Australian Leadership Awards:

Leadership Development Program

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Leadership Development Conference

Aspiring
to Lead
Leading to
Inspire

delegate handbook
Canberra
Contents
Hotel Realm, Canberra. Sunday, 14 March – Wednesday, 17 March 2010
18 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600
Canberra 2
Welcome Letter from AusAID 5
About the Conference 7
About the Leadership Development
Program Reader 8
Monitoring and Evaluation 9
Hotel Realm Locations 10
Conference Schedule and Important
Information 11
Speakers Profiles 16
Peter Baxter 16
Murray Proctor 16
Peter Versegi 17
John Davidson 17
Steve Hogg 18
Gillian Brown 18
Michael Hassett 18
Matilda House 19
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce 19
Tanveer Ahmed 21
Jason Yat-sen Li 21
Elizabeth Broderick 22
Chris Richardson 23
The Yabu Band 23
Larissa Brown 25
Katerina Teaiwa 25
Conference Contacts and Other
Information 27
Conference Contacts 27
Prayer Rooms 27
About Canberra 29
Canberra Overview 29
Canberra Fast Facts 30
Weather 30
2010 Conference Delegates 31
Your Notes 36
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The International Flag
Display, along the
promenade between
the High Court and
the National Library
on the southern shore
of Lake Burley Griffin,
acknowledges the United
Nations and those that
maintain a diplomatic
presence in the national
capital.
Welcome Letter from AusAID
Dear Scholars,
Welcome to Canberra and to the 2010
Leadership Development Conference.
I hope that during your time in Australia
you will achieve your educational goals,
experience Australian culture, and form
strong friendships and networks with
each other and with Australian people
and institutions.
The ALA Scholarships program
demonstrates Australia’s commitment
to building capacity through leadership
to address the complex development
challenges faced in the Asia and
Pacific regions. The Australia Awards,
announced by the Prime Minister
in November 2009, will extend
Australia’s long-standing scholarship
program and consolidate all current
Australian scholarships, including ALA
Scholarships, under its banner.
You have been selected out of a highly
competitive pool of applicants as
current and emerging leaders in your
fields and countries, and we are very
pleased to host you as you undertake
your studies at Australian universities.
ALA Scholarships aims to build the I encourage you to make
capacity of awardees to participate in the most of this time in
and, in fact, to lead social and economic Canberra to get to know
policy and development outcomes in each other and to reflect
their countries and the region. For this on your experiences, your
reason we’ve created the Leadership understanding of leadership
Development Program, to encourage and your goals for the future.
scholars to explore and further develop With best wishes for your
their leadership potential. studies in Australia and your
The Leadership Development future endeavours,
Conference is the first activity of the
program for 2010, making it an exciting
occasion. The conference aims to build
on participants’ understanding of the
role that leaders play in providing vision Michael Hassett
and influencing and achieving change.
Director
It aims also to generate a commitment
Scholarships Section
to working together across our region
AusAID
to address common development
challenges. The next activity for 2010
scholars will be four-day intensive
Leadership Workshop, to be held
mid-year in the state capitals.
I also congratulate inaugural awardees
of the Prime Minister’s Pacfic-Australia
Awards, eight of whom are participating
at this leadership conference.
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About the Conference
The Leadership Development
Conference is a key annual event in
the Australian Leadership Awards:
Leadership Development Program.
This year’s conference brings together
Australian Leadership Awards (ALA)
scholars from 28 different countries,
who are studying at Australian
universities. The 2010 Leadership
Development Conference focuses on
generating collaborative relationships
with time and space for dialogues
regarding regional leadership
challenges. The three key goals of the
conference are:
• To increase ALA scholars’ knowledge
and understanding of contemporary
leadership challenges at national,
regional and global levels.
• To provide networking opportunities
with current leaders from the Asia-
Pacific region and within Australia
fostering people to people linkages.
• To orient participants to critical
thinking about leadership and provide
a venue for exploring trends and
responses for the future.
The conference program includes
speakers from a broad range of
leadership backgrounds, including
Her Excellency, the Governor-General
of Australia, members of the medical
profession, human rights advocates,
lawyers, environmentalists and
economists. The program also brings
together experts in areas identified as
priority areas for development including
health, climate change, economic
development and gender equality.
The theme of the Leadership
Development Conference is “Aspiring to
Lead, Leading to Inspire”. The theme is
influenced by the authors of our course
reader Brad Jackson and Ken Parry (see
page 6 for more information). These
authors identify five particular qualities
which they believe are vital for effective
leadership: confidence, integrity,
connection, resilience and aspiration.
They put aspiration at the top of their
list which surprises some people. Their
rationale – “If you don’t aspire to change
something and you don’t have a good
reason for changing it, you cannot and
should not lead.”
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Over the three days we
explore leadership and the
desire to lead and inspire
others from three different
perspectives – head, hand
and heart. The basis for
this is a belief that effective
leadership is the intersection
of sound knowledge about
leadership (head), clearly
articulated values (heart) and
honed leadership skills and
competencies (hand).
On day one we explore
leadership and look at
leadership in development. 
On day two we look at
leadership in action and the
social, ethical and economic
challenges to being a leader in
our time and our region.  Day
three focuses on leading for
a higher purpose and we are
introduced to three dynamic,
young leaders making a
difference in indigenous
affairs, the environment and
the arts.
About the Leadership
Development Program Reader
We know from previous ALA scholars’
feedback that each of you has a heavy
academic load and that you don’t want
to be confronted with more academic
material when you attend a LDP activity.
This has motivated us to find interesting
ways of introducing you to the serious
debates in contemporary leadership.
This was our motivation in selecting
the course reader A very short, fairly
interesting and reasonably cheap book
about studying leadership by Brad
Jackson and Ken Parry. The book may
have a quirky title and be written in an
engaging manner, but the authors are
very serious about leadership.
You will receive a copy of the book at
the conference and we encourage you
to read the book before the workshops.
Closer to the workshops we will point
you to specific areas we want you to
cover in more detail.
The book is designed for those who are
not formally studying leadership but are
interested in the subject. It steers away
from the multitudes of leadership books
which offer 10 secrets to leadership
and the life stories of business leaders.
Instead, the book has intellectual
rigour without being too academic
about leadership. It is an engaging read
which tackles the current issues facing
leaders and the study of leadership
today.
In particular, the book does a great job
of exploring the three key questions
which underpin all debate about
leadership and which we explore during
the workshop program.
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These questions are:
1. Are leaders born or made?
2. What makes an effective
leader?
3. What’s the difference
between leadership and
management?
The book is also well
suited to our purpose in
that it explores the critical
relationship between leaders
and followers which is central
to the post heroic view of
leadership. Building on this
it explores contemporary
leadership concepts such as
co-leadership, distributed
leadership and team
leadership. The book also
looks at cultural perspectives
on leadership and leading for
a higher purpose.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Your feedback plays an important role
in helping us to develop and improve
the Leadership Development Program.
Feedback from last year’s conference
participants has helped us shape the
program we are presenting to you
this year. Independent monitoring
and evaluation experts attend all our
modules to gather data by observing
the interactions which take place.
We also use questionnaires to gather
quantitative and qualitative data about
your experience.
When you arrive at the conference
you will be asked to complete a pre-
program evaluation and return
this before the start of proceedings on
Monday, 15 March. Please return these
to your Scholar Liaison Officer.
This questionnaire will ask you to think
about leadership and describe what
you believe to be effective leadership
qualities, skills and competencies.
At the close of the conference on
Wednesday, 17 March, you will be asked
to participate in a conference evaluation
process. This process will be explained
to you at the time, and will assist us
with our planning for the conference
next year. Your input to the conference
evaluation is highly valued and your
participation is appreciated.
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Conference Schedule
and Important Information

