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Michael Rose Managing Partner

CHARITIES WE HAVE PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO IN RECENT YEARS

Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Our success as a fi rm is built on the talent and enthusiasm of our people Service, QLD and the values they bring with them from their homes and communities. Alzheimer’s Australia, VIC Awesome Arts, WA We are privileged to have gifted and motivated people who want to make a Berry Street Victoria difference, not only in the law and in business, but also in the wider Blackwood Centre for Adolescent Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, VIC community. Our charity, pro bono and environment programs are our way Development, VIC , WA of responding to these aspirations. Also, as a Firm, we recognise that we Blue Sky Foundation, QLD Parkinson’s Victoria have broad responsibilities – to our people, their families and the communities Bridge for Asylum Seekers Foundation, NSW Passages Resource Centre, WA Cana Communities Inc, NSW Pathways Early Childhood Intervention, in which they live. Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland Inc, NSW Education Foundation, VIC Peter McCallum Cancer Centre, VIC We recognise that For many years now, our Firm has Epworth Medical Foundation, VIC Prostate Cancer Foundation, VIC built close relationships with many Flat Out, VIC Rocky Bay, Inc, WA we have broad charities and has supported them Give it a Go Recreation, WA Royal Life Saving Society, WA through personal engagement, direct Learning Links, NSW Royal Women’s Hospital Foundation, VIC Open Family Australia, VIC SHINE for Kids Co-op, NSW responsibilities – to our fi nancial support and the provision Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation, VIC Teen Challenge, WA of pro bono legal assistance. Our Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria The Fred Hollows Foundation, NSW & NT people, their families pro bono work is not limited to The Salvation Army, WA the charities with which we have The Smith Family, VIC and the communities The Sydney Children’s Hospital continuing relationships. Through Randwick, NSW in which they live. our extensive pro bono practice, Technical Aid to the Disabled, NSW we are able to use the talent and Victorian Foundation for the Survivors of Torture experience of our lawyers, not only Vision Australia, VIC for organisations and people in need, Wesley Research Institute, QLD but also to advance the public interest and to assist in the resolution YWCA Victoria of important legal issues.

Guided by our Footprint Committee, we strive to minimise our impact on the environment. Our focus on the environment refl ects another attribute of our people, a keen eye to the future.

We are proud of our charitable, pro bono and environmental activities and proud of our people who work so energetically in these areas. They work with great passion, energy and commitment and they deserve our thanks.

Michael Rose Each year, a portion of the Firm’s budget is devoted to charitable projects identifi ed by the Charity Committee. The Committee is comprised of partners and staff from all our Australian offi ces. Resources are directed towards a small number of signifi cant charity projects, whether through large, well-established charities or smaller organisations operating at a local level. Our aim is to directly help those in need, and we hope that each project we support makes a real difference to our community.

For more information about the Charity Committee, please contact [email protected]

Sister Anne Jordan, Cana Communities With the Firm’s support, Cana provides shelter and support to homeless people in Sydney

2 3 Allens Arthur Robinson Neurology Fellowship The Allens Arthur Robinson Neurology Fellows have helped an estimated 5000 patients.

Since 1999, the Firm has funded the comprehensive training of a doctor in paediatric neurology at the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick. The Fellowship enables a young doctor, selected from applicants throughout Australia and New Zealand, to work with leaders in the neurology fi eld in treating children with a variety of brain, muscle and nerve problems, including brain tumours, epilepsy, mental retardation and cerebral palsy. Although it can be confronting, Our relationship with the Sydney it is also moving and uplifting to Children’s Hospital is not limited to see fi rst hand the dedication and fi nancial support. Each year, the enthusiasm of the Hospital staff Summer Clerks in Sydney travel to and the courage of the children the Hospital to meet the Allens Arthur and their families. This annual visit Robinson Neurology Fellow and some has become a highlight of our of the patients in the neurology ward. clerkship program.

This year’s Summer Clerks in Sydney were so inspired by their ‘I will always be grateful for the visit that they organised an ‘Allens Idol’ event in the offi ce to raise sponsorship of Allens Arthur money for the brave patients in the paediatric neurology ward. Robinson and the tremendous With each department nominating their ‘Idol’, the six contestants benefi t their support has given me in sang and danced to encourage donations from the crowd. A raffl e my paediatric neurology training. was held and, once nominated fundraising targets were reached, I can only hope that such a valuable different partners and, ultimately, the Firm’s Chairman, Jim Thynne, initiative continues to benefi t the gave solo performances on stage. Dr Nicholas Smith, care of children with neurological The generosity of partners and 2006 Allens Arthur staff saw a record amount raised disorders in Australia.’ for the Hospital, which will be Robinson Neurology used to establish an Allens Arthur Fellow, Sydney Children’s Robinson Neurology Nursing Hospital, Randwick Dr Nicholas Smith, 2006 Scholarship fund to allow nurses Allens Arthur Robinson Neurology Fellow, from the neurology ward to pursue Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick further studies in nursing.

4 5 Dr Annie Bye is a Senior Staff Specialist at the Sydney Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. She has worked in conjunction with the Australian Association of Neurologists and the dedicated neurology consultant team at the Hospital to develop the Allens Arthur Robinson Neurology Fellowship.

Annie has worked closely with each of the Fellows since the program was initiated in 1999. The Fellowship is a highly structured training program in general paediatric neurology with additional training in epilepsy and neuromuscular diseases, as well as research commitments and undergraduate lecturing. ‘It is tough and they work very, very hard,’ Annie explains. ‘They start at 8am and they work a 12-hour day. In alternate weeks, they are also on call for Emergency 24 hours a day. It is an profi le intensely challenging experience.’

