Powers of Attorney

Principal solicitor at ADA Law.

Karen has worked as a social worker in health, emergency and mental health care in NSW & Qld, rural and metropolitan. She has qualifications in Health Management and Law and has established ADA Law (where she is now the Principal Solicitor) to assist people who find themselves in vulnerable circumstances around their decision making. This can include: enduring powers of attorney, guardianship and administration.

The Queensland Public Advocate.

A lawyer and historian by training, John has expertise in the fields of human rights, guardianship, supported decision making, powers of attorney and elder abuse. Prior to taking up his current position John was Victoria’s Deputy Public Advocate. He has previously undertaken a Churchill Fellowship on the topic of adult safeguarding, and his books include, as co-author, The politics of human rights in Australia (CUP).

Director of Medical Services at the War Memorial Hospital, Waverley and Consultant Geriatrician at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney.

She is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales Medical School.

She is the clinical lead of the St. Vincent’s and War Memorial Hospital Health Justice Partnership, integrating legal services into health care. She is a co-author of the update on the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM) Position Statement on Elder Abuse. Her clinical practice spans acute, sub-acute and community geriatrics, working closely with the War Memorial Hospital Geriatric Flying Squad and closely collaborating with Older Person’s Mental Health Services, NSW Ambulance and Police, and the NSW Ageing and Disability Commission in responding to cases of abuse of older people.

Philippa McDonald is a high profile, award winning journalist and communicator who has covered Australian and international news and current affairs.