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22 The Avenue
BLACKBURN VIC 3130
Telephone: (03) 9873973
Mobile: 0418533411
Email:
alasnich@bigpond.com
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Date of birth:
19 August 1938
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Mediation & arbitration
credentials:
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Sixteen year involvement
with family law mediation including its
introduction to the Family Court of Australia;
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Introduction and
development of less adversarial system of
litigation to Family Court of Australia;
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Former Arbitrator under
the Local Government Act (Vic).
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Former judicial offices:
- Justice of the Supreme
Court of Victoria 1982-88;
- Judge Advocate General
Australian Defence Force 1988-92;
- Chief Justice of the
Family Court of Australia 1988-2004;
- Justice of the Federal
Court of Australia 1988-2004.
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Public inquiries chaired:
- Board of Inquiry into
the Richmond City Council (Vic) 1981-2.
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Current offices:
- Honorary Professorial
Fellow, Department of Criminology, University of
Melbourne;
- Chair National
Coalition against Bullying;
- Chair Australian
Community Support Organisation;
- Member Advisory Board,
Alannah and Madeleine Foundation;
- Founding Patron
Children’s Rights International;
- Patron Child and
Family Care Network (Vic);
- National Patron
Australian Drug Foundation.
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Former Offices (Public):
- Member of RAAF Reserve
1958-1992 until retirement with the rank of Air
Vice Marshal;
- Deputy Chair Adult
Parole Board (Vic) 1982-1985
Chair Adult Parole Board (Vic) 1985-88;
- Deputy Chair Victorian
Government Sentencing Committee 1987-8;
- Acting Chair Town
Planning Appeals Tribunal (Vic) (Various dates
1975-81);
- Acting Chair Liquor
Control Commission (Vic) (various dates
1979-81);
- Acting Chair Land
Valuation Board of Review (Vic) (various dates
1975-81;
- Chair of Independent
Panel inquiring into the continuation and
development of the Asia Pacific Centre for
Military Law, Faculty of Law, University of
Melbourne 2004.
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Former offices (other):
- President, Association
of Family and Conciliation Courts (USA) 1997-98;
- Chair World Congress
on Family Law and Children’s Rights San
Francisco 1997;
- Honorary Bencher
Gray’s Inn (UK).
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Education and professional
career:
- LLB University of
Melbourne 1960;
- Queens Counsel 1979.
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Awards:
- Officer of the Order
of Australia (1992);
- Reserve Forces
Decoration;
- National Medal;
- Centenary Medal.
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Restrictions, eg, travel:
None
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