Annie estimates that the Neurology Fellow consults between 15 and 20 patients each week. This means that in the nine years since the establishment of the Fellowship, the Allens Arthur Robinson Paediatric Neurology Fellows have helped an estimated 5000 patients. ‘The bottom line is not about us According to Annie, the major problem facing the fi eld of paediatric or about the doctors – it is about neurology is lack of funding. While there are government-funded training providing the best possible care for programs in adult neurology, the Allens Arthur Robinson Paediatric these children and their families. Neurology Fellowship is the only one of its kind in Australia and New It is about the Hospital and Allens Zealand. The relatively young age of the sub-specialty, combined with the Associate Professor working together. Each one of lack of governmental support, has led to critical staff shortages. Annie Annie Bye, these doctors will go on to practice travels to Brisbane twice each year Neurology Consultant, to conduct a specialised epilepsy Sydney Children’s for 30 years – that is an enormous clinic because of staff shortages in Hospital, Randwick this particular area in Queensland. contribution to this profession and To meet the current needs, and while young consultants train to fi ll to the care of sick children.’ positions in Queensland, Sydney Children’s Hospital runs this Brisbane Associate Professor Annie Bye, Neurology outreach service, bringing children to Sydney who require epilepsy surgery. Consultant, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick

6 77 National Indigenous Project – The Fred Hollows Supporting the Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland – ‘Camp Foundation Homeless – Mission Have a Chat’ Australia, WA This year, Charity Committee The Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland provides services and support members in each state agreed to Mission Australia is a community to people with cerebral palsy and related disabilities. Each year, the League set aside funds to support a national service organisation with a focus organises ‘Camp Have a Chat’ in Brisbane, which provides training and support Indigenous project: the purchase of on helping families, children, youth, to 16 non-speaking children with cerebral palsy who require the assistance of a minibus to transport children in a homeless people and communities, specialised communications equipment. Children who struggle to communicate remote Indigenous community to and as well as providing an Australia-wide can lag behind their peers both academically and socially. The Firm’s funding from preschool. Preschool education network of employment services. over the past two years has allowed the children at ‘Camp Have a Chat’, along provides disadvantaged children For the past 30 years, Mission with their parents, teachers and carers, to learn to use different communication with a foundation for improved Australia has run a special event devices and to explore methods of self-expression. Allens Arthur Robinson self esteem, social skills and called ‘Christmas Lunch in the Park’ academic performance at school. staff volunteered to run a barbecue in Perth, giving people affected This in turn helps to reduce child at ‘Camp Have a Chat’ and were by poverty, illness, addiction, , delinquency, drug delighted to be able to meet some homelessness or unemployment and alcohol addiction. In Wilcannia, Learning for Life – of the children who benefi t from the a chance to celebrate the holiday in the far west of NSW, 16 children The Smith Family, VIC program. This year, the Firm also season. regularly attend the Department of facilitated the program’s expansion Community Services preschool when The Smith Family is a national, to North Queensland by funding a The Firm supported Mission regular transport is available, but only secular and apolitical Australian simplifi ed ‘Chat Camp’ for younger Australia’s Christmas Lunch in fi ve or six are able to attend without charity that has been operating since children. the Park by providing funds for it. The Firm has contributed towards 1922. Less than four per cent of its the purchase of meals, gifts and the purchase of a minibus to ensure funding comes from government and entertainment for more than 2000 that these children have access to they predominantly people who would otherwise have the early childhood education and rely on commercial ‘Learning for Life’ been unable to enjoy a traditional vital social support that preschool enterprises, private celebration on Christmas day. can provide. enables disadvantaged donors and the support of volunteers. students to get This year, Allens Arthur Robinson Supporting Disabled Children – Technical Aid the most out of continued its long- to the Disabled, NSW standing support of their education by The Smith Family Technical Aid to the Disabled (TAD ) NSW works to improve the quality of by donating to the life of disabled people by designing and constructing specialised equipment purchasing textbooks, ‘Learning for Life’ to meet their particular needs. Allens Arthur Robinson funded the construction project. ‘Learning of 10 specially designed chairs to improve the balance and mobility of school equipment and for Life’ enables disabled children between the ages of four and seven. This enables many disadvantaged children to attend regular schools when they would otherwise not be able uniforms, and running a students to get to do so. variety of tutoring and the most out of their education by ‘The chair has made a huge mentoring programs. purchasing textbooks, school equipment improvement for Joshua and uniforms, and running a variety of at preschool. He now has tutoring and mentoring programs. 21,000 students around Australia independence and can move benefi t from ‘Learning for Life’ each year. This year, the Firm provided from different activities without scholarships for 60 disadvantaged students in the Broadmeadows area having to get teacher assistance. in Melbourne to participate in this important program. Now that he can do it himself he is more than willing and is becoming more sociable.’