Hotel Realm, Canberra. Sunday, 14 March – Wednesday, 17 March 2010

18 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 Aspiring
Hotel Realm Locations:
Foyer: Conference Floor (‘CF’ in lift), The Gallery and Pre-Function Areas to Lead
Plenary: Conference Floor, National Ballroom 2 & 3 Leading to
Inspire
Ballroom: Conference Floor, National Ballroom 1 & 4
Terrace: Ground Floor

SUNDAY 14 MARCH 2010

Registration & Welcome
Time Location Event / Topic Speaker / Facilitator
1600 Pinnacles Apartments Buses depart for Hotel Realm
1615-1645 Foyer Registration Leadership Development Program (LDP) Team
1645 - 1715 Foyer Meet with Scholar Liaison and Scholar Liaisons
familiarise with conference facility
1715-1750 Plenary Practice Module (Internships) Australian Experiential Learning Centre (AELC)
Information session
1750 – 1800 Plenary Monitoring and Evaluation Dr BK Tan and Ms Sue Gillieatt
Information session
1800 – 1820 Plenary Treasure Hunt Mr Mal Lowther
Director, Teamworks Development Australia
1820 – 1830 Plenary Official Welcome to LDP Ms Janet Sutherland, Ms Claire Bean & Ms Gloria Gu
Leadership Development Program Team
1830 - 1900 Plenary Gold Star Presentation Ceremony Dr Linley Lord
Senior Lecturer, Curtin Graduate School of Business &
Director, Maureen Bickley Centre for Women in Leadership
1900 – 2030 Plenary Welcome Dinner
2030 Realm Hotel Buses depart to Pinnacles Apartments

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MONDAY 15 MARCH 2010 (DAY 1)
Current and Emerging Trends in Leadership – An Asia Pacific Context
Objectives:
• To increase understanding regarding AusAID’s support for leadership and collaboration in the Asia-Pacific Region
• To explore leadership in the context of development
• To generate discussion regarding regional challenges and create a foundation for collaborative dialogues
Time Location Event / Topic Speaker / Facilitator
0815 Pinnacles Apartments Buses depart for Hotel Realm
0830- 0920 Ballroom Buffet breakfast
0930-0935 Plenary Delegates Welcome Mr Peter Versegi (MC)
Assistant Director General, Health, Education and
Scholarships Branch, AusAID
0935 - 0945 Welcome to Country Ms Matilda House
Traditional Owner, Chair of the Ngambri Local Aboriginal
Land Council
0945-0955 Welcome Address Mr Peter Baxter
Acting Director General, AusAID
1000-1020 Keynote Address Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, AC
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
1020-1100 Foyer Morning Tea with Speakers
1100-1115 Plenary Energiser exercise Mr Mal Lowther
Director, Teamworks Development Australia
1115-1200 Leadership in a Globalised Context Dr Tanveer Ahmed
Psychiatrist and Journalist
1200-1300 Foyer Lunch with Speakers
1300-1310 Plenary Important information for scholars Dr Linley Lord (MC)
prior to Parliament House Function
1310-1430 Panel Discussion: Facilitator: Dr Tanveer Ahmed; Panel members
Leaders to Leadership – Driving Mr Steve Hogg/MrJohn Davidson (AusAID)
the Process of Development Ms Gillian Brown (AusAID Senior Gender Advisor)
Ms Sharin Shajahan Naomi
Ms Daravone Kittiphanh
Mr Michael Hililan
1435 Realm Hotel Buses depart for Pinnacles Apartments
1450-1550 Scholars’ free time to prepare for Parliament House Function
1600 Pinnacles Apartments Buses depart for Parliament House
& Bentley Suites
1620-1650 Parliament House Scholars’ free time (30 min) for photos outside Parliament House
1650-1715 Parliament House Security Check Parliament House
1730-1900 Parliament House Function The Hon Bob McMullan, MP
Cocktail Reception
1900 Buses depart Parliament House for Hotel Realm
1930-2200 Plenary Dinner, including Talent Quest and Karaoke
2200 Hotel Realm Buses depart for Pinnacles Apartments

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TUESDAY 16 MARCH 2010 (DAY 2)
Exploring Leadership in Practice
Objectives:
• To explore leadership from the perspective of cross cutting issues including discrimination, gender and ethics
• To engage in collaborative dialogues themed around regional issues and development priority areas
• To gain a deeper understanding of leadership within the global context
Time Location Event / Topic Speaker / Facilitator
0815 Pinnacles Apartments Buses depart for Hotel Realm
0830-0910 Ballroom Buffet breakfast
0910- 0940 Plenary Energiser exercise Mr Mal Lowther
Director, Teamworks Development Australia
0940 –1030 Social Justice, Diversity and Mr Jason Yat-sen Li
Belonging Vice Chair of the Australia-China Chamber of Commerce
1035-1105 Foyer Morning Tea with Speakers
1110-1210 Plenary Women in Leadership: Ms Elizabeth Broderick
A Platform for Action Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner
Responsible for Age Discrimination
1215-1305 Plenary Leadership in a Time of Tightening Mr Chris Richardson
Budgets Director, Access Economics
1310-1400 Foyer Lunch with Speakers
1400 -1500 Plenary Round Tables: ALA Scholars will discuss development challenges relating to their country/
region (chaired by AusAID)
1500-1545 Foyer Afternoon Tea with AusAID program area staff
1545-1645 Plenary Round Tables: ALA Scholars will discuss development challenges relating to their thematic area
(chaired by AusAID)
1645 Hotel Realm Buses depart to Pinnacles Apartments
1700-1800 Pinnacles Apartments Scholars free time to prepare for Conference Dinner
& Bentley Suites
1815 Pinnacles Apartments Buses Depart for National Museum of Australia
& Bentley Suites
1830–2000 National Museum of Pre-dinner drinks and gallery tours
Australia – Garden of
Australian Dreams
2000-2230 National Museum of Conference Dinner Mr Peter Versegi (MC)
Australia – The Hall Assistant Director General, Health, Education and
Scholarships Branch
Speaker: 2010 Allison Sudradjat Awardee
Speaker: 2009 ALA Scholar
Special performance by The Yabu Band
2245 National Museum of Buses depart to Pinnacles Apartments and Bentley Suites
Australia

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WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH 2009 (DAY 3)
Leading for a Higher Purpose – Exploring Values Based Leadership
• To better understand how to empower and inspire others to lead
• To gain a holistic perspective of leadership and understand values based leadership
Time Location Event / Topic Speaker / Facilitator
0745 Pinnacles Apartment Buses depart for Hotel Realm
0800 - 0840 Ballroom Buffet breakfast
0840-0855 Plenary Welcome comments Dr Linley Lord (MC)
0855-0945 Young Indigenous leadership – Ms Tania Major
A Choice, Not a Position 2007 Young Australian of The Year
0950-1040 Personal Leadership Journey Ms Larissa Brown
2008 Australian Young Environmentalist of The Year
Founder and Executive Director of Centre for Sustainability
Leadership
1040–1100 Foyer Morning tea with Dr Katerina Teaiwa
1105-1155 Plenary Gender, Leadership and the Arts Dr Katerina Teaiwa
in Oceania College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
1155-1210 Evaluation
1210-1225 Closing remarks by Mr Michael Hassett, Director Scholarships Section, AusAID
1230-1400 Terrace BBQ lunch
1400 onwards Scholars begin leaving

