Ms Belinda Baker Belinda is a Solicitor Advocate in the NSW Crown Solicitor’s Office. She frequently appears as counsel assisting the coroner in inquests and inquiries in NSW, in the coronial jurisdiction on behalf of interested parties; and on behalf of the NSW Attorney General in Supreme Court appeals and reviews concerning coronial decisions.
Belinda is a co-author of the 4th ed of Wallers Coronial Law and Practice in NSW (LexisNexis, 2010); and the author of the Coroners Title in Halsbury’s Laws of Australia. Belinda also holds a Master of Laws from Harvard University (2004), which she attended as a Menzies Scholar. Dr Peter Doyle Dr Peter Doyle is a lecturer, author and musician. He has worked as a part-time curator at the Justice and Police Museum in Sydney where he curated the exhibitions " Crimes of Passion" and "City of Shadows". This work led to the publication of City of Shadows: Sydney police photographs 1912-1948.
 Mr Bill Fitler Mr Bill Fitler is the General Manager of Bathurst Correctional Centre Cluster and leads the management of this complex and diverse operation involving a remand and minimum security correctional centre at Bathurst, a variable security centre at Cooma, and a court escort and security unit at Queanbeyan. The cluster houses 769 offenders with a team of over 280 staff and manages a budget of over $32 million.
Mr Fitler's previous experience includes twelve years as governor, Regional Superintendent and now General Manager with Corrective Services; and previously Regional Manager and Area Manager with National Parks and Wildlife Service and Catchment Manager with Department of Land and Water Conservation.  The Hon Mary Gaudron, AC QC The Honourable Mary Gaudron, AC QC, an Australian lawyer and judge, was the first female Justice of the High Court of Australia. In a groundbreaking career, Ms Gaudron passionately championed gender equality and Indigenous rights, ruling on landmark decisions such as Mabo and Wik. She also appeared in the Equal Pay case for the Whitlam Government.
Mr Alastair Hope Mr Alastair Hope was first admitted as a Barrister and solicitor on 30 January, 1976. He practised for over 20 years, appearing as leading counsel on many major trials and appeals within the High Court, Courts of Criminal Appeal, Full Courts and Supreme Courts.
Mr Hope was appointed as State Coroner of Western Australia in 1996.  Professor Wendy Hu Professor Wendy Hu (MBBS (Hons) MHA PhD FRACGP) was appointed Professor of Medical Education and Director of Academic Programs at the School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney in 2012. Prior to this she was a senior academic in General Practice, and Associate Director of Education at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
Wendy has worked as a clinician in a variety of community and hospital healthcare settings and experienced first-hand the dilemmas that healthcare practitioners face. Her current research interests include judgement and decision making in clinical practice; in particular how clinical supervisors judge the safety and competence of students and trainees in patient care.  Magistrate Mary Jerram Magistrate Mary Jerram is the State Coroner of New South Wales. She was appointed on 3 May 2007. Mary Jerram is the first female State Coroner of New South Wales. Prior to this appointment, Mary Jerram had a career as a solicitor and later a magistrate for almost 13 years, being the former Deputy Chief Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales. Whilst the Deputy Chief Magistrate, Mary Jerram provided advice with regards to legislative and other proposals of assistance to the New South Wales Government and also education for other magistrates.  Ms Justine Jones Ms Justine Jones is a Senior Assistant Ombudsman at the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman. Justine has an extensive background in policy implementation from her career as a public servant in a number of Commonwealth Government agencies. Since joining the Ombudsman’s Office at the beginning of 2011, Justine has focused on improving public administration through the investigation and review of administrative actions in a number of portfolios including human services and defence. In her current role, Ms Jones is responsible for immigration and overseas students, which includes the oversight of immigration detention in Australia though regular inspections of detention facilities and a statutory function to report on the detention arrangements of each person detained for longer than two years.  Associate Professor Richard Kemp Associate Professor Richard Kemp is director of the Master of Psychology (Forensic) program at University of New South Wales. Richard’s background is in experimental and applied cognitive psychology. He was awarded his PhD from University College London in 1995. His research focuses on the application of cognitive psychology to the legal system. Current research projects cover topics including eyewitness memory and eyewitness identification, photo ID cards, forensic science and expert evidence, and the effectiveness of prison based treatment programs for offenders. A/Professor Kemp currently holds three ARC Linkage Grants with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, WorkCover NSW and NSW Fire Brigade. In addition to his journal publications, he has published three psychology textbooks including a bestselling guide to statistics which is now in its 5th edition.  Professor Tim Lambert Professor Tim Lambert is Professor of Psychiatry at Concord Clinical School, The University of Sydney. He is also Head of Schizophrenia Treatment and Outcomes Research at the Brain & Mind Research Institute in Sydney. He also fulfills clinical duties for the Sydney South West Area Health Service in Sydney as Director of the Centre of Excellence in Relapse Prevention in Psychosis, and at the Concord Centre for Cardiometabolic Health in Psychosis.
Dr Matthew Large Dr Large is a practising clinician with a research interest in the epidemiology of homicide and suicide. He has published more than 40 papers on the topic of risk assessment in mental health.
Mr Steve Linnegar Mr Steve Linnegar is the Executive General Manager of Syntheo, a joint venture between Lend Lease, a listed property group specialising in project management, construction, real estate investment and development, and Service Stream, one of Australia’s largest telecommunications infrastructure specialists. He is responsible for construction of the National Broadband Network in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Until recently, he was the Head of Risk for Lend Lease’s construction and engineering business in Australia.
 Judge Neil MacLean District Court Judge Neil MacLean was appointed the first Chief Coroner of New Zealand under the Coroners Act 2006 and has since worked closely with the government and professional and community groups in relation to the appointment and disposition of Coroners throughout New Zealand.
Prior to this, Judge MacLean assisted in the preparation of the Coroner's Manual 1988 and provided consultative information to the Chief Judge regarding the Coroners Act 2006.  Dr Helen Paterson Helen Paterson is a Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, The University of Sydney. Her primary research interest focuses on the effects of discussion amongst witnesses on the accuracy of their individual memories. She obtained her PhD at The University of New South Wales in 2005. While completing her PhD, Helen also gained valuable work experience in applied, forensic settings, including the New South Wales Crime Commission and New South Wales Police. Dr Paterson's latest research endeavour is to examine the impact of post-incident debriefing amongst emergency service personnel on their psychological well-being and recall of events.  Dr Michael Paton Dr Michael Paton is the Clinical Director of the Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Service, Northern Sydney Local Health District, which provides public sector mental health and drug and alcohol services to a population of approximately 900, 000 people. His current role includes responsibilities for the oversight of components of the clinical governance of the service, including clinical safety and quality, management of the senior and junior medical workforce, and service and clinical model of care development for new and existing mental health and drug and alcohol services in the Northern Sydney Local Health District.
He has worked for over 25 years in the public health sector in NSW, in a diverse range of mental health service settings and has published in a number of areas pertinent to mental health system and clinical service analysis.  Associate Professor Suresh Sundram Associate Professor Suresh Sundram is the Head of Molecular Psychopharmacology at the Mental Health Research Institute, Director of The Northern Psychiatry Research Centre and Director of Clinical Services of the Northern Area Mental Health Service.
He is actively involved in neurobiological and clinical research into schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders with over 60 publications in the area. He is an Associate Professor with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne. In addition, he has worked with asylum seeker and refugee populations within the community and in immigration detention centres where he was the external consultant on mental health to the Australian Human Rights Commission and has researched and published on the mental health effects of asylum seeking in Australia.
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