Members Profiles

Chairman of the Australian National Council on Drugs
Chariman, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Foundation

Appointed as Chairman of the Australian National Council on Drugs on 21 February 2006 following his return from his appointments as Ambassador to Ireland and the Holy See (2002–2006).

He was a Senator in the Parliament of Australia representing the State of Queensland (1990–2002) and was Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (1996–2001)

Prior to entering Parliament he was a general surgeon for 30 years and during this time he occupied the positions of President of the Australian Medical Association, Chairman of the Australasian College of Surgeons and Chairman of the Australian Association of Surgeons of his State. He was twice President of the Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) — from 1980–1983 and 2000–2002.

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APM
Police Commissioner, Australian Federal Police;
Deputy-Chairman, Australian National Council on Drugs

Appointed Commissioner in March 2001, Mr Keelty is a career police officer with more than 30 years experience at local, national and international levels. He is the first Commissioner appointed from within the ranks of the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

The AFP is Australia’s national policing agency, performing the community policing role in the Australian Capital Territory as well as enforcing Commonwealth criminal law and protecting Commonwealth interests from crime, both within Australia and abroad. It is also Australia’s international law enforcement and policing representative — with 86 officers, based at 31 posts in 26 countries — and the chief source of advice to the Australian Government on policing issues.

Since his appointment, Commissioner Keelty has led the expansion and transformation of the organisation to take on major new responsibilities in the areas of counter-terrorism, protective security, airport security, and peacekeeping and capacity building in the region. The AFP has implemented a range of initiatives — domestically and overseas — to address these responsibilities and combat all types of transnational crime including online child exploitation, cyber crime, child sex tourism, sexual servitude, drug trafficking, money laundering and identity crime.

Commissioner Keelty is the Chair of the Board for the Australian Crime Commission — membership of which includes his counterparts from State and Territory Police and the heads of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Australian Securities and Investment Commission, Australian Customs Service and the Attorney-Generals Department.

He also co-chairs the Asia–Pacific Group on Money Laundering, which comprises 32 member countries and is affiliated with the Financial Action Taskforce — the international policy making body on money laundering.

Commissioner Keelty is a member of the Business Government Advisory Group on National Security, a forum for high-level dialogue between business and government on national security, which works closely with bodies such as the Trusted Information Sharing Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection (TISN). He is also patron of the Australian section of the International Police Association.

As AFP Commissioner, he assumes the role of representative of Interpol in Australia and as a result of the collaborative relationships formed between AFP and the Asian region, he represents Australia at ASEANPOL which includes the heads of 10 Asian police forces. Commissioner Keelty is one of 21 members on the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Committee and holds a position on the Board of Government of the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation.

AFP Police Commissioner

Tony Negus APM

Commissioner Tony Negus has been a member of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) since 1982. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy and Administration and a Graduate Diploma in Executive Leadership.

Tony has completed the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard University, in the United States and is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

In June 2005 Tony was named in the Queen’s Birthday honours list and awarded the Australian Police Medal.

During his career with the AFP, Tony has worked in a variety of fields, including community policing, federal investigations, training and protection. He has been the officer in charge of both the AFP Brisbane and Sydney Offices, as well as heading up the AFP’s protection responsibilities.

In July 2006, Tony was appointed as the National Manager of Human Resources. In this role he was responsible for Learning and Development, Professional Standards and Human Resource issues across the organisation.

On 19th October 2007 Tony was appointed Deputy Commissioner Operations where he has responsibility for High Tech Crime Operations, Border activities, the AFP International Liaison Network, Economic and Special Operations, Forensics and the International Deployment Group.

Commissioner Negus was sworn in as the Commissioner of the AFP on 7 September 2009 at Parliament House, and has responsibility for the operation and direction of the AFP as well as serving on various boards for other law enforcement agencies.

Director, Clinical Policy and Research for the Drug and Alcohol Services Council (SA)

Associate Professor Robert Ali is a Public Health and Addiction Medicine physician who has worked in the alcohol and other drug area since 1985. Associate Professor Ali is the director of a WHO Collaborating Centre for the Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Problems based in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Adelaide. Associate Professor Ali was the Chair of the National Expert Advisory Committee on Illicit Drugs.

AO

(University of Melbourne)