983
Dr. Tonkinson is a member of various Professional Organisations including the Australian Institute
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the Australian Anthropological Society, the Association
for Social Anthropology in Oceania and the Anthropological Society of Western Australia.
Dr. Tonkinson is also active in voluntary associations. She is a member of Social & Cultural
History Board, WA Museum, the Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Social Issues, The Management
Committee, West Australians for Racial Equality, The Management Committee, Friends of Community
Aid Abroad and member of the Family Planning Western Australia (past president and council member).
7. Ms Dorothy Parker
Ms Dorothy Parker, LLB, BA, born in Russia, lived in Italy and Singapore before coming to Australia.
Taught in the Department of Anthropology/Sociology at the University of Western Australia for 25
years. Ms Parker's academic and research interests have focused on relations of class, race, gender
and the sociology of law.
8. Mr. Dennis Eggington
Mr. Dennis Eggington is a Noongar man whose country lies around the current town of Manjimup.
He has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia since
1995.
Mr. Eggington has also spent time serving a number of Aboriginal community controlled organisations
such as the Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service and the Western Australian Aboriginal Media Association.
Mr. Eggington was formerly a school teacher in NSW and the Northern Territory. He has sat on the
Aboriginal Advisory Committee for the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin University.
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