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 Interpretive sculptures can be found at
Reconciliation Place, between the National Library
and the High Court of Australia.
Speakers Profiles
AusAID Representatives
Peter Baxter
Acting Director General, AusAid
Peter Baxter is an experienced senior
career officer with the Department
of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
He joined the Department in 1988. He
has been on a number of overseas
posting including Fiji, Solomon Islands
and Vietnam. Mr Baxter’s most recent
posting was as Deputy Chief of Mission
in Washington from 2002 to 2005. In
2000 Mr Baxter was appointed as
Special Envoy of the Foreign Minister to
Solomon Islands.
In July 2009 Mr Baxter was appointed
as Acting Director General at AusAID.
Prior to moving to AusAID, Mr Baxter
headed DFAT’s Consular, Public
Diplomacy and Parliamentary Affairs
Division. His previous Canberra
assignments have included senior
management roles heading the
Consular and Passports (2000),
Corporate Management (2000 to 2001),
Market Development (2001 to 2002) and
North Asia (2005 to 2008) Divisions with
DFAT.
Mr Baxter holds a Bachelor of Arts
Degree from the Australian National
University. Born in 1959, he has two
sons and one daughter.
Murray Proctor
Deputy Director General - Program
Enabling Division & Australian
Ambassador, HIV/AIDS
Murray Proctor commenced duties as
Australian Ambassador, HIV/AIDS on
1 December 2007. The role of the HIV/
AIDS Ambassador is to encourage
political, business and community
leaders in the Asian Pacific region
to provide the direction and support
needed to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS
and reduce the suffering it causes.
With more than 25 years experience
in aid and development, Murray is
well placed to further cooperation
with Australia’s regional partners in
advancing the fight against HIV/AIDS.
He is concurrently Deputy Director
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General of the Program Enabling
Division at Australia’s Agency for
International Development (AusAID).
This Division provides advice to
AusAID program areas on sectors
such as education, economics, health,
infrastructure and rural development.
Murray was previously Deputy Director
General of AusAID’s Asia Division, and
before that managed the AusAID Office
of Review and Evaluation and Australia’s
aid program to Papua New Guinea. He
worked from 1999 to 2001 in the World
Bank on East Timor reconstruction and
public sector reform.
He holds degrees in Psychology and
Economics from the University of
Queensland and Australian National
University respectively.
Peter Versegi
Assistant Director General, Health,
Education and Scholarships Branch
Peter Versegi joined AusAID in 1986
and has held numerous program and
policy positions since then. In 2006,
he was appointed the first head of the
Office of Development Effectiveness,
after heading up the Secretariat that
produced the 2006 Australian Aid White
Paper.
He previously worked on country
programs in Papua New Guinea, the
Pacific and North Asia, and was posted
to Bangkok in the early 1990s. From
1997-2000 he worked as an adviser in
the Executive Director’s Office of the
World Bank. He was appointed to his
current position in May 2009.
John Davidson
Assistant Director General - Office of
Development Effectiveness
John Davidson is the Head of the
Office of Development Effectiveness,
an independent unit within the AusAID
charged with measuring and reporting
on the effectiveness of Australia’s
overseas aid program.  
Immediately prior to this appointment
he spent three years working as a
Senior Public Sector Specialist in the
World Bank, based in Washington DC. 
Prior to joining the Bank, he worked on,
and mostly in, the South West Pacific
for the previous fifteen years, including:
four years as the Head of the Australian
aid program in Papua New Guinea;
three years as Head of the Australian
aid program in Fiji; and prior to that,
two years as the AusAID representative
in Tonga.  
Principal areas of interest include:
governance and public sector
reform related activities; politics of
development; leadership; service
delivery in decentralised governance
systems; alternative activity delivery
modalities; and team management.
A native of Queensland, Australia, he
has graduate and postgraduate degrees
from the University of Queensland,
focusing on rural sociology and
development in small island states.
Prior to joining the Australian civil
service, he was a soy bean farmer.
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Steve Hogg
Assistant Director General -
Governance and Leadership Branch
Steve Hogg has been working in AusAID
since 1992.  Steve has worked in a
number of country program and policy
areas. He has had postings to Vanuatu
(1st Secretary, 1997-1999), Papua New
Guinea (Counsellor, 2002-2005) and
was seconded to UK Department for
International Development (DFID), from
2005-2008.  In DFID Steve headed up
the Fragile States policy unit, provided
high level advice to the Middle East and
North Africa program and worked on
political governance and leadership
issues.  infrastructure, and community
Steve is currently Assistant Director
General, Governance & Leadership
Branch and is the Program Director for
the ‘Leadership Program: Developmental
Leaders, Elites & Coalitions’. Steve has
been working on leadership issues in
developing countries for a number of
years and is informed by some 20 years
experience in shaping Australian and
international aid policies, strategies and
programs.
Gillian Brown
AusAID’s Principal Gender Adviser
Gillian Brown has recently been
appointed as AusAID’s Principal Gender
Adviser.  She joins AusAID after twelve
years in the World Bank’s East Asia
and Pacific Region Social Development
Unit, during which she lived and worked
in Indonesia and the Mekong Region,
and also spent several years based in
DC working on other countries in the
Asia Pacific region. During her time at
the World Bank she was the Regional
Gender Coordinator for the East Asia
and Pacific Region and represented
the region on the Bank’s Gender and
Development Sector Board. 
Before joining the World Bank, Gillian
worked for several years in Indonesia
as a Gender and Social Development
consultant after completing her post
graduate research in Central Java.
She has also lived and worked in rural
Bangladesh and southern Somalia.
Gillian’s graduate and post-graduate
degrees are in Agricultural Engineering
and she has worked extensively on
a broad range rural development,
development projects, and carried out
research on various gender-related
topics.
Michael Hassett
Director Scholarships Section
Michael returned in 2009 from a three
year posting with AusAID in the Lao
People’s Democratic Republic.  During
his time in Laos, Michael managed
the implementation of the Australian
Government’s development program,
which has supported over 800 Lao
nationals to study in Australian
institutions. 
Prior to his posting, Michael was a
program manager for Australian aid
activities in China.  Michael has also
worked across the Federal public sector
with stints in education, finance, and
the Public Service Commission. Michael
was appointed Director Scholarships
Section in 2009.
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Guest Speakers
Matilda House
Matilda House is the Chair of the
Ngambri Local Aboriginal Land Council
in Queanbeyan and the Joint Chair of
the Interim Namadgi National Park
Committee. The Ngambri people
are the traditional owners of the
land on which Canberra is built. As
chair of many other Canberra and
Queanbeyan Indigenous committees
and organisations, and in her role as
Ngambri representative performing
numerous welcoming ceremonies,
Ms House is vitally active within the
community. She performed the first
ever welcome to country ceremony at
the opening of Parliament in February
2008.
Ms House’s long association with
Aboriginal justice concerns began when
she helped to establish the Aboriginal
Legal Service in the 1980s, and has
continued more recently through her
membership of the Aboriginal Justice
Advisory Committee.
Serving on the first ACT Heritage
Council, delivering the welcome at
1997’s ‘Sea of Hands’, contributing to
the ‘Bringing Them Home’ report into
the Stolen Generations, acting as an
ACT honorary ambassador or as one of
the original protestors who established
the Tent Embassy in 1972, Matilda
House is tirelessly involved.
In 2006, Ms House was named Canberra
Citizen of the Year in recognition of
her tremendous impact on Canberra’s
