Profesor Richard Chisholm AM
Chair
Adjunct Professor at the Australian National University's (ANU's) College of Law, retired Judge of the Family Court of Australia, with extensive experience in legal and social policy research.
Expert Advisory Group
The Expert Advisory Group provides advice on the strategic directions, research plans and programs of the AGRC.
Professor Max Abbot
Member
Director, Gambling and Addictions Research Centre, Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Professor Abbott is also the Pro Vice Chancellor and has for the past 20 years been Dean of Health and Environmental Sciences at AUT.
Mr Ashley Gordon
Member
Manager, NSW Aboriginal Safe Gambling Service and an Aboriginal gambling research consultant for the Centre for Gambling Education and Research, Southern Cross University.
Dr Ralph Lattimore
Member
Assistant Commissioner, Productivity Commission. The Commission has produced two landmark reports from its inquiries into gambling in Australia in 1999 and 2010.
Professor Alison McClelland
Member
Professor McClelland is a part-time Commissioner with the Productivity Commission. She holds an adjunct professorial appointment at La Trobe University. She joins the Expert Advisory Group in a private capacity and brings a wealth of expertise in social policy and research.
Dr Mark Zirnsak
Member
Joining the group in a private capacity, Dr Zirnsak is the Director of the Justice and International Mission Unit, Uniting Church in Australia Synod Office (Victoria & Tasmania), and the Uniting Church's representative on the Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce.
Ms Linda Woo
Member
Ms Woo is joining the group in a private capacity. Her most recent appointment was as the Executive Director of the Office of Regulatory Policy in Queensland’s Department of Justice and Attorney-General. Ms Woo has extensive experience in gambling-related policy and regulation in Australia.