Karen, client of TAD NSW

8 99 Scholarships for Vision-Impaired Students – Vision Australia, VIC

For blind and low-vision students, the transition into tertiary education can be extremely challenging. Not only are they faced with a new learning environment which differs greatly from the structured environment at specialist schools and programs for the vision impaired, but these students also face substantial costs and other diffi culties in obtaining the prescribed reading materials in an appropriate format. For the past two years, Allens Arthur Robinson has funded education bursaries through Vision Australia to assist two vision impaired students with the purchase of adaptive technology equipment. This equipment is essential to overcoming the limitations that a blind or low-vision person confronts when pursuing further education. profi le

Anna Briggs has just embarked on ‘I think you can see what a her fi nal year of an Animal Science difference we can make in degree at Melbourne University, which has become more manageable the lives of our legally blind since she received a Further Education Bursary Award. The students. Awards such as 21-year-old student from Ringwood, Victoria, has been a Vision Australia these buoy them up for the client since infancy as the result of a condition known as coloboma. As road ahead of them, and a child, Anna received orientation and mobility training, as well as add that extra school support. In adulthood, she has used Vision Australia’s employment external support.’ services. The bursary paid for Anna Briggs, Anna’s CCTV and laptop. 2006 recipient, Bill Glover, Donor Relations Offi cer, ‘Although the course has a lot of Vision Australia Vision Australia, Victoria practical components, everyone I Further Education know was really encouraging when I Bursary Award, chose to do it,’ Anna says. Melbourne

10 11 Tom Yuncken

Tom Yuncken sadly passed away last year. Tom was one of the senior partners in our litigation department in Melbourne and then Perth, and he later became staff partner in Melbourne. He was much loved and well respected by all at Allens Arthur Robinson as an experienced litigator, a trusted mentor, a strong sportsman and a generous, community-minded person. Tom was on the Board of the Public Interest Law Clearing House. Throughout Tom was a generous, his time at the Firm, Tom was a community-minded keen supporter of DOXA, a non-profi t person and is greatly organisation that Anna Howard, a lawyer in the Firm’s offers cadetships, Melbourne offi ce, was the recipient missed by all of us. including fi nancial of a DOXA cadetship and was assistance, mentored by Tom Yuncken before mentoring and work his death last year. ‘Growing up, my experience, for disadvantaged young family life was peppered with loss people to pursue their studies. Allens and hard times, emotionally and Arthur Robinson has funded more fi nancially. I knew from an early age than 10 student cadetships through that I wanted to go to University, to DOXA and, in Tom’s memory, the move to the city. The money I made Firm has now established a DOXA from working part-time was not Tom Yuncken Memorial Cadetship. enough to support myself through school as well as save for Uni. In Year 12, upon the suggestion of a teacher, I applied for a DOXA Cadetship. In early 2000, I was interviewed by Tom Yuncken and selected by Allens Arthur Robinson, who sponsored me for the duration of my degree. DOXA and AAR have given me opportunities I would never otherwise have. I have been given practical assistance, invaluable experience and uncompromising support from DOXA and AAR.’

Through the DOXA Tom Yuncken Memorial Cadetship, many more students such as Anna will have the opportunity to pursue their studies in law and to benefi t from the guidance and compassion of mentors such as Tom.

12 13 Allens Arthur Robinson Lawyers in the Fundraising Days and Events Community

Peter Haig is a litigation lawyer in our Melbourne offi ce who volunteers for Activ Foundation City to Surf the Tomorrow Foundation in his spare time. The Tomorrow Foundation helps Sudanese refugees living in Melbourne. Readjusting after leaving a confl ict BeyondBlue and Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia zone is an incredible challenge, especially for those who have lost loved ones. ‘Mo’vember’ As well as assisting with the legal aspects of establishing the Foundation, Peter was a founding member of the community dinner program. Children’s Medical Research Institute Jeans for Genes Day

Cool Night Classic Fun Run/Walk – Cystic Fibrosis ‘I was being here in Australia

Cystic Fibrosis New South Wales Ball for short time. My mum and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk for a Cure dad died in Sudan. I went to Leukaemia Foundation ‘World’s Greatest Shave for a Cure’ the dinner program and met Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Week a lot of people. I have new National Breast Cancer Centre Pink Ribbon Breakfast friends like Peter. They are ‘My fi rst experience with the dinner National Breast Cancer Centre Pink Ribbon Morning Tea program was an evening spent making my future better.’ preparing spaghetti bolognaise for an Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia Art ever-expanding group of Sudanese of Music Dinner men with whom I have since become Chibak, a Sudanese refugee living friends. The night was one we Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia in Melbourne will never forget. Since that fi rst Music Trivia Night dinner, we have forged some close Activ Foundation City bonds. The relatively small expense Oxfam Community Aid Abroad Trailwalkers to Surf – WA of preparing a simple meal brings evenings of wonderful company, The Activ Foundation is a not- broadens our understandings of each for-profi t organisation dedicated others’ lives and I believe is vital in OzHarvest – Boardroom Lunch to providing a range of choices assisting and providing enjoyment and opportunities for people with to members of a disadvantaged Public Interest Law Clearing House NSW Lunch disabilities living and working in the community,’ says Peter. Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal community and their families. This year, partners and staff in the Perth Jeans for Genes Day SONY Foundation Australia Ball offi ce were keen participants in the Allens Arthur Robinson has been Activ Foundation City to Surf fun a keen supporter of Jeans for St Vincents & Mater Health Gala Dinner run. The proceeds from the fun Genes Day for more than a decade. run support the Activ Foundation’s Sunday Mail Bridge to Brisbane Fun Run Funds raised from this event help important work with people with researchers at the Children’s Medical disabilities. Sydney Cancer Centre Foundation Fathers Research Institute in their efforts and Daughters Lunch Pete Thomas and Sam Whittington enjoying the Bailout for Whitelion Inc to fi nd treatments and cures for Hot Cross Bun Drive for the Royal Children’s childhood genetic diseases such Hospital Good Friday Appeal in Melbourne – VIC Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick Gold Dinner as leukaemia, muscular dystrophy On a cold winter’s night in 2006, and cystic fi brosis. Not only do Technical Aid to the Disabled – Charity Golf Challenge Partner Sue Williamson and 49 others partners and staff across all our The Cancer Council – Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea were locked up in Melbourne’s Old Australian offi ces wear jeans to work City Watchhouse to raise money for on the day, but this year we had The Smith Family – Around the Bay in a Day Whitelion Inc. Whitelion works with volunteers selling Jeans for Genes Melbourne’s juvenile justice facilities Day merchandise in Brisbane and to break the cycle of substance UNIFEM Australia – White Tie Dinner Sydney, blue-themed cocktails in abuse, criminal activity, marginalisation Melbourne, a karaoke competition United Nations High Commission for Refugees – World and incarceration by providing in Perth, and a silent auction and opportunities to build relationships Refugee Day Breakfast an inter-departmental ‘Battle of the Jim Dwyer, Charity Committee Chairman, with with the community. Sue was released Vanessa Kingston and Natasha Simonsen from once she reached a set fundraising Bands’ in Sydney. This Battle of White Ribbon Foundation – White Ribbon Day the Jeans for Genes Day Committee in Sydney target. This unique fundraising event the Bands raised a record amount Whitelion Inc – Bailout won two awards from the Fundraising for the Children’s Medical Research Institute of Australia, including Institute and is now being used as a ‘Event of the Year’ and the Victorian case study in their advertising for this ‘Innovation Award’. year’s ‘Jamm 4 Genes’ campaign.