social, heritage, justice, and
environment landscape.
Story-telling is a tradition close to Ms
House’s heart. She believes that, as an
elder, she has a responsibility to tell the
stories of her people and thereby pass
on community identity and heritage to
her descendants.
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce,
AC Governor-General of the
Commonwealth of Australia
BA. LLB (Qld). Hon LLD (Macquarie). Hon
DLitt (Charles Sturt). Hon DUniv (Griffith).
Hon DU (QUT). Hon LLD (Qld)
Quentin Bryce was born in Brisbane
in 1942 and spent her early years in
Ilfracombe, a small town in Central
Western Queensland. In 1965, she
graduated with the degrees of Bachelor
of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from
The University of Queensland and, in
the same year, was admitted to the
Queensland Bar. She has since enjoyed
a rich and distinguished career as an
academic, lawyer, community and
human rights advocate, senior public
officer, university college principal,
and vice-regal representative in
Queensland, and now Australia.
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Ms Bryce’s former roles – some, among
firsts for women in this country –
include:
• Lecturer and Tutor in Law, The
University of Queensland, 1968-1983
• Convenor, National Women’s Advisory
Council, 1982-1984
• Inaugural Director, Queensland
Women’s Information Service, Office of
the Status of Women, Department of
Prime Minister and Cabinet,
1984-1987
• Director, Human Rights and Equal
Opportunity Commission, Queensland,
1987-1988
• Federal Sex Discrimination
Commissioner, Human Rights and
Equal Opportunity Commission,
1988-1993
• founding Chair and CEO, National
Childcare Accreditation Council,
1993-1996
• Principal and CEO, The Women’s
College, University of Sydney,
1997-2003
• Governor of Queensland, 2003-2008
Ms Bryce’s contribution to advancing
human rights and equality, the rights
of women and children, and the welfare
of the family was recognised in her
appointment as an Officer of the Order
of Australia in 1988 and a Companion
of the Order of Australia in 2003. Also
in 2003, she was invested as a Dame of
Grace of the Most Venerable Order of
the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
Ms Bryce was awarded an Honorary
Doctorate of Laws by Macquarie
University (New South Wales) in 1998,
an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by
Charles Sturt University (New South
Wales) in 2002, and an Honorary
Doctorate of Laws by The University of
Queensland in 2006. She was conferred
with the degrees of Honorary Doctor
of the University by Griffith University
(Queensland) in 2003, and Queensland
University of Technology in 2004.
In her civic role as Governor of
Queensland, Ms Bryce continued her
work with women, families and young
people while extending her influence
across the State’s broad and diverse
spectrum, including the rural, regional,
aged, indigenous, migrant, and
disability sectors.
As a mother and grandmother, Ms
Bryce is a role model and mentor to
women at every stage of their lives.
She values and encourages women’s
capacity to form strong and enduring
bonds of friendship, intellectual and
emotional enrichment, and mutual
support in their roles within the family,
workplace and community.
On 5 September 2008 Ms Bryce was
sworn in as Australia’s twenty-fifth
Governor-General. As the first woman
to take up the office, she remains a
pioneer in contemporary Australian
society, and yet one who brings more
than forty years of experience in reform,
community building and leadership to
the role.
Ms Bryce and her husband, Michael,
were married in 1964. They have two
daughters and three sons, and six
grandchildren.
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Tanveer Ahmed
Tanveer Ahmed is a psychiatrist and
opinion columnist for the Sydney
Morning Herald. He combines a career
as a doctor with journalism. His
writings are on a broad range of topics,
but he is best known for his views on
multiculturalism, cultural aspects of
mental health and South Asian politics.
His ancestry from Bangladesh inform
some of his ideas.  Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in The
In 2006, he was chosen by a PM’s
committee as one of a hundred future
leaders of Australia under the age of
40. More recently, a popular men’s
magazine named him as one of the
50 most influential young men under
the age of 35. He sits on a number
of boards, including the Advertising
Standards Board, the advisory council
to the Smith Family and is a former
national representative for junior
doctors within the Australian Medical
Association. He has even performed
comedy and co-hosted a prime time
game show.
He has a small affiliation with AusAID
in that they funded a speaking tour of
his in March 2009, where he helped
launch the White Ribbon program about
combating violence against women
through affecting male attitudes in
Pakistan.  Smith Family, one of Australia’s largest
Jason Yat-sen Li
Jason has an Arts/Law degree with first
class honours from the University of
Sydney and a Masters of Law from New
York University Law School, where he
was Australia’s Hauser Global Fellow for
2000 and Convocation Speaker for the
graduating class of 2000.
From 1996 to 1998, Jason worked for the
United Nations International Criminal
Hague, the Netherlands. Jason worked
with Sir Ninian Stephen on a number of
pioneering cases in international law on
genocide and war crimes.
In 1997, Jason returned to Australia to
establish a new political party to combat
the racist politics of Pauline Hanson’s
One Nation that had just achieved great
electoral success in Australia. In 1997,
Jason was also elected to the Australian
Constitutional Convention and was
instrumental in drafting and brokering
support for the model of republican
government that was put to Australian
voters in the 1999 national Republic
Referendum.
Jason is currently Vice-Chair of the
Australia-China Chamber of Commerce
in Beijing, a Director of the George
Institute for Public Health, the Sydney
Institute as well as a Governor of the
charities. Jason was formerly Youth Chair
of the NSW Ethnic Communities Council
and cultural spokesperson for NSW
Tourism during the Sydney 2000 Olympic
Games. He was also a Director of the
National Centre for Volunteering and the
New South Wales Government’s Sydney
Metropolitan Strategy Group.
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Jason was awarded the 2002
Eisenhower Fellowship with which
he travelled to the USA to study the
intersection of corporate, political
and community interests. In 2005, he
was named a “Future Leader” by the
Australian Davos Connection.
He joined Insurance Australia Group,
Australasia’s largest general insurance
company, in 2002 as Head of Sustainable
Development. In that role, he led
the company’s initiatives on climate
change, disaster research and policy,
community risk-reduction with a focus
on product development and driving
internal cultural transformation. IAG
won the Ethical Corporation Award for
Sustainable Company of the Year in 2003.
In 2003, Jason was appointed Head of
China Strategy for Insurance Australia
Group. He became General Manager,
Sales & Marketing for IAG’s operations
in China in 2004 and in 2006, led a major
campaign to improve road-safety in
China that won the China International
PR Association Silver medal for Best
Campaign and the Economic Observer
Award for most Creative Campaign.
Currently, Jason is Managing Director
of RI Group China Limited, a private
equity, investment banking and
strategy advisory firm headquartered
in Melbourne and Beijing. He speaks
regularly to a range of government,
community and business audiences
on inclusive societies, education and
young people, opportunities in the Asian
region and the promises and challenges
of China. Jason speaks fluent Mandarin,
Cantonese, German and Dutch.
Elizabeth Broderick
Elizabeth Broderick is a lawyer, mentor
and social change agent, a Telstra
NSW Business Woman of the Year and
Australian Corporate Business Woman
of the Year.
Prior to her appointment as Sex
Discrimination Commissioner and
Commissioner responsible for Age
Discrimination in 2007, Elizabeth
was a partner at Blake Dawson and
developed the firm’s business case for
flexibility in the workplace. Her efforts
contributed to creating a workplace
where more than 25 percent of the law
firm’s workforce now uses flexible work
arrangements.
Elizabeth has travelled the length and
breadth of Australia listening to women
and men’s concerns about gender
equality and age discrimination. She has
