Keynote Speaker

Marcia Langton AO FASSA FTSE

Marcia Langton AO FASSA FTSE is an anthropologist, geographer, and academic from the Yiman and Bidjara nations of Queensland, Australia. Since 2000, she has held the position of Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, also serving as Associate Provost. As of 2022, she is the Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Her impactful contributions include work on the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the Aboriginal negotiating panel for the Native Title Act. A prolific author, her publications span Aboriginal land tenure, agreement-making, art and film. A Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia, Marcia continues to be an assertive and influential voice in the Australian community, in the industry, government and non-government sectors and the media.


Speakers


Bill Mitchell OAM HonLLD 
Principle Solicitor
Townsville Community Law


Dr Chay Brown 
Managing Director
Her Story Mparntwe


David Ranson
Clinical Professor
Monash University


Kate Rossmanith 
Associate Professor 
Macquarie University


Dr Cheryl Charlwood
Consultant Specialist Forensic Pathologist, Forensic Science SA


Justin Napier 
General Manager
Comcare


Dr Jo Lee
Chief Forensic Science Officer
NT Police, Forensic Science Branch 


Leanne Liddle
Executive Director 
Cultural Reform 
NT Police


Michael Murry
Barrister-at-Law
Townsville


Professor Andrew Harris
Assistant Coroner
South London Coroners


David Aro
Director
Connunio Ltd, NZ


Reverend Wayne
Te Kaawa

General Manager
Communio Ltd, New Zealand


Ian Freckelton AO KC
Senior Barrister
King's Counsel


Patrick Hornby
General Council 
Australian Transport Safety Bureau


Klaire Coles
Practice Director
Caxton Community Legal Centre


Dr Raelene Nixon
University of Melbourne


George Newhouse
Company Director
& Co-Founder
The National Justice Program


Dr Mary Frost
Clinical Director
Mental Health, 
Central Australia Region


Dr Simon Quilty
CEO
Wilya Ajjul Janta Aboriginal Corporation


Dr Marianne Tiemensma
Specialist Forensic Pathologist
Royal Darwin Hospital


Official Speaker Program is coming soon!


The Asia Pacific Coroners Society Conference 2024, Sorry Business, will be held at Voyages Ayers Rock Resort, Yulara, Northern Territory on the 2nd of September until the 4th of September 2024. 

A detailed conference program and speaker information will be uploaded closer to the conference date. 




Conference Organisers

AA&P Events
(08) 8942 3388
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