THE ROLE OF SPORT PANEL
Friday, 18 June 2010 at 12:15pm

Speakers to be confirmed

	Mr Tom Calma National Coordinator for Tackling Indigenous Smoking Mr Tom Calma was appointed the inaugural National Coordinator for Tackling Indigenous Smoking on 17 February 2010. Immediately prior to the appointment he was the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission. Mr Calma is an Aboriginal elder from the Kungarakan tribal group and member of the Iwaidja tribal group whose traditional lands are south west of Darwin and on the Coburg Peninsula in the Northern Territory, respectively. He has been involved in Indigenous affairs at a local, community, state, national and international level and worked in the public sector for over 35 years. Mr Calma has broad experience in public administration, particularly in education, employment and training programs for Indigenous Australians from both a national policy and program perspective. Until his appointment as Commissioner, on 12 July 2004, Mr Calma managed the Community Development and Education Branch at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services (ATSIS) where he worked with remote Indigenous communities to implement community-based and driven empowerment and participation programs. In 2003, he was Senior Adviser Indigenous Affairs to the Federal Minister of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. From 1995-2002, he worked as a senior Australian Diplomat in India and Vietnam representing Australia’s interests in education and training. During his time in India, he also oversaw the management of the Australian International Education’s offices in Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. He has also served as Race Discrimination Commissioner from 12 July 2004 until 12 July 2009. Mr Calma's term as Social Justice Commissioner concluded at the end of January 2010. As Social Justice Commissioner, Mr Calma chaired the Close the Gap for Indigenous Health Equality Campaign Steering Committee since its inception in March 2006 and the Steering Committee charged with establishing the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples.
	Leigh Garrett CEO of Offenders Aid and Rehabilitation Services (OARS SA) and CEO of the Centre for Centre for Restorative Justice   Leigh commenced work with OARS SA in January 1994 and has had extensive experience in the criminal justice arena. As well as his leadership role with OARS SA, he has been a member of the Correctional Services Ministerial Advisory Council, President and Executive Member of the SA Crime Prevention Council, CEO of the SA Centre for Restorative Justice and a Board member of SACOSS. He is also currently a Member of the Minister's Strategic Housing Advisory Committee, advising the Hon Jennifer Rankine MP on matters relating to housing and homelessness in South Australia.  During his work at OARS SA Leigh was honored to receive a National Award as Not-For-Profit CEO of the Year in 2002.   He has a degree in Education, a Post Graduate degree in Occupational Health & Safety Management and a Master of Business Administration degree from the International Graduate School of Management, University of SA.  Leigh is also a Fellow of Australian Institute of Management and a Certified Practicing Manager.   Leigh has previously worked in the Department for Correctional Services as Chief Management Analyst, responsible for the systematic review, planning and evaluation of the Department’s services. This period was preceded by various roles managing research projects in the Department for Correctional Services. He has also worked in the Dept of Recreation and Sport and Dept of Road Transport.   His professional career began at Minda Inc where he was responsible for the Developmental Physical Education and Leisure services for people with intellectual disabilites. He was a pioneer in the development of leisure services and developmental physical education for people with intellectual disabilities in Australia.
	Judge Stephen Norrish Stephen Norrish worked as a solicitor for the Aboriginal Legal Service from 1975-1980, a public defender from 1980-1988, was Senior Counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody NSW, Victoria and Tasmania from 1988-1990, Legal Aid Commissioner from 1987-1996, and a Member of the National Legal Aid Advisory Committee from 1987-1995. He was appointed a judge of the District Court in 2000 and has been Chairperson of the Ngara Yura Committee of the Judicial Commission of NSW from 2006 to the present.
	Associate Professor Ted Wilkes Associate Professor Wilkes is a Nyungar man from WA whose professional background includes working for the Western Australia museum, the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin University and sixteen years as the Director of the Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service. Associate Professor Wilkes holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science and is an Associate Professor of the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University. Associate Professor Wilkes provides advice and expertise on a wide range of state, national and international committees. As an Aboriginal leader, Associate Professor Wilkes has endeavoured to facilitate positive health and social outcomes, for the Aboriginal community, as well as the community generally.