been a strong advocate for Australia’s
national paid parental leave scheme, age
anti-discrimination and more recently
has championed the changes to the
ASX Corporate Governance Principles
to increase the number of women at
decision making level.
In 2009, she accompanied a group of
Aboriginal women to the Commission
on the Status of Women in the United
Nations to tell their story of rebuilding
their community following years of
alcohol abuse. This enabled community
women’s voices to be heard on a global
stage and their promising practices to
be shared around the world.
Elizabeth is an adviser to the Australian
Chief of the Defence Force on women’s
issues, a member of the University of
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Technology Sydney Advisory Board, the
Vic Health Advisory Board and the ANU
Centre for International and Public Law.
Elizabeth is married and has two young
children Tom and Lucy.
Chris Richardson
Chris Richardson is a Director of Access
Economics and is one of Australia’s best
known economists.
As a renowned expert, particularly in
macroeconomics, Chris heads Access
Economics’ forecasting and modelling
unit and is the author of Business
Outlook, widely acknowledged as the
leader in its field of macroeconomic
forecasting. His expertise includes the
Australian and global economies, the
Federal Budget, ageing and industry
trends.
Chris Richardson writes the Business
Review Weekly’s Fundamentals column.
His comments on trends in the economy
and their effect on business regularly
appear in daily media coverage. His
views are widely quoted. For example,
he was named in the only debate
between the Prime Minister and the
Opposition leader in the 2001 Federal
election.
Chris Richardson has provided tailored
economic advice to the corporate
sector for many years, assisting in
the business planning for numerous
private and public organisations. His
guest speaker appearances vary from
conferences for one of Australia’s
leading banking institutions, to
discussions with the Board of Directors
for a major construction company.
The Yabu Band
Fighting over the same guitar from the
age of five, multi-talented brothers,
Delson and Boyd Stokes, known today
as The Yabu Band, have created a
powerful, unique desert rock sound.
Originally from Kalgoorlie, the brothers
draw their heritage, culture and
inspiration from the Western Desert
bordering the Goldfields town. Yabu
means rock and gold in Wongatha, their
traditional language.
Their most recent album ‘Gundulla - We
Dance’ showcases the recognisably
Aboriginal sound and unique song
writing craft that identifies The Yabu
Band. Delson, Boyd and drummer Jade
Masters have merged their traditional
dreamtime stories with memorable
contemporary melodies to create one of
Australia’s finest Indigenous albums.
The album also features Yabu’s Western
Desert language version of the famous
Australian song, ‘I am Australian’.
Included in this year’s Australia Day
Skyshow, Yabu believes the song in this
form speaks for all Australians.
Yabu is more than just an Indigenous
band. They provide positive messages
through song, a vehicle of inspiration
that has encouraged children and
adults to achieve all that they can. They
believe there is nothing more important
than encouraging today’s youth to have
self-worth and chase one’s dreams.
Lead singer Delson Stokes Jnr is a
natural performer with passion, great
charm and an incredibly pure voice.
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He is emphatically complemented by
the blistering commentary of his shy,
self-effacing brother’s guitar playing.
As well as Jade on drums, their live
performances incorporate one of
Australia’s leading bass players, Roy
Martinez with Lilly Gogos on vocals.
Winners of five WA Music Awards
including
• WAM Indigenous Act of the Year 2009
• TOO SOLID Indigenous Contemporary
Album of the Year 2009
• TOO SOLID Indigenous Guitarist of the
Year - Boyd Stokes 2009
• TOO SOLID Indigenous Drummer of
the Year - Jade Masters 2009
• WAM Indigenous Song of the Year -
‘Gundulla – We Dance’ 2008
Deadly Award Winner
• Deadly Award Winner ‘Most Promising
New Talent in Music’ 2009
• Nominated for the Deadly Awards
‘Band of the Year’ 2009
Tania Major
Tania Major is a Kokoberra woman from
the remote community of Kowanyama
in Cape York Queensland. She holds
a degree in Criminology from Griffith
University, and at 21 became the
youngest elected regional councillor in
the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Commission (ATSIC).
In 2006 Tania Major was announced
as the Queensland Young Australian
of the Year, and was further honoured
by being named the Young Australian
of the Year in January 2007.
She was also voted as Young Leader of
the Year for the 2007 Deadly Awards,
and YEN Young Woman of the Year
for Community Vision. Tania has also
achieved international recognition
in winning the Political Legal and/
or Government Affairs section of
the Junior Chamber, International
Outstanding Young Persons of the World
contest held in India in 2007.
Since 2002 Tania Major has publicly
addressed many national and
international forums, speaking on
Indigenous and Youth affairs as
these relate to remote communities,
particularly those in Cape York. Along
with her mentor, Noel Pearson, she has
tried to bring the realities of life in many
of these communities to the foreground
of wider Australian thinking and to
engage mainstream Australians in
the collaborative challenge of seeking
solutions to long standing problems.
After four years with the Cape York
Institute for Policy and Leadership,
Tania Major is now working to establish
a private consultancy and advocacy
business, and to set up a youth
foundation to support other young
indigenous people with the potential for
leadership. She is currently completing
her Masters degree in Public Policy at
Sydney University and working on her
business part time.
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Larissa Brown
Larissa Brown is the 2008 Australian
Young Environmentalist of the Year.
She is the founder and executive
director of the Centre for Sustainability
Leadership, a non-profit organisation
dedicated to supporting Australians to
make their communities, workplaces
and sectors more sustainable. She
is the recipient of the 2006 Brian
Robinson Fellowship for Environmental
Sustainability. Larissa has personally
interviewed 100 of the world’s greatest
sustainability leaders across twenty
countries and five continents on what it
takes to cause a real systemic change
towards a sustainable world. Larissa
was named one of Melbourne’s ten
most influential environmentalists by
The Age Magazine in 2007.
Larissa Brown is a board member of
Environmental Victoria, Victoria’s peak
environmental group, was selected
to represent Asia and Pacific youth at
the United Nations Climate Change
Conference in Bali in 2007 and attended
the negotiations in Poland in November
2008. She is a judge in the Eureka
awards for Youth Leadership on Climate
Change, a member of the Minister’s
Reference Council on Climate Change
Adaptation which advisors the state
Environment Minister and participated
in the Prime Minister’s 2020 Summit in
2008.
Katerina Teaiwa
Katerina Teaiwa is Senior Lecturer
and Pacific Studies Convener at the
Australian National University. She
is of Banaban, I-Kiribati and African
American heritage, born and raised in
Fiji. She has degrees in Anthropology,
Pacific Studies and the Natural
Sciences and runs Australia’s only
Pacific Studies teaching program along
with Pasifika Australia, an outreach
program to Pacific Islander high school
and college students in the ACT and
NSW.
Katerina has a passion for dance. She
is a founding member of the Oceania
Dance Theatre at the University of the
South Pacific in Suva, and recently
performed in ‘Mother: a tribute’ at the
National Gallery of Australia.
Her research on the impact of
Australian, British and New Zealand
phosphate mining on the indigenous
Banabans in Fiji and Kiribati has been
translated into several artworks: in
sculpture by Maori artist Brett Graham,
a painting by Michael Lothian, and a
permanent multimedia installation in
the Tagata O le Moana exhibition at the
Museum of New Zealand.
Katerina regularly provides expertise
on the Pacific for AusAID’s Australian
Youth Ambassadors for Development
Program and for UNESCO policy
projects in Paris. Her current research
is on cultural policy, creativity and
intercultural dialogue in Oceania.
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Conference Contacts
and Other Information

