BOARD OF MANAGEMENT & EXECUTIVE CONSULTANTS

after an extensive career in the criminal justice field including senior management and Directorate roles within the Queensland Corrective Services. Dr Palk was a lecturer at Griffith University in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. He is currently involved in research on the utility of judicial criteria utilised to indefinitely detain dangerous offenders post-sentence, a profile of first time drink driving offenders and the development of a brief computer-based intervention for first offenders, and a review of anti-drink/drug driving countermeasures pertaining to legislation, penalties, sanctions, education programs, advertising campaigns and offender education programs. He has wide ranging experience in reviewing criminal justice legislation, preparing draft legislation, providing legal advice, parliamentary reports, and Cabinet submissions.

and custodial offender management from 1990. From 2002 he managed the state-wide delivery of a number of innovative specialist courts within the Queensland Department of Justice. Greg was central to the development and evaluation of the Queensland Drug Court program (Manager 2002-2007), the Murri Court program (Manager 2007-2009) and the Special Circumstance Court program (which he reviewed and assisted to final evaluation between 2010 and 2012). Over a 24 year career focused on offender behavior and appropriate intervention, Greg has been continually involved in the development of assessment tools to focus on risk and need. The assessment processes he has adopted are linked to intervention plans specifically designed to reduce risk, maximize learning opportunities and encourage positive problem-solving responses to problematic social circumstance. Greg has continually fostered evaluative research to maintain “best practice” responses.

as an expert court witness in drug analysis. Warren has served since inception on both the Standards Australia Oral Fluids and Urine Drugs of Abuse Committees, and recently was the chairperson of the sub-committee relating to on-site urine drugs of abuse testing. He was a former lecturer in forensic toxicology at two Universities and a former NATA assessor in both the medical and forensic areas. Warren is a member of TIAFT, FACTA and RACI and is likely Queensland’s most experienced toxicologist.

offenders and prisoners, as well as forensic examinations at Scenes of Crime Investigations and Coroner’s Inquiries. Expert statements were then provided for police and forensic proceedings. Dr Pearcy was the Lead GP for the Division of General Practice Youth Health Program, which involved drug and alcohol education and general health promotion lectures for several thousand Gold Coast high-school students annually, and conducted training in this field for his QLD and Northern NSW colleagues. He was also involved in formulating a Referral Pathways Map for Young People at Risk of suicide and self-harm, which coordinated local Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol providers. His work in General Practice frequently involves counselling, treatment and management of Drug and Alcohol issues in his patients. Dr Pearcy is Level 1 registered for the Better Outcomes in Mental Health program.