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O'Neil, Pamela Frances (1945 - )

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Politician and Biochemist
Born: 20 September 1945  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Pamela Frances O'Neill worked for the Commonwealth Department of Health and the Australian Red Cross Transfusion Service prior to being elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. She was the first Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Officer appointed after the legislation was passed in 1984.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1966Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Queensland
1966 - 1969Biochemist at the Commonwealth Health Laboratory in Darwin
1977 - 1983Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fannie Bay, Northern Territory
1981 - 1983Deputy Opposition Leader of the Northern Territory Government
c. 1983Northern Territory representative on the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Committee on Information and Social Impact
1984 - 1988Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Commissioner
1986 - 1988Member of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
1989Director of the Australian Heritage Commission
1989 - 1995Principal Member of the Immigration Review Tribunal (IRT)
1996 - Senior Member of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Administrative Appeals Tribunal
1996 - 1997Head of the Commonwealth Paedophile Inquiry
1996 - 1998Chairperson of the Migration Agents Registration Board
1996 - 1999Member of the National Native Title Tribunal
1998 - Visiting Fellow in the Centre for International and Public Law at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra

 

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