The ACCM Board contains one representative of each state of Australia and two representatives from its corporate membership. There are ten Board members in all, plus an appointed Secretary and Treasurer.
Position | Member |
President | Prof. Elizabeth Handsley |
Vice President | Assoc. Prof Wayne Warburton |
Secretary | Ms Kate Martin |
State | Member | Background information |
South Australia | Prof Elizabeth Handsley FAAL | BA, LLB, LLM, Professor of Law, Western Sydney University, a specialist in media law as it applies to children. |
New South Wales | Dr Wayne Warburton | PhD, MAPS, GAICD Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology, Macquarie University; Consumer Director, Governing Council, Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (6 years); Consumer Director, Board, Energy and Water Ombudsman of NSW (6 years) |
Western Australia | Linda Savage | BA(Hons), LLB, MA, Lawyer, Ambassador for Children and Young People in WA |
Queensland | Kevan Goodworth OAM | BA, M.Phil (Notts), MACEL; Education consultant; past Director ACSSO [Australian Council of State School Organisations]; past CEO P&Cs Qld; former Assistant Director General, Education Queensland |
Victoria | Dr Anthea Rhodes | MBBS (Hons), FRACP, MHPE, Paediatrician, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne; Director, RCH National Child Health Poll; Lecturer, Dept of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne |
Tasmania |
|
|
Australian Capital Territory | Dr Catherine Page Jeffery | PhD, BA (Hons). Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Sydney; research specialises in digital media use and families. |
Northern Territory | Dr Donna Odegaard AM | PhD, CEO of First Nations Broadcasting, Australia’s largest fully Indigenous-owned radio, television and production network. |
Corporate representative | Member | Background information |
Association of Heads of Independent Schools Australia (AHISA)
|
Beth Blackwood
|
Dip Ed, BA
CEO AHISA
[Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia] 2016 – current;
Past Principal, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth WA 1997 - 2015
|
Kiratech
|
Richard Kwan
|
Founder and CEO, Kiratech
|
Honorary CEO, Australian Council on Children and the Media: Barbara Biggins, OAM
Children and Media Australia (CMA) is a registered business name of the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM).
CMA provides reviews, research and advocacy to help children thrive in a digital world.
ACCM is national, not-for-profit and reliant on community support. You can help.