Veterans’ Review Board Annual Report

Appendix 2

Other Forms of External Scrutiny

Decisions and actions of the VRB may be the subject of complaints to the Ombudsman. In addition, access to documents held by the VRB may be sought under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Ombudsman

During 2010-11 the Ombudsman did not notify the VRB of any complaints.

Freedom of Information Act 1982

There were two requests to the VRB for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 during 2010-11.

Privacy Commissioner

The VRB is subject to the Privacy Act 1988. The VRB continually assesses its compliance with the Information Privacy Principles, which determine the way the VRB deals with personal information.

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

The VRB is subject to the jurisdiction of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. The Commission did not notify the VRB of any complaints during 2010-11. (The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission became the Australian Human Rights Commission on 4 September 2008.)

Auditor-General

During 2010-11 the Auditor-General did not conduct any inquiries or make any reports in relation to the VRB.

Reports by Parliamentary Committees

In 2010-11 there were no reports by a parliamentary committee relating to the VRB.

Appendix 3

Member	Office	First appointed	Current appointment expires	Gender	Location
Mr Doug Humphreys	Principal Member	22 Mar 2010	21 Mar 2015	M	NSW
Mr Gary Barrow	P/T Senior Member	1 Oct 2007	30 Sept 2015	M	WA
Mr Patrick Callioni	P/T Senior Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2014	M	ACT
Ms Alison Colvin	P/T Senior Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2015	F	Qld
Ms Jennifer D’Arcy	P/T Senior Member	1 June 2001	30 Sept 2015	F	NSW
Ms Jackie Fristacky	P/T Senior Member	1 Oct 1997	30 Sept 2015	F	Vic
Mr Edward Jolly	P/T Senior Member	1 Oct 2007	30 Sept 2015	M	SA
Mr Christopher Keher	P/T Senior Member	31 Mar 2008	30 Sept 2015	M	NSW
Ms Hilary Kramer	P/T Senior Member	30 July 1998	30 Sept 2015	F	NSW
Ms Sylvia Winters	P/T Senior Member	1 Oct 2006	30 Sept 2015	F	Qld
Mr Christopher Wray	P/T Senior Member	1 Oct 2006	30 Sept 2015	M	Vic
Colonel Leslie Young (Retd)	P/T Senior Member	1 Oct 1997	30 Sept 2015	M	NSW
Mr Francis Benfield	P/T Services Member	28 May 1999	30 Sept 2015	M	Qld
Dr Robert Black AM RFD	P/T Services Member	1 Oct 2006	30 Sept 2014	M	SA
Brigadier Mark Bornholt AM (Rtd)	P/T Services Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2015	M	ACT
Wing Commander Stuart Bryce (Retd)	P/T Services Member	25 Nov 1991	30 Sept 2015	M	Tas
Air Commodore Frank Burtt OBE (Retd)	P/T Services Member	1 Jan 1998	30 Sept 2015	M	NSW
Major Janet Hartmann (Retd)	P/T Services Member	1 June 2001	30 Sept 2015	F	NSW
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Main (Retd)	P/T Services Member	1 Oct 2006	30 Sept 2015	M	Qld
Major Gregory Mawkes (Retd)	P/T Services Member	1 Jan 1993	30 Sept 2014	M	WA
Mrs Anne Pahl	P/T Services Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2014	F	Vic
Colonel Robin Regan CSC (Retd)	P/T Services Member	28 May 1999	30 Sept 2015	M	Vic
Colonel Roger Tiller AM CSC (Retd)	P/T Services Member	1 Oct 2006	30 Sept 2015	M	NSW
Dr Grant Walsh	P/T Services Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2015	M	WA
Air Commodore Bruce Wood (Retd)	P/T Services Member	1 Oct 2006	30 Sept 2015	M	NSW
Lieutenant Colonel Warwick Young	P/T Services Member	31 Mar 2008	30 Sept 2015	M	NSW
Mr Allan Anforth	P/T Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2014	M	ACT
Ms Zita Antonios	P/T Member	1 June 2001	30 Sept 2015	F	NSW
Ms Moira Brophy	P/T Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2014	F	NSW
Mr Scott Clark	P/T Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2014	M	Qld
Dr David Cockram	P/T Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2015	M	WA
Dr Rhonda Galbally AO	P/T Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2014	F	Vic
Mr Peter Gaughwin	P/T Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2014	M	SA
Commodore Simon Hart CSC RAN (Retd)	P/T Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2014	M	NSW
Lieutenant Colonel Geoff Hourn	P/T Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2015	M	WA
Ms Morag McColm	P/T Member	1 Jan 1998	30 Sept 2015	F	Qld
Ms Jillian Moir	P/T Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2014	F	NSW
Mrs Carmel Morfuni	P/T Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2015	F	Vic
Associate Professor Patrick Murray	P/T Member	1 Jan 2011	30 Sept 2014	M	Qld