14 15 Directorships of Charitable and Community Organisations

Many partners and members of staff serve as offi ce bearers or board members of charitable and community organisations, including:

Amnesty International Australia Andrew North, Jeremy Collins and Sue Williamson, Members of the Charity Committee in Melbourne Australian Cancer Research Foundation

ChildFund Australia Ltd Ascent for Arthritis International Women’s When Matthew Liebowitz, a young Day and UNIFEM Epworth Foundation Ltd lawyer in the Sydney offi ce, was Peace Scholarships diagnosed with a rare and debilitating The George Gregan Foundation This year, the Firm supported form of arthritis known as Ankylosing International Women’s Day and Mission Australia Spondylitis, he knew he had to do provided funds to UNIFEM in support something about it. Not only did of a major project to assist members Multicap Matthew work and learn how to of regional networks and non-profi t manage his condition, but he decided National Art School Foundation Ltd organisations in the Pacifi c to end to organise a group of friends and violence against women. National Research Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse colleagues to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money and We were honoured to have Marina Opera Queensland Ltd awareness for Arthritis Australia. Nawabi, a UNIFEM Peace Scholarship Allens Arthur Robinson hosted the student, join the Sydney Summer OzHarvest launch of his fundraising campaign Clerk program for six weeks over January-February this year. Marina Penguin Foundation Ltd with a function in the Sydney offi ce with ABC Radio’s Norman Swan as is a student in the Faculty of MC. Matthew’s dedicated climbing Law and Political Science at the team, which also includes Allens University of Kabul in Afghanistan. Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia Ltd Arthur Robinson Summer Clerk She is also employed part-time by Public Interest Law Clearing House NSW Joanne Been, hopes to raise enough ActionAid Afghanistan as a Policy money to sponsor a research grant Program Offi cer. The UNIFEM Public Interest Law Clearing House Victoria for Arthritis Australia. Peace Scholarship Program offers scholarships to students from selected Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House Inc LEAPS! Mentoring countries around the world who have demonstrated they have the potential Rocky Bay Inc Program to make a contribution to encouraging Save the Children Australia LEAPS! is a Sydney-based mentoring greater inter-cultural understanding. program in which our legal and non- Sisters of Charity Health Services Ltd legal staff assist Year 9 students Matched Funding to develop their Sony Foundation Australia Ltd Program Through the LEAPS! potential. Staff work Starlight Foundation Advisory Board with students at The Pro Bono and Charity mentoring program our regular mentoring Committees recently created a Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation Ltd lunches, providing Matched Funding Program to legal and non-legal them with support and encourage philanthropy among Sydney Symphony Ltd encouragement and staff. This program is an extension staff assist high assisting with skills of the Payroll Giving Scheme that The Alliance for the Safety of Children school students to such as goal setting has been available to staff for some The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia and time management. years. Donations to charities across Michael Rose, Managing Partner at the Firm More than 30 Allens Australia and abroad can be made and Chairman of ChildFund Australia, on a visit achieve their potential. UnitingCare Ageing NSW ACT – Western Region Aged Care Board to Papua New Guinea Arthur Robinson staff out of pre-tax income, and the amount participate in this given to each approved organisation Wesley Research Institute Ltd program each year. The students is matched by a donation from the fi nd the program to be immensely Firm. The program was so successful WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) rewarding and their achievements are in its fi rst year of operation that celebrated with a ‘graduation party’ the budget has been substantially at the end of the year. increased this year.

16 17 16 Allens Arthur Robinson provides free legal assistance to individuals in need and to not-for-profi t and charitable clients on a large array of legal issues.

In developing and growing our pro bono pro bono practice, we seek to achieve two goals: to assist those individuals and groups in the

Medicinal plant innovation community that are in need of in Vietnam legal assistance and who might not otherwise have access to such assistance, and to provide opportunities for all our staff to get involved in pro bono work.

