News

April 2002

NPEAB's Advisory Panel

The Panel discusses and reviews issues of national significance and makes recommendations to the Conference of Commissioners of Australasia and the South West Pacific Region for consideration.

The National Police Ethnic Advisory Bureau has been fortunate to have a dedicated group of senior police representatives from each Police Service in Australia serving on its Advisory Panel. In addition to police representation, a senior member from the Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and the Executive Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation complement the team.

The Advisory Panel meets biannually for two days. The Panel discusses and reviews issues of national significance and makes recommendations to the Conference of Commissioners of Australasia and the South West Pacific Region for consideration.

The last Advisory Panel meeting was held in Hobart, Tasmania on 29-30 November 2001 and NPEAB would like to thank Commissioner McCreadie for graciously hosting the Advisory Panel meeting.

At the last meeting, the Chair welcomed the following new representatives to the Panel:

• Acting Inspector Margaret Lucas
  South Australia Police Service

• Inspector Chris Lines
  Australian Federal Police, ACT

• Assistant Commissioner Dave Madden
  New South Wales Police Service

The Chair also formally introduced the new Executive Director, Gerard Daniells and Special Adviser, B. Hass Dellal OAM.

The Bureau would like to take this opportunity to farewell and thank Superintendent Graham Lamp from the Western Australia Police Service for his dedication and commitment to the NPEAB Advisory Panel.

The next Advisory Panel meeting will be held on 13-14 June 2002 in Canberra and will be hosted by the Australian Federal Police.