Graham Powell

About

Lawyer ,

Self employed

Summary

PNG - Legal Officer Prime Ministers Department
PNG - Lecturer in Law UPNG
Samoa - Parliamentary Counsel
Independent Legal Consultant - Countries: Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Palau, Niue and Maldives.
Fields of work: Government administration and policy development; legislative reviews and drafting; advocacy; legal training; resource management;, water resources and sanitation, road and land transport infrastructure management legislation, environmental and waste management legislation; maritime conventions and legislation; climate and meteorology, natural disaster legislation, resolution of inter-governmental disputes, international conventions; indigenous organisations and land ownership.

Qualifications and credentials

BA, LLB (Hons), 1976-1981, Completed, University of Melbourne

Victorian Bar Readers Course, 1983, Completed, Victorian Bar

Victorian Bar, PNG Law Society, Samoan Law Society, Secretary PNG Law Society, 1985 - Present

English, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent

Work experience

Legal specialist (climate change/environmental law/MEAs)

Self Empoyed Barrister, Barrister, Victorian Bar William Street Melbourne

National Capital District Interim Commission, Principal Legal Officer, Port Moresby

Department of Prime Minister, Legal Adviser, Port Moresby

University of PNG, Lecturer in Law, Port Moresby

Islands Regional Secretariat, Director, Rabaul, PNG

Kimberley Land Council, Solicitor, Kunnunara, Western Australia

Office of the Attorney General, Parliamentary Counsel, Apia Samoa

Self Employed, Consultant Legislative Expert, Various PIC's

Marine Pollution Prevention Act, Government of Tonga, Legislative Specialist, Nuku'alofa Tonga, Draft amendments to the Marine Pollution Act Various Draft Regulations

WATSAN Sanitation Regulations and Standards, Ministry of Health Cook Islands, Legislative Specialist, Rarotonga, Draft Sewerage Regulations Various Technical Standards

Vanuatu Meteorology and Climate Change Act, Government of Vanuatu, Legislative Specialist, Port Vila, Draft Meterology, Climate Change and Geo-hazards Act

Meteorology Services Act, Government of Niue, Legislative Specialist, Niue, Draft Meteorology Services Act

Refrigerant Management Act, Government of Fiji, Legislative Specialist, Suva, Fiji Islands, Draft Refrigerant Management Act Draft Ozone Layer Protection Act

Ozone Layer and Waste Management Legislation, SPREP and Government of Vanuatu, Legislative Specialist, Port Vila, Draft Ozone Layer Protection Act Draft Waste Management Act Draft Pollution Control Act

Waste Management Legislation, Government of Tuvalu and the European Commission, Legislative Specialist, Tuvalu, Draft Waste Management Act Various waste related regulations

Water Resource Management Act, Government of Samoa and European Commission, Legislative Specialist, Apia Samoa, Draft Water Resources Management Act