Veterans’ Review Board Annual Report

Members

In relation to the VRB’s membership, all member positions were advertised in the course of 2010-11 and those appointment processes were complete as at 1 January 2011. A number of members were reappointed including, Jenny D’Arcy, Chris Keher, Hilary Kramer, Leslie Young, Frank Burtt, Jan Hartmann, Roger Tiller, Bruce Wood, Warwick Young, Zita Antonios, Jackie Fristacky, Chris Wray, Rob Regan, Sylvia Winters, Frank Benfield, Rick Main, Morag McColm, Ed Jolly, Robert Black, Stuart Bryce, Garry Barrow and Greg Mawkes. The Board also welcomed 19 new members in 2011.

There was also a depature of a number of members of the VRB including Murray Blake, Gerry Carwardine, Wally Farquhar, Robert Brumm, Julie Cowdroy, Andrea Hall-Brown, Kerrie Laurence, John Cooke, Graham Barter, Ann Graham, Drew Braban, Sharon Brennan, Frank Brown, Ivan Cahill, Elayne Hayes and Tony Wales.

At 30 June 2011 there were 40 members of the VRB: the Principal Member, 11 Senior Members, 14 Services Members and 14 Members. Of these, the Principal Member was the only full-time appointee, all others were part-time. The number of women holding appointments was 14.

The break-up of membership at the end of the financial year is set out in Table 8 and Charts 8.1 to 8.3. Further details of the VRB membership are provided in Appendices 4, 5 and 6.

Table 14: Members
	Gender	ACT	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA	TAS	AUST
Principal Member	Male		1						1
Senior Members	Male	1	2	1		1	1		6
	Female		2	1	2				5
	Total	1	4	2	2	1	1	0	11
Services Members	Male	1	4	1	2	1	2	1	12
	Female		1	1					2
	Total	1	5	2	2	1	2	1	14
Members	Male	1	1		2	1	2		7
	Female		3	3	1				7
	Total	1	4	3	3	1	2	0	14
All members	Male	3	8	2	4	3	5	1	26
	Female	0	6	5	3	0	0	0	14
	Total	3	14	7	7	3	5	1	40