For more information about our pro bono practice, please contact [email protected]

18 19 We see the enthusiastic engagement of our people as a critical component to the success of our pro bono program. Allens Arthur Robinson has recently become a Foundation Signatory to Assisting the homeless Allens Arthur Robinson gives pro bono the Aspirational Target organised assistance to organisations whose objective is to improve or protect More than 70 of our lawyers by the National Pro Bono Resource the natural world, and organisations that promote the protection of volunteer to provide free Centre. In becoming a Foundation human rights, including the rights Homeless Persons’ of Indigenous people, refugees, the legal advice to people who Signatory, the Firm demonstrates homeless and those with a mental Legal Service illness. are homeless or at risk of its commitment to a strong and More than 70 Allens Arthur Robinson Through our work with various lawyers volunteer to be part of a homelessness. vibrant pro bono practice. We use homeless welfare agencies, the Public roster to provide free legal assistance Interest Law Clearing Houses in NSW, to, and advocacy on behalf of, our best efforts to ensure that, on Victoria and Queensland and the people who are homeless or at risk of Public Interest Advocacy Centre in homelessness. This project is run in a result of a violent assault outside average, our lawyers undertake a NSW, as well as through our human Queensland, NSW and Victoria by the her home in 2000. The client fi rst rights work, we advise more than 300 Public Interest Law Clearing Houses approached the clinic in late 2004 minimum of 35 hours of pro bono individuals a year. The total number and the Public Interest Advocacy and the application encountered of not-for-profi t clients we are likely Centre. numerous obstacles, including being out of time. However, these work each year. to be working with at any one time is The clinics are located at crisis obstacles were overcome and between 150-200. accommodation centres and welfare the client was ultimately awarded agencies so as to encourage direct Our lawyers can get more involved in our pro bono practice by undertaking a lump sum payment, payment access by clients. Our lawyers secondments at community legal centres. We also extend pro bono of fees for university subjects volunteer at Edward Eagar Lodge, opportunities to our vacation clerks. Each year, four of our vacation clerks she repeated as a result of her Homeground Services, the Anglican complete a six-week internship at a Native Title Representative Body or Land depression following the assault, Women’s Hostel and Homeless Council around Australia. There is also an opportunity for Melbourne vacation and reimbursement for a self- Assessment & Referral Team 4000 clerks to participate in a two-week fellowship at the Public Interest Law defence course and clothing (HART 4000). Clearing House in Victoria. damaged during the assault. Over the past year, we have been In the pages that follow, we set out a sample of the pro bono work that the This award represents closure able to assist clients with many legal Firm has completed in the past year. for the client of a sad chapter problems. We were very pleased in her life which involved heroin with the outcome of the case of one addiction, depression, anxiety and Residents at one of the shelters run Melbourne woman: by Cana Communities in Sydney trouble with the law. However, ‘One of the clients from the since she fi rst approached the Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic clinic, the client has dramatically was recently awarded assistance turned her life around by following a Victims of Crime overcoming her addiction, Assistance Tribunal in recognition undertaking voluntary work in of the serious adverse physical and her community and achieving top psychological effects she suffered as marks at university.’

20 21 20 Choir of Hard Knocks Allens Arthur Robinson has provided Indigenous Justice Project the Choir with pro bono assistance Allens Arthur Robinson was recently in a range of matters – GST and Since 2001, Allens Arthur Robinson has funded the Indigenous Justice the Heart – A Christmas Wish approached by RecLink Australia to licensing advice in relation to the Project at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). This project aims provide pro bono assistance to the Choir’s 2006 Christmas CD, From to address the needs and concerns of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Choir of Hard Knocks. RecLink is a , tax people through a mix of legal advice, casework, policy intervention and not-for-profi t organisation established and company structure advice and community education. to enable access to sporting and drafting an exclusive copyright PIAC and the Indigenous Justice other recreational activities to people licence over a painting created Project were instrumental, along experiencing social and economic by a Choir member. The design of with other organisations, in disadvantage. the painting was used on a t-shirt Working with lobbying the NSW Government to promoting the Choir. RecLink and , a establish a scheme for the return former tenor with , The Choir has released an album Indigenous of Indigenous peoples’ wages held established the Choir in September and plans to continue to perform on trust by the NSW Government. 2006 as an opportunity for homeless to raise awareness of the issues Allens Arthur Robinson, along with and disadvantaged people who love faced by socially and economically Australians four other fi rms, has been working to sing! The ABC has followed the disadvantaged people. with the Indigenous Justice Choir since its inception and the Project to represent claimants documentary that they produced Passages Resource ‘The native title internship to the Aboriginal Trust Fund about the Choir’s journey was aired in Centre has changed my views, Repayment Scheme. A team of May 2007. 12 Allens Arthur Robinson lawyers In Perth, a team of our lawyers are representing 10 claimants, on volunteer on a weekly basis at challenged my beliefs a pro bono basis, who have made the Passages Resource Centre to applications to the Scheme. provide informal legal counselling and given me a love for to clients of Passages on a no The Indigenous Justice Project cost, no professional liability basis. this area, its people also works in the areas of policing Passages is a resource centre for and correction, discrimination and young people in the inner-city suburb and its culture.’ in developing an outreach program of Northbridge. Our lawyers offer to rural areas of New South Wales. information, referrals and support to Sophie Ryan the marginalised young people who attend Passages, many of whom Native Title Internships Sophie Ryan, one of the interns have social, mental health, criminal – Aurora Project from 2006, told us that: ‘I consider behaviour, alcohol and drug problems. myself incredibly privileged to have As part of Allens Arthur Robinson’s experienced the culture of the Allens Arthur Robinson is pleased to commitment to include all of its staff Aboriginal people in the Kimberley also provide pro bono legal advice to in our pro bono program, we have area and to be told the stories of other organisations who assist the developed, with the Aurora Project, the land from the people who have it homeless including: Kids Under Cover a pro bono internship opportunity ingrained into their hearts. To work in Inc, NSW Federation of Housing for a small group of our vacation this area, with a man as inspirational Photo courtesy of Associations Inc, OzHarvest Limited, clerks. Since 2006, four of our and passionate as Patrick Dodson, Street Voices/KOTO, West End vacation clerks have completed a has been an amazing opportunity. Housing Cooperative, and Women’s & six-week internship at a Native Title This opportunity has changed my Girls Emergency Centre Inc. Representative Body or Land Council views, challenged my beliefs and in locations all around Australia. The ultimately given me a love for this interns have the opportunity to area, its people and its culture. This work with, and assist, their host internship completely surpassed any organisations with their work for expectations I had before arriving, native title claimants. providing me with an experience which I will never forget.’