Conference Contacts
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Prayer Rooms
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Tony Shaw playing the didgeridoo outside the National Museum of Australia.
About Canberra
Canberra Overview
Canberra is the capital city of Australia.
It is Australia’s largest inland city
and the eighth largest Australian city
overall.
For thousands of years before the
arrival of Europeans, the Ngunnawal
people lived in the Canberra region.  Although the growth and development
The word “Canberra” is derived from
the word “Kanbarra” meaning “meeting
place” in the old Ngunnawal language.
Europeans first settled in the Canberra
region in the 1820s, with the site of
Canberra selected for the location
of the nation’s capital in 1908, as a
compromise between rivals Sydney
and Melbourne, Australia’s two largest
cities.
Canberra is unusual among Australian
cities, being an entirely purpose-built,
planned city. Following an international
contest for the city’s design, a design
by the Chicago architects Walter Burley
Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin was
selected and construction commenced
in 1913. The city’s design incorporates
significant areas of natural vegetation
that have earned Canberra the title
“bush capital”.
of Canberra were hindered by the
World Wars and the Great Depression,
it emerged as a thriving city after World
War II.
As the seat of the government of
Australia, Canberra is the site of
Parliament House, the High Court of
Australia and numerous government
departments and agencies. It is also
the location of many social and cultural
institutions of national significance,
such as the Australian War Memorial,
National Gallery of Australia, National
Museum of Australia and the National
Library of Australia.
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 Canberra Fast Facts Weather
Area: The national capital’s four distinct
2400 sq km (1511 sq miles) seasons, each with their own beauty
Population: and charm, turn the city into a
312,400 (official estimate 2000) kaleidoscope of colour throughout
the year.
Population Density:
130 per sq km Average Average
Season
minimum* maximum*
Capital:
Canberra (also national capital) Spring 5 19
Summer 12 27
Time:
GMT +10 (GMT +11 from first Sunday Autumn 7 20
in October to first Sunday in April) Winter 1 12
* Degree Celsius

