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2021 QJA CONFERENCE
2021 QJA CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
We are on a countdown until the 2021 QJA State Conference launches on Saturday 15 May at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. The Conference Planning Committee has engaged several industry leaders to present on contemporary topics relevant to JP practice. Throughout the day, you will be hearing from the following speakers:
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THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE CATHERINE HOLMES AC SHANNON FENTIMAN MP Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Minister for Women and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence
Ms Fentiman was appointed Attorney-General and Minister for Women and Minster for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence on 12 November 2020. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Hons) from QUT and a Master of Laws from Melbourne University. She was admitted as a Legal Practitioner in 2007.
Shannon is committed to social justice and, throughout her career, has worked to improve the lives of working people. She is passionate about fighting discrimination and unfairness at work and in the community. Prior to her election to the Queensland Parliament as the Member for Waterford, Shannon worked as a solicitor for Hall Payne Lawyers. She has considerable experience in employment law, having previously worked as an industrial advocate and as a Judge’s Associate in the Supreme Court of Queensland to her Honour Justice Atkinson.
Shannon has also been a board member of the Logan Women’s Health and Wellbeing Centre, Secretary of the Centre Against Sexual Violence in Logan, and the Duty Solicitor at the Beenleigh Neighbourhood Centre.
The Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Holmes AC is the Patron of the QJA and is a great supporter of the honorary justice system. She has been a guest speaker at several QJA Conferences in the past and always adds value to the day.
Chief Justice Holmes was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1982, and as a barrister in 1984. From 1984 to 1986 Chief Justice Holmes worked as a Commonwealth Crown Prosecutor before commencing private practice as a barrister. In 1999 Chief Justice Holmes was appointed Senior Counsel.
Chief Justice Holmes was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2015, having served as a judge of the Queensland Court of Appeal from 2006. Chief Justice Holmes has previously served as Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court (2000-06); Justice of the Queensland Mental Health Court (2000-04); and acting Judge of the District Court of Queensland (1999).
Shannon Fentiman MP
CHRISTOPHER GOH General Manager of Customer Oriented Registration and Licensing in the Department of Transport and Main Roads
Each time JPs and Cdecs witness or attest a document, one of the first questions asked of the client is ‘Do you have photo identification?’ One of the most commonly presented forms of ID is the plastic Queensland Driver License. In the coming years, people will be able to swap their physical licenses for a digital one as trials are already taking place in the regional towns of Maryborough and Hervey Bay. How will this digital innovation change our JP practice? At the conference, we will hear from Christopher Goh about the rollout of this important technology.
Registration and Licensing in the Department of Transport and Main Roads is responsible for delivering the first Queensland Mobile Driver License.
Chris is a highly respected leader in digital technology. He has served as a Public Servant for over twenty years. He led cyber security operations for the Commonwealth Games in Australia, assisted in the Nationalisation of Occupational Licences, and has led digital transformation initiatives in health, emergency services and significant state and national regulatory reforms.
Chris was runner-up for the Young Australian of the Year Awards and recipient of the Queens Trust Award for working in developing a digital curriculum for students and establishing a digital program to safely connect children with other children, including those with special needs and disabilities.
Christopher Goh
SAMANTHA SHIPMAN Manager Investigations, Office of the Public Guardian
Several significant changes were made to Queensland’s Guardianship legislation in 2020. These changes were introduced to give greater protection to vulnerable people who rely on substitute decisionmakers for their health and welfare. This is of significant interest for JPs and Cdecs as we have responsibilities under legislation when accessing capacity and witnessing Enduring Powers of Attorney and Advance Health Directive documents.
Samantha Shipman is Manager of the Investigations unit at the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG). Her team investigates allegations of neglect, exploitation and abuse, particularly elder abuse involving enduring powers of attorney and inadequate or inappropriate decision-making arrangements related to adults with impaired capacity. Samantha brings a lot of experience and passion to OPG in upholding the human rights of vulnerable people. She has more than twenty years investigations experience including numerous years conducting criminal investigations relating to abuse of children and vulnerable adults with the Queensland Police Service.
Samantha has expert knowledge in the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 and provides internal advice to the Executive Team at the Public Guardian, as well as provides high-level policy assistance internally and externally. Samantha has qualifications in leadership, investigations including Diploma in Policing, completion of the Detective Training and Graduate Certificate in Business (Public Sector Management).
2021 QJA CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE MARTIN DAUBNEY AM President QCAT
Justices of the Peace (JPs) have been part of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) in Brisbane, Ipswich, Maroochydore, Southport, and Townsville since June 2013. This initiative allows for two JPs to constitute a tribunal to resolve minor civil disputes up to $5,000. It recognises the significant voluntary contribution of JPs in Queensland and provides access to swift and fair justice while allowing QCAT adjudicators and magistrates to focus on more complex matters. Since 2013, QCAT JPs have heard over 12,600 matters across the five sites. Justice Daubney is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Arts and Laws. After initially practising as a solicitor, he was admitted to the Bar in 1988. In 2000 he was appointed Senior Counsel. Justice Daubney practised in Queensland as a barrister and mediator. From 1994, he was also admitted to practise in Fiji.
The Honourable Justice Martin Daubney AM was appointed to the Supreme Court of Queensland on 13 July 2007, and as President of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) in October 2017.
Justice Daubney’s appointment as Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the law and the judiciary, to education, and to the community was announced in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
LEANNE CLEMESHA RN Office of Advance Care Planning
Leanne is a Clinical Nurse Consultant in the Office of Advance Care Planning (ACP) – a state-wide service providing information and resources about ACP to public health professionals and helping people to share their ACP documents with doctors involved in their care.
Leanne has over thirty years’ experience in health service delivery in policy, planning and clinical roles, across the continuum of care within acute, community and residential sectors. She is passionate about patient autonomy, ACP and making a difference in health care service deliver – particularly regarding the provision of efficient and effective palliative care service and end-of-life care.
Leanne Clemesha RN
DR DINESH PALIPANA OAM
Many JPs and Cdecs are unsure about their role when providing services for those with disabilities. To shine a light on disability, you will hear from leading disability advocate, Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM, who was Queensland’s nomination for Australian of the Year 2021.
Dinesh was the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland, and the second person to graduate medical school with quadriplegia in Australia. Dinesh earned a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), prior to completing his Doctor of Medicine (MD) at the Griffith University. He completed and Advanced Clerkship in Radiology at Harvard University. Halfway through medical school, he was involved in a catastrophic motor vehicle accident that caused a cervical spinal cord injury. As a result of his injury and experiences, Dinesh has been an advocate for inclusivity in medicine as well as in the workplace in general. He is a founding member of Doctors with Disabilities Australia.
Dinesh is currently a resident medical officer at the Gold Coast University Hospital. He is a lecturer at the Griffith University and adjunct research fellow at the Menzies Health Institute of Queensland. He has research interests in spinal cord injury, particularly with novel rehabilitation techniques.
Dinesh was the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Services’ Junior Doctor of the Year in 2018. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2019.