Sophie Ryan, AAR Vacation Clerk, and Patrick Dodson

22 23 Native Title negotiations

Allens Arthur Robinson is advising the Whaleboat family, the native title holders of land in the Murray Islands, about a primary school located on Mer Island. While the school has been on Whaleboat land since about 1992, no Indigenous Arts Law Centre of Australia Land Use Agreement, compensation or any other arrangement dealing Balkanu Cape The Arts Law Centre of Australia is the national community legal centre for with native title has been reached York Development the arts. Allens Arthur Robinson lawyers participate in the Arts Law Centre’s between the State and the native Corporation Monday night advice evening, where title holders. We are assisting with lawyers provide pro bono legal advice the preparation of a trustee lease Allens Arthur Robinson has assisted to artists and arts organisations. This and the agreement of an Indigenous the Balkanu Cape York Development Supporting the project involves lawyers from all of our Land Use Agreement between Corporation with their traditional offi ces and with a range of expertise. the State and the native title body knowledge recording project. In In 2007, Deborah Doctor, one of the corporate that will deal with the past particular, we assisted them in Arts lawyers from our Intellectual Property and future effect on native title. negotiating agreements with the Department in Sydney, spent six University of Technology, Sydney in Lawyers from all our Australian months on secondment at the Arts Law relation to UTS’s participation in the Centre of Australia. Deborah assisted project. offi ces participate in the Arts the Arts Law Centre by advising Balkanu is owned by the Cape Law Centre of Australia’s their wide range of clients, presenting York Corporation, the trustee of educational seminars, drafting the Cape York Trust that represents advice evenings information sheets and assisting with 16 Indigenous Communities on the drafting sample contracts. Cape York peninsula. Balkanu is generations. Legal issues addressed a not-for-profi t corporation that include rights relating to the Kanyini undertakes a number of activities, collection of traditional knowledge, including the Cape York Digital including database rights and Allens Arthur Robinson assisted Network, projects related to land commercialisation rights, and licences Reverb Films to negotiate distribution management, caring for country and to other Indigenous groups to use the agreements for Kanyini, a fi lm the development of Indigenous policy. project methodology. that premiered at the Sydney Film The project is designed to provide Festival in 2006. Kanyini was Allens Arthur Robinson is pleased to tools and assistance to elders of the inspired by producer Mel Hogan’s also provide pro bono legal advice communities to ensure the traditional desire to understand and connect to other organisations who work knowledge is passed on to younger with Indigenous Australia. Kanyini with and are run by Indigenous is a story told by an Indigenous Australians: Cape York Partnerships, man, Bob Randall, who lives beside Allens Arthur Robinson lawyer Deborah Doctor Future Dreaming, Gawooleng on secondment with Mel Donat, Arts Law Centre Uluru in Central Australia. Based on of Australia Yawoodeng Aboriginal Corporation, Bob’s own personal journey and the Kanyini Foundation, Nambucca wisdom he learnt from the elders and Unkya Local Aboriginal Land living in the bush, Bob tells his tale Councils, National Indigenous of why Indigenous people are now Television Working Group, National struggling in a modern world and what Sorry Day Committee, Native Title he believes needs to be done for Services Victoria, New South Wales Indigenous people to move forward. Reconciliation Council and Show Me the Way, Tangentyere Council. Allens Arthur Robinson is pleased to provide pro bono legal advice to other organisations supporting the

arts: Arts Law Referral Service, Arts Georgina Perry, lawyer and member of the North West Inc, Beyond Empathy, Pro Bono Committee Malthouse Theatre, Polyglot Puppet Theatre, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and The Australian Ballet School.