Aerial view of Canberra.

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2010 Conference Delegates

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Name Residence Institution COURSE
Country
Dr Nematullah BIZHAN Afghanistan Australian National University PhD Political Science and International Relations
Mr Sayed Mohammad Ameen HABIBI Afghanistan University of Canberra (ACT) Master of Public Adminstration
Mr Md. Abu ABDULLAH Bangladesh University of Wollongong Master of Engineering - Research
Ms Tasnima AKTER Bangladesh University of Melbourne Master of Public Health
Mr Md Fuad AL MANNAN Bangladesh Flinders University Master of Health and International Development
Mr Md ASIUZZAMAN Bangladesh Monash University Master of Arts (Research and Coursework)
Mr Lawrence BESRA Bangladesh Flinders University Doctor of Philosophy (Social Sciences)
Mr Mohammed Ziaul HAQUE Bangladesh Flinders University Doctor of Philpsophy (Social Sciences)
Ms Bipasha Binte HAQUE Bangladesh University of New South Wales Doctor of Philosophy (Education)
Mr Md. Sakawat HOSSAIN Bangladesh Australian National University Master of Science specialising in Earth Physics
Mr Md. Ashiq IQBAL Bangladesh University of New South Wales Master of Arts
Mr Md Abdul JALIL Bangladesh Australian National University Graduate Diploma of Public Administration
Mrs Fatema Taj JOHORA Bangladesh Flinders University Master of Education (Special Education)
Ms Shehrin Shaila MAHMOOD Bangladesh Australian National University PhD Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health
Mr AKM NURUZZAMAN Bangladesh University of Melbourne Doctor of Philosophy (Land and Environment)
Mr Md. Rezanur RAHAMAN Bangladesh University of New South Wales Master of International Public Health/
Master of Health Management
Ms Nawshaba RAZZAK Bangladesh Monash University Master of International Business
Miss Sharin SHAJAHAN NAOMI Bangladesh Curtin University of Technology Master of Human Rights
Ms Jigme CHODEN Bhutan University of Melbourne Master of Public Health
Mrs Kezang CHODEN Bhutan Deakin University Master of Information Technology/
Master of Business Administration (International)
Mr Karma Chophel Bhutan Murdoch University Postgraduate Diploma in Energy Studies leading to
Master Science in Renewable Energy
Mr Tshewang LHENDUP Bhutan University of Melbourne Ph.D. Engineering
Mr Kuenga NAMGAY Bhutan Charles Sturt University Doctor of Philosophy (Science) Non Lab Based
Dr Rinzin PEM Bhutan University of Melbourne Master of Public Health
Mr Lhawang UGYEL Bhutan Australian National University Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy
Ms Sumana BOUNCHAN Cambodia University of Newcastle Doctor of Philosophy
Mr Keovathanak KHIM Cambodia University of Melbourne PhD Medicine
Mr Soth SOK Cambodia Victoria University Doctor of Philosophy
Miss Soksophea SUONG Cambodia Australian National University Graduate Diploma of Public Administration
Miss Nary TAO Cambodia Victoria University Doctor of Philosophy
Miss Yue E FENG China University of New South Wales Master of Environmental Management
Ms Yan ZHANG China Curtin University of Technology Doctor of Philosophy - Social Sciences
Ms Xinru ZHAO China University of Melbourne Master of Public Health
Ms Martha HENRY Cook Islands University of Sydney Master of International Law
Ms Eva Amido DA COSTA* East Timor Queensland University of Technology  Master of Information Technology
Mr Justino DA COSTA East Timor University of Queensland Master of Development Practice
Mr Francisco LEMOS DO SANTOS East Timor Australian National University Master of Diplomacy/Master of Arts (Strategic Studies)
Mr Decio RIBEIRO SARMENTO East Timor University of Queensland Master of Public Health
Mr Opeta Nau ALEFAIO Fiji Monash University Master of Business Information Systems Professional
Mr Pita Koroi BULAMAINAIVALU Fiji University of Sydney Master of Public Policy
Mr Rejinal DUTT Fiji Bond University Master of Journalism
Mr Mike Nacovunisaqa KAMA* Fiji University of Western Australia  Master of Laboratory Medicine
Miss Vanisha Nandini MISHRA Fiji Australian National University Doctor of Philosophy Australian Demographic and
Social Research Institute (ADSRI)
Mr Romulo Banuve Mataitini Fiji Australian National University Master of Diplomacy/Master of International Law
NAYACALEVU
Ms Jyotishma Rajan NAICKER* Fiji Australian National University  Master of Environment
* Prime Minister’s Pacific-Australia Award
32 ** Allison Sudrajat Award
Name Residence Institution COURSE
Country
Mr Raymond Nilesh PRASAD Fiji Australian National University Doctor of Philosophy Crawford School of
Economics and Government
Mr Henry Edward SANDAY Fiji University of New South Wales Doctor of Philosophy (Economics and Management)
Mr Daulat DESAI India Monash University Doctor of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Mr Abhinav DHALL India Australian National University PhD Research School of Information Science and Engineering
Mr Kuldeep KUMAR India Monash University Doctor of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Ms Tulika SAXENA India Australian National University Doctor of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Mrs Desi ADHARIANI Indonesia Victoria University Doctor of Philosophy
Mr Sutan Syarif BERKADIA** Indonesia Flinders University Doctor of Philosophy (Humanities/Education)
Mrs Risa BHINEKAWATI** Indonesia Australian National University PhD Business and Economics
Mr Adi BUDIARSO Indonesia University of Canberra (ACT) Professional Doctorate in Business Administration
Mr Ade CAHYAT Indonesia Australian National University Graduate Diploma of Public Administration
Mr Muhammad Noor Halil CHALID Indonesia Monash University Doctor of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Mrs Valerina Novita DANIEL Indonesia Monash University Master of Communications and Media Studies
Mr Imanuel DINDIN Indonesia University of Tasmania Doctor of Philosophy (Business and Management)
Mr Mohammad FAISAL Indonesia University of Queensland Doctor of Philosophy (Policy and Political Science)
Ms Faridah FARIDAH Indonesia Flinders University Doctor of Education
Miss Fidelia FITRIANI Indonesia The University of Adelaide Doctor of Philosophy (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Miss Heni Budi Wijayanti Indonesia University of Queensland Doctor of Philosophy Science - Agricultural Veterinary
and Environment
Mr Boby Wahyu HERNAWAN Indonesia Victoria University Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
Ms Estty Purwadiani HIDAYATIE Indonesia Victoria University Doctor of Philosophy - Applied Economics
Ms Trita KATRIANA Indonesia The University of Adelaide Master of Environmental Policy and Management
Mr Ahmad KHUMAIDI Indonesia University of Wollongong Doctor of Philosophy (Law Justice and Law Enforcement)
Ms Silvia Juliana MALAU Indonesia University of Sydney Master of Peace and Conflict Studies
Mr Darma Rusdi Parlaungan MARPAUNG Indonesia University of New South Wales Master of Human Rights Law and Policy
Mr Medrilzam MEDRILZAM Indonesia University of Queensland Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Rural System Management)
Mrs Vinci MIZRANITA Indonesia Curtin University of Technology Master of Pharmacy (Clinical Pharmacy)
Ms Fitriana NUR Indonesia University of Melbourne Master of Public Policy and Management
Mrs Maria Prihtamala OMEGA Indonesia University of Queensland Doctor of Philosophy
Mr Yessy Arnold PERANGINANGIN Indonesia The University of Adelaide Doctor of Philosophy (Commerce)
Mr Aditya PUTRANTO Indonesia Monash University Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering)
Ms Puspasari RAHAYU Indonesia Curtin University of Technology Doctor of Business Administration
Mrs Inaya RAKHMANI Indonesia Murdoch University PhD in Asian Studies
Mr Deni RIDWAN Indonesia Victoria University Doctor of Philosophy
Mrs Inge Diana RISMAWANTI Indonesia Curtin University of Technology Doctor of Philosopy (Social Science)
Mrs Vira RIYANDARI Indonesia University of Queensland Doctor of Philosophy (School of Journalism and Communication)
Mr Kurnya ROESAD Indonesia Australian National University PhD in Resource Management
Mr Agung Yoga SEMBADA Indonesia Monash University Doctor of Philosophy (Faculty of Business and Economics)
Ms Paramasinta SITARESMI Indonesia The University of Adelaide Master of Business Law
Mrs Indria WAHYUNI Indonesia University of New South Wales Master of Law
Mr Bimo WIJAYANTO Indonesia University of Canberra (ACT) Doctor of Philosophy in Economics
Mr Yari YUHARIPRASETIA Indonesia University of Canberra (ACT) Professional Doctorate in Public Administration
(Commerce Management Tourism and Services)
Ms Lily YULIANTI Indonesia University of Melbourne Docotor of Philosophy - Arts
Mr Riibeta ABETA Kiribati University of the Sunshine Coast Master of Climate Change Adaptation
Ms Marii MARAE* Kiribati Australian National University Master of Environmental Law
Ms Vandasay DEJVONGSA Laos Swinburne University of Technology Master of Information Systems Management
Mr Phanthanousone KHENNAVONG Laos Australian National University PhD Programme- Public Policy - Aid Policy in
Development Process
* Prime Minister’s Pacific-Australia Award
33 ** Allison Sudrajat Award
Name Residence Institution COURSE
Country
Ms Daravone KITTIPHANH Laos RMIT University Doctor of Philosophy - (Business)
Mr Bounmee MAOKHAMPHIOU Laos University of Tasmania Master of Marketing/Master of International Business
Mrs Viengsamay SRITHIRATH Laos University of Queensland Master of Envrionmental Management
Ms Viengphet VANSILALOM Laos James Cook University Doctor of Philosophy (Science)
Ms Raheema ABDUL RAHEEM Maldives Curtin University of Technology Doctor of Philosophy - Public Health
Miss Aminath HUSSAIN Maldives University of Melbourne Masters of Food Science
Mr Ali Naseer MOHAMED Maldives Australian National University Doctor of Philosophy (Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy)
Mr Ahmed RANESH Maldives University of South Australia Doctor of Project Management
Mr Abdul Hannan WAHEED Maldives Queensland University of Technology Doctor of Philosophy
Mr Benjamin GRAHAM Marshall Islands Australian National University Master of Public Policy
Mr Amarsanaa ADIYA Mongolia Australian National University Master of International Affairs/Master of Diplomacy
Mr Sainbileg BAYANBAT Mongolia Australian National University Master of Commerce
Ms Ariuntsetseg DAVAASAMBUU Mongolia University of Sydney Master of International Studies
Miss Haliun LHAGVA Mongolia Australian National University Master of Finance
Ms Badamkhand RADNAA Mongolia University of Wollongong Master of Engineering Management
Mr Chinbat SANDAGDORJ Mongolia University of Technology Sydney Master of Engineering
Dr Uranchimeg TSEVELVAACHIG Mongolia University of Queensland Master of International Public Health
Mrs Camilla SOLOMON Nauru Monash University Master of Public Policy and Management
Mr Rajendra Prasad ADHIKARI Nepal University of Queensland Doctor of Philosophy
Mr Mani Ram BANJADE Nepal Australian National University Doctor of Philosophy (Science)
Mr Babu Kaji DALLAKOTI Nepal Australian National University Doctor of Philosophy (Landscape Water and Biodiversity)
Mr Rohit KARKI Nepal Australian National University Master of Arts (Asia-Pacific Studies)
Mrs Deepa Shree RAWAL Nepal University of Melbourne Doctor of Philosophy (Land and Environment)
Ms Prapti RAYAMAJHI Nepal University of Technology Sydney Master of Engineering Management/
Master of Business Administration
Mr Nirmal Prasad RIJAL Nepal Queensland University of Technology Doctor of Philosophy
Dr Yadav SHARMA BAJAGAI Nepal University of Queensland Master of Animal Studies
Ms Nibha SHRESTHA Nepal University of Sydney Master of Human Rights
Mrs Punam Kumari YADAV Nepal University of Sydney Doctor of Philosophy in Arts (Peace and Conflict Studies)
Miss Lucy Nimongo JOHN Papua New Guinea University of Sydney Master of Medicine (STD/HIV) / Master of Philosophy
Mrs Lena Jennifer KORUGL Papua New Guinea University of Canberra (ACT) Master of Business Administration
Ms Theresa Elaine Diane Elorehai LEI Papua New Guinea University of Melbourne Master of Health and Medical Law
Ms Madeline LEMEKI** Papua New Guinea University of Queensland Doctor of Philosopy (School of population health)
Mr John MASILI* Papua New Guinea University of Western Australia  Master of Public Health
Mrs Renagi MOLIYOLA* Papua New Guinea Flinders University  Master of Nursing
Mrs Diana Aringa PANTA Papua New Guinea Flinders University Master of Arts (Research)
Mr Simon Ambakua PUSAL Papua New Guinea University of Western Australia Master of Business Administration
Mr Angelis ROMANONG Papua New Guinea University of Technology Sydney Master of Science in Internetworking (Extended)
Mr Shannon Lasin SARIMAN** Papua New Guinea Monash University Master of Information Technology
Mr David TOWE Papua New Guinea University of Canberra (ACT) Master of International Customs Law and Administration
Mrs Stella Tilu TULO Papua New Guinea Curtin University of Technology Doctor of Philosophy - Pharmacy
Mr Udu VAI* Papua New Guinea Griffith University  Master of Journalism and Mass  Communication
Ms Francisca VARPIT Papua New Guinea James Cook University Master of Biomedical Sciences (Microbiology and Immunology)
Ms Alice ACEJAS Philippines University of Newcastle Doctor of Philosophy (Sociology and Anthropology)
Mr Paul ADOLFO Philippines Australian National University Master in Public Policy Specialising in Development Policy
Mrs Ma. Gena BUENCONSEJO Philippines La Trobe University Master of Community Planning and Development
Ms Maria Frencie CARREON Philippines University of Sydney Doctor of Philosophy in Arts (Peace and Conflict Studies)
Mr Juan DAYANG JR. Philippines Australian National University Doctor of Diplomatic Studies
Miss Aurelia Luzviminda GOMEZ Philippines Charles Darwin University Doctor of Philosophy (Natural Resource Management)

