Justice Southwood is a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He practiced as a barrister and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2000 prior to being appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. Justice Southwood is also a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law; past President of the Law Council of Australia and past President of the Law Society of the Northern Territory.
Ms Lowry is a long term Territorian and was raised in Darwin. Ms Lowry has 10 years experience working with victims of crime through the non-government sector.
Susan Crane is the Operations Manager at Dawn House women and children's shelter. Susan has worked in the field of domestic violence since 1996 in various agencies including Dawn House (Darwin), Department of Health and Human Services (Tasmania) as the domestic violence community educator and NT Health Department as the domestic violence policy officer in the Womens' Health Strategy Unit.
Mr Rysavy is a qualified psychologist with extensive experience working within the NT criminal justice system. He has a strong interest and experience in prison and community based offender treatment programs.
Mrs Crawley has been practicing Forensic Psychology for 15 years in Canada, NZ and various jurisdictions within Australia. She is an endorsed Forensic Psychologist, operates a private practice providing specialist reports to the Courts and is the current NT practitioner member of the Psychology Board of Australia.
Mr Flynn has a diverse background that includes responsibilities as Chairman of Territory Insurance Office for nine years from 2002-2011, Member of the NT Remuneration Tribunal and former NT Public Trustee for 15 years.
Ms Holtze was born and raised in Darwin. She is a member of a large Aboriginal family in Darwin and a descendant of Dr. Maurice Holtze (great great grandfather) who established the Darwin and Adelaide Botanical Gardens. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Aboriginal Community Development & Management), a Graduate Diploma in Regional Development and is currently studying for a Bachelor of Law (Graduate).
Ms Holtze has worked extensively in remote Aboriginal communities throughout the Northern Territory and Western Australia for over 20 years and is currently employed as a Community Development Officer working with the MacDonnell and Central Desert Shires on government, governance and election awareness.
Mr McAdie boasts over 35 years of service with the Northern Territory Police Force which he retired from in 2010 at the rank of Assistant Commissioner. He is a long term Territorian, who has extensive experience working in the Northern Territory in various regions including Katherine, Pine Creek, Ayers Rock and Groote Eylandt among many others.
Professor Notaras is a qualified medical practitioner with extensive experience working within the trauma field. His experience is broadened due to his involvement in many other national boards and committees, in which he has held a variety of roles, as well as his involvement with a range of community organisations.
Mr Howard is born and raised in the Northern Territory and comes from large Aboriginal extended family stretching from Daly River to Harts Range. For the past 14 years Harold was employed at the Central land Council in Alice spring and was the manager of the employment and training unit. Harold worked throughout all remote communities in Central Australia supporting the aspirations of Aboriginal men and women in finding suitable employment in mining exploration, land management pastoral industries and any other employment opportunities that become available in the bush.
Harold has just recently moved to Tennant Creek with his family and runs a small cattle enterprise with his wife’s family along with the cattle enterprise Harold and his wife run training programs for schools based children enrolled in VETS programs in the Barkley College.
He is nationally accredited Mediator, Adjudicator and serves on several Australian and Northern Territory Government boards and tribunals.
Jane Lloyd has over 30 years experience working as an applied social anthropologist in Central Australia on social reform, land tenure and criminal justice issues with a strong focus on improving system and service responses to domestic and family violence across the NT and the cross border region of the NT, SA and WA.
Mr Coffey has lived in the Northern Territory for almost 30 years working for the Northern Territory Police and Commonwealth Indigenous Affairs departments during this time. Mr Coffey has spent a lot of this time living in remote and regional areas across Central Australia and has a broad range of experience in Criminal investigations, Social Policy and Indigenous Affairs.
Ms Kilgariff was born and raised in Alice Springs and has had a wide and varied career including teaching positions, Senior Executive positions with the Northern Territory and Commonwealth Public Service, as a radiographer and notably as the Mayor of Alice Springs for eight years. Ms Kilgariff has a strong interest in the prosperity and development of the Northern Territory and is an active member of the Alice Springs community. She has been a member of many boards and committees including the YMCA Alice Springs and St John Ambulance NT. In 2011 Ms Kilgariff was awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia for her services to local government and the social development of Alice Springs.
Ms Sivyer has been a member of the Darwin community for the last 30 years and brings with her experience from her current role as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with Anglicare NT. Ms Sivyer is the Professional Director on the Board of North Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Service (NAAFLS) where she has held this position since 2015.
Ms Sivyer is an accredited Specialist Family Lawyer, a member of the Australian Institute of Family Law Mediators & Arbitrators and Commonwealth Attorney General Approved Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner as well as member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
The Secretary of the Parole Board is not a member of the Parole Board. The Secretary is an employee of the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice and provides administrative support and strategic advice to the Parole Board. Ms Dennison was appointed as the Secretary to the Parole Board on 7 October 2019.
Ms Dennison was admitted to the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in 2012. She hold a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) and Juris Doctor from the University of New South Wales and has worked with the Northern Territory Government since 2012 in criminal justice as a legal policy lawyer, prosecutor and policy officer.