24 25 Mental Health Legal Fitzroy Legal Service

Centre Allens Arthur Robinson has funded Allens Arthur Robinson has the employment of an Articled Clerk commenced a pro bono advocacy at the Fitzroy Legal Service since project in conjunction with the 2001; this funded position is the Mental Health Legal Centre (MHLC) only Articled Clerk position in the in Melbourne. A team of six lawyers community legal sector in Victoria. will be providing legal advice to, Fitzroy Legal Service in Victoria is and advocating on behalf of, MHLC one of the oldest community legal clients who are appearing before centres in Australia. It provides the Mental Health Review Board in casework to clients in the local reviews of the conditions of their area, advocates for law reform and community-based treatment orders. provides community legal education. In addition to its daytime service, evangelical Christian beliefs and his Fitzroy Legal Service operates a membership of the ‘three no’ group, Defending human rights free legal advice service fi ve nights comprising those in China who lacked a week and provides a free legal household registration, identifi cation emergency telephone advice service and a home. The applicant argued We are appearing in the High Court for young people called Alphaline, that the Refugee Review Tribunal had which operates 24 hours a day, seven to challenge the constitutional failed to appropriately consider these days a week. claims. A week before the scheduled validity of prohibiting prisoners Allens Arthur Robinson staff also Federal Magistrates Court hearing provide support to Fitzroy Legal date and after we had fi led written from voting in Federal elections. Service – we take on pro bono submissions, the Department of referrals from the Service, our Immigration and Citizenship informed Federal elections. Proceedings were Representing asylum Commissioner and Commonwealth secretaries volunteer to be part of us that they would agree to orders issued in this case, Roach v Electoral seekers Prisoners’ voting rights of Australia a roster to provide word processing remitting the matter to the Refugee assistance one day per week and our The Allens Arthur Robinson pro bono Review Tribunal. Allens Arthur Robinson is assisting , in early 2007. An librarians and information technology program represents asylum seekers Three of our lawyers are registered a Victorian prisoner, Vickie Roach, application for urgency was also staff have provided training to the appealing decisions of the Refugee as volunteer migration agents in in her High Court challenge to made, in light of the Federal election lawyers at the Service. Review Tribunal to the Federal Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. the constitutional validity of due to be held at some stage later Magistrates Court, the Federal Court These lawyers volunteer at the local Commonwealth legislation that in 2007. and the High Court. In the past year, prohibits all prisoners from voting in refugee and asylum seeker legal The matter was heard by the Full we have represented more than 10 services on a regular basis at their Court of the High Court of Australia asylum seekers in their claims. evening advisory clinics. in June 2007. The plaintiff in this We recently acted for a Nigerian Allens Arthur Robinson is pleased matter is an Indigenous woman asylum seeker in her appeal to the to provide pro bono legal advice to currently being held at the Dame Federal Magistrates Court against other organisations working to protect Phyllis Frost Centre and her case a decision of the Refugee Review human rights including: Amnesty is of great legal signifi cance as the Tribunal to refuse her a protection International Australia, Care Australia High Court will consider the scope visa. We were successful in our Limited, CASE for refugees, Fair of the Parliament’s power to limit the argument that there had been a Trade Association of Australia and franchise, the implied constitutional failure to take into account a New Zealand, Islamic Council of freedom of political communication relevant consideration, namely the Zane Turner, litigation lawyer in Sydney who and a possible implied constitutional Victoria, Kingsford Legal Centre, regularly assists with pro bono matters Department of Immigration and Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre, freedom of political participation. Multicultural Affairs’ Guidelines on Refugee Advice and Casework Allens Arthur Robinson has also Gender Issues for Decision Makers. Service, United Nations Special been a signifi cant supporter of the Our client’s matter is now being Representative for Business and Human Rights Law Resource Centre reconsidered by the Refugee Review Human Rights, Victorian Association since its establishment, including as Tribunal. for the Care and Resettlement of a sponsor and through the ongoing We have also represented a Chinese Offenders and World Vision. provision of pro bono assistance. In asylum seeker in an application 2006, the Firm seconded lawyer Ben to the Federal Magistrates Court Schokman to the Centre for a four- for review of a decision of the month period. Refugee Review Tribunal rejecting David Robb, Partner and Member of the an application for refugee status. Pro Bono Committee, with Matthew McLennan, a Senior Associate in litigation in Sydney The applicant was a Chinese national who claimed refugee status on the basis of, among other things, his

26 27 Medicinal Plants Innovation in Vietnam WWF Allens Arthur Robinson’s Vietnam offi ces are providing pro bono WWF is one of the world’s largest and most infl uential conservation assistance to an initiative in the organisations, with close to fi ve million supporters and a global network active in northern mountainous region of Sa more that 100 countries. Pa in Vietnam. This region is one of In Australia, WWF Australia works to conserve the biodiversity of the poorest regions in Vietnam but is, Australia, Papua New Guinea at the same time, rich in biodiversity and the surrounding seas, and an acknowledged national centre Protecting the providing scientifi cally based practical of expertise in the use of traditional solutions to our greatest environmental medicinal plants. threats. The WWF team works on the natural world This project will identify traditional ground with local communities, as well medicinal plant species and products as in partnership with government and with a high potential value in national industry, monitoring the state of the Lawyers in our Vietnam offi ce and international markets, by using environment, advocating change and scientifi c analysis to corroborate effective conservation policy. are providing assistance to a traditional knowledge, cultivate the Allens Arthur Robinson has provided species to avoid over-exploitation project identifying traditional WWF with pro bono legal support for while increasing production to match many years, providing all its needs market demand, provide capacity- medicinal plant species for legal advice. An Allens Arthur building to local communities and Robinson partner sits on WWF’s board. partners, and protect intellectual Recent work includes assisting WWF property rights of the ethnic minority with licensing the trade mark for its groups.

The project has recently received highly successful ‘Earth Hour’ a 2007 SEED (Supporting campaign in Sydney (in which the Entrepreneurs for Environment and