* Prime Minister’s Pacific-Australia Award

34 ** Allison Sudrajat Award
Name Residence Institution COURSE
Country
Mr Wilham HAILAYA Philippines The University of Adelaide PhD (Education)
Mr Jayson Carungay IBANEZ Philippines Charles Darwin University Doctor of Philosophy
Mr Lemuel LOPEZ Philippines Australian National University Master of Laws specializing in International Law/
Master of Diplomacy
Mr Jaime MANALO IV Philippines University of Queensland Master of Communication
Mr Benjamin PINEDA Philippines University of Queensland Master of Governance and Public Policy
Mr Tomas Pedro REGINALDO JR. Philippines University of Sydney Master of Rehabilitation Counselling
Ms Lorna SANTOS Philippines Bond University Master of Forensic Science
Ms Mary Rose SORIA Philippines James Cook University Master of Applied Science (Geology)
Miss Talalelei AKEIMO Samoa (Western) University of Sydney Master of Public Policy
Ms Lalotoa MULITALO Samoa (Western) University of Queensland Doctor of Philosophy (School of Law)
Ms Elita TOOALA Samoa (Western) University of Western Sydney Masters in Business Administration
Mr Alec Tamana HUGHES Solomon Islands James Cook University Master of Science (Research)
Mr Stanley Dick PIRIONE Solomon Islands Southern Cross University Doctor of Business Administration
Mrs Peruma Vidana Ralalage Sri Lanka RMIT University Master of Engineering (Telecommunication Engineering)
Nileptha Michelle FERNANDO
Mrs Herath Mudiyanselage Sri Lanka University of Queensland Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmacy)
Dilanthi Rajika HERATH
Miss Mahawattage Dona Sri Lanka University of Wollongong Doctor of Philosophy
Ranmali Pradeepa JAYARATNE
Mr K.M.G.S. Nalaka KALUWEWE Sri Lanka University of Canberra (ACT) Master of Public Administration/Master of Management
Mrs Padmapriya SARAVANAKUMAR Sri Lanka University of Newcastle Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing)
Mr Kohontissa Wasala Sri Lanka Australian National University Doctor of Philosophy Research School of
Lasantha Kumara WEERASINGHE Biological Sciences
Miss Ua-aree ATCHARIYABOON Thailand Queensland University of Technology Master of Business
Mr Krishna MONTHATHIP Thailand University of Queensland Master of International Studies (Advanced)
Ms Amini SA-IDI Thailand La Trobe University Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Miss Sarunya SUJARITPONG Thailand Australian National University PhD National Centre of Epidemiology and Population Health
Ms Ema FIFITA Tonga Victoria University Doctor of Business Administration
Mr Etuate COCKER* Tonga  University of Technology Sydney  Master of Science in Internetworking
Mr Alifeleti Siaosi SOAKAI Tonga University of Queensland Master of Laws
Dr Afa Winston Palu TAULANGOVAKA Tonga University of Western Australia Master of Dental Public and Primary Health
Mr Howard ARU Vanuatu Australian National University Graduate Diploma in Public Administration leading
to Master of Public Policy (Development Policy)
Mr Michael Samuel HILILAN Vanuatu University of Wollongong Doctor of Philosophy
Mr Thang BACH Vietnam University of Queensland Doctor of Philosophy (School of Economics)
Mr Hung DINH Vietnam Queensland University of Technology Doctor of Phylosophy
Miss Hong Thi LUU Vietnam Australian National University Master of Business
Mrs Tuyet Mai NGO Vietnam University of New South Wales PhD in Education
Mr Van Huy NGUYEN Vietnam Queensland University of Technology Doctor of Philosophy
Ms Ho Hoang Thuy NGUYEN Vietnam University of Queensland Doctor of Philosophy Lanuguage and Culture
Mr Duc Tam NGUYEN Vietnam Monash University Master of Business Administration
Mr Hieu NGUYEN Vietnam University of Tasmania Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering)
Mrs Hong Hanh NGUYEN Vietnam University of Queensland Master of Integrated Water Management
Mr Luong Van PHAM Vietnam University of Queensland Doctor of Philosophy (School of Integrative Systems)
Ms Ngan Ha TO Vietnam La Trobe University Master of Educational Leadership and Management
Ms Quynh Anh TRAN Vietnam Queensland University of Technology Master of Public Health
Mrs Thi Thu Trang TRUONG Vietnam Australian National University Doctor of Philosophy Crawford School of Economics
and Government

* Prime Minister’s Pacific-Australia Award

35 ** Allison Sudrajat Award
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