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Judy Benson is a barrister who has been practising at the Victorian Bar for 13 years. Prior to that, she spent over twenty years in book publishing both in Sydney and Melbourne. Judy served for 10 years on the former Catholic Commission for Justice Development and Peace and for six years as chairman of the St Aloysius Girls College Council.
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Bruce Duncan is a priest of the Redemptorist order and has long advocated setting up an ecumenical network formally independent of the churches but drawing from their rich social traditions to raise a more informed Christian voice in policy debates. He has lectured in history and social ethics at Yarra Theological Union at Box Hill in Melbourne since 1986. Some of his writing and talks are posted on his homepage at www.frbruceduncan.com.
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Arthur Gibbs
is a former Academic, Corporate, State and Federal
Government and Consultant Economist who has worked as Research Fellow
and Senior Lecturer in Economics and spent ten years in Canberra in key
policy departments relating to trade, industry and economic development.
Corporate-sector appointments included senior economic positions in the
transport and wool industries. Academic qualifications include BEc
(ANU), LittB (UNE), M.Comm (Melb), and PhD (Ken. USA). He is currently
writing a book, “Globalisation: Ideology without Conscience, Power
without Justice”, due for completion in the first half of 2010.
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Jamie Pearce is
principal of the consulting firm Corporate Reflection and Decision
Associates which focuses on the way that people think, relate and make
decisions in organisations. He was chair of the accreditation committee
that set up the MBA course at RMIT University and a member of the course
accreditation committee for the PhD in organisation behaviour at
Swinburne University. Jamie is a member of the Council of the Anglican
Diocese of Melbourne, the Chapter of Saint Paul's Cathedral and the
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Paul Rule taught Religious Studies and History at La Trobe University where he remains an associate, and is now engaged in major research projects on Christianity in China for the Ricci Institute, University of San Francisco and Macao Ricci Institute. He is a former member of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council and the Melbourne Archdiocesan Justice and Peace Commission and has been involved for many years in justice and peace activities and publications.
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Peter Whiting (President) After nearly 30 years in corporate life filling a diverse range of general management roles, Peter now works part-time as a consultant in business management which leaves time for involvement with a number of community endeavours. Apart from Social Policy Connections, Peter’s main community involvement is on the Boards of the Stride Foundation (youth wellbeing) and Catholic Homes for the Elderly Inc (aged care).
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Mark Walsh works as Professional Officer Identity (Formation) for Edmund Rice
Education Australia and has previously worked as a primary and secondary teacher
for 20 years. He has been a member of the Ecumenical Commission of the Diocese
of Ballarat and has been involved in inter-religious dialogue for a number of
years. He believes that people of different faiths and denominations can serve
the world through working together for justice and peace for all creation.
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