Firm participated), agreements Development) Award. Medicinal Plant Innovation Project in Vietnam with its corporate partners and supporters, including its groundbreaking partnership with Australian Rainforest ANZ Bank, and protecting its Conservation Society trade marks. Australian Rainforest Conservation Bush Heritage Society works to protect, repair and Photo courtesy of WWF Australia restore the rainforests of Australia and to maximise the protection of Bush Heritage Australia is forest biodiversity. ARCS plans to committed to preserving acquire rainforest at Springbrook Australia’s biodiversity by in Queensland and restore it to its protecting the bush through a original state. very simple and direct strategy. Allens Arthur Robinson has assisted Since 1990, Bush Heritage ARCS in establishing a fund to has been creating a network hold the land or money donated to of reserves across Australia. protect the Springbrook rainforest. Bush Heritage buys land of high conservation value and manages Allens Arthur Robinson is pleased those sites to ensure their long- to provide pro bono legal advice term protection. to other organisations working to protect the natural world: Allens Arthur Robinson has Australian Conservation Foundation, provided Bush Heritage Australia Great Barrier Reef Foundation, with pro bono legal support for International River Foundation, many years. We assist Bush Nature Conservation Trust, Heritage with nearly all of its legal Sustainable Living Foundation needs, including land purchase, and Victorian Association for the humane and lawful treatment Environmental Education. of animals, intellectual property and other general corporate and commercial issues. 28 29 The Firm has had a real concern about the environment for many years. We provide signifi cant pro bono assistance to people and organisations working to protect the natural world. Two of our longest standing pro bono clients are WWF Australia and Bush Heritage Australia. Our concern for the environment is not limited to the pro bono advice we give to others but must be lived Allens Arthur Robinson is a proud supporter of ourselves as a Firm. Over many the Earth Hour campaign promoted by WWF years, Allens Arthur Robinson has Australia. sought to reduce its effect on the environment, and to engage our Environment partners and staff in the process.

For more information about the Footprint Committee, please contact [email protected]

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Last year saw a major step forward with the formation of the Allens Arthur We are now looking at everything we Robinson Footprint Committee. The Footprint Committee was formed with a do: from meeting rooms where water simple aim: to reduce our environmental footprint as much as possible in a co- jugs have replaced bottled water, ordinated way. We have been looking at all aspects of our daily business life to to seminar rooms, where guests minimise our resource usage (inputs), select the most environmentally friendly now receive pads with only a few inputs, and through recycling and the environmentally sensitive disposal of sheets of paper and pens with a high waste (outputs). cardboard component, to offi ces where computers are being switched Since 2003, we have been rolling out printers that can print double-sided. off each night, rather than left on Now that the rollout is complete, double-sided printing is used as the default standby, and our movement-sensitive setting across all our Australian offi ces. In just one month, this saved lights have been made even more 2.2 million pieces of paper. The paper saved in that month, if stacked, would effective. Not even the bathrooms be far taller than any of the Firm’s Australian offi ce towers and the paper escape scrutiny, with the Sydney saved in a year would make a stack as high as Mt Kosciusko. offi ce introducing waterless urinals, The Footprint Committee works to each of which saves the equivalent engage all parts of the Firm. This co- of two suburban swimming pools of The Footprint ordinated approach results in far better water a year. outcomes than our previous ad hoc At the time of writing, the Firm is Committee works to approach. One example is the move analysing the results of an online to compulsory electronic (rather than survey of Sydney staff examining engage all parts of paper) fi ling across all our departments. environmental and work practices We needed IT and risk management the Firm. and attitudes, to work out the assistance with that process to ensure Footprint Committee’s next projects. the integrity of our fi ling system. This survey had a fantastic 41 per cent response rate, These initiatives do not just occur We have also introduced a underlining the great interest our within the offi ce. Through Firm- competition between the Australian staff have in environmental initiatives. wide staff awareness campaigns, offi ces to see which offi ce can the Footprint Committee hopes reduce paper usage the most. This Allens Arthur Robinson was a its actions will translate to paper reduction not only reduces proud supporter of the Earth environmentally friendly practices our demand for wood pulp, but also Hour campaign promoted by among our staff outside the reduces our ‘environment rucksack’ WWF Australia. Like thousands workplace. And our procurement – the greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and homes across policies will help to promote the emitted and other resources used in Sydney, our offi ce turned off its development of greener products. the production, trucking and recycling lights for one hour as a symbol that it processes. The environmental ripple is possible for all of us to take action The Firm’s Footprint Committee effect of our actions is often not on global warming. It was a simple currently operates nationally. In due understood, as it is not necessarily action reinforcing the Firm’s message course, we will extend its reach to visible. that we care about reducing the size our offshore offi ces. We believe that of our environmental footprint. Allens Arthur Robinson is a leader among Australian legal fi rms in taking these and other steps to reduce our Through Firm-wide staff environmental impact and we hope to inspire change across the legal awareness campaigns, the sector. Footprint Committee hopes its actions will translate to environmentally friendly practices among our staff outside the workplace.

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1. Nicole McKenna, Member of the Charity Committee, at Pathways Early Childhood Intervention in Sydney

2. Rob Kerr with his ‘reading buddy’

3. Allens Arthur Robinson Oxfam Trailwalkers; Rani Hansen, Myra Stirling, Sue Williamson of the 22 Charity Committee, and Ada Lam 10 11 20 21

4. Rachel Cosgrove with her ‘reading buddy’

5. Professor Les White, CEO of the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, with Jim Dwyer, Charity Committee 12. Anna Tremewan with her ‘reading buddy’ 20. Tom Poulton, former Managing Partner, with Chairman Dr Nicholas Smith, 2006 AAR Neurology 13. Erin Feros, Partner and Member of the Fellow, and Jim Dwyer, Chairman of the 6. Jenni Priestley with her ‘reading buddy’ Charity Committee, with Vincent McFarlane Charity Committee, visiting the Sydney and Elena Moody from the Wesley Research 7. Michael Steele, Matthew Allchurch and Children’s Hospital in Randwick Institute Andrew Boxall on Jeans for Genes Day 21. Carla Degenhardt, Rachel Cosgrove, 14. Carla Bongiorno, Kim Manns, Brooke Johnson, 8. Members