Justice Penfold PSM QC was First Parliamentary Counsel for 10 years, then Head of the Department of Parliamentary Services, and appointed Commonwealth Queen’s Counsel in 2001.  Her Honour drafted legislation covering many subject areas, including taxation, corporations law, defamation, industrial relations, human rights, sex discrimination, and forensic procedures, as well as the constitutional amendments proposed to create an Australian republic in 1999. In 2008, Justice Penfold was sworn in as a judge of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court.  Her Honour represents that court on the Governing Council of the Judicial Conference of Australia and is the ACT Regional Convenor for the National Judicial College of Australia.  She is the Patron of the Women Lawyers Association of the ACT.

$65 per person

Bookings via the Press Club (parking available for early reservations)

Enquiries: Kate Bosser at 1300 733 221or by email.