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– Members’ Lunch with Tim Wilson
Advancing human rights and freedoms in Australia
Hosted by:
October 28, 2015 @ 11:30 pm - October 29, 2015 @ 1:00 am
Tim Wilson was appointed Australia's Human Rights Commissioner in February 2014.
Dubbed the "Freedom Commissioner", Tim is a proud and passionate defender of universal, individual human rights. As Commissioner he is focused on promoting and advancing traditional human rights and freedoms, including free speech, free association, religious freedom, property rights. He is also strongly committed to equality before the law and government. Mr Wilson also acts as the defacto Commissioner for sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status issues.
Prior to his appointment Tim was a public policy analyst and a policy director at the world's oldest free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs. He has also worked in trade and communication consulting, international aid and development, as well as politics. He has served as a Board member of Monash University's Council, Alfred Health and on the Victorian Board of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
He has extensive experience in public debate and has had many regular radio and television commitments, with both commercial and public broadcasters. The Australian newspaper recognised Tim as one of the ten emerging leaders of Australian society. He has written extensively for newspapers, journals and books. He recently co-edited the book Turning Left or Right: Values in Modern Politics.
Tim graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Policy) and a Masters of Diplomacy and Trade (International Trade) from Monash University. He has also completed executive education at Geneva's Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement and the World Intellectual Property Organisation's Worldwide Academy.
Tim lives with his partner, Ryan.