Summary
Tutor in Justice Studies at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaDirector for Indigenous Employment Strategy and Policy at the Queensland Government Department of Employment, Economic Development and InnovationDirector - Office of the Director-General at the Queensland Government DepartmentExecutive Officer - Office of the Deputy Director-General Governance at Queensland Government Department of Premier and CabinetPrincipal Policy Officer - Disaster Management Project Team at Queensland Government Department of Emergency ServicesCountries of Work Experience: Australia, Tonga, VanuatuEstablishment of Black Business Finder online database, Brisbane, Jan 2011 to March 2012 Assessment of Skilling Queenslanders for Work critical success factors, Jan to March 2012 Queensland Government epartments membership of Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council, 2010 to 2012 Developing policy to increase Indigenous employment in Queensland Government procurement, 2009 to 2012 Assessment of the Indigenous Business Development Program, 2010 Representation on the Western Cape Communities Co-existence Agreement Committee, 2009 to 2012Developed policy on cyclones, floods, tsunamis, pandemics, exotic animal disease, terrorism and all hazards Implemented lessons learned from Tropical Cyclone Larry in far north Queensland Advised Queensland’s peak body, the State Disaster Management Group, on disaster risk management policy and operations Coordinated the Premier’s Cyclone Summit and visits from international delegationsDeveloped policy and plans on pandemic influenza, terrorism and all hazardsAdvised Queensland’s peak body, the State Disaster Management Group, on disaster risk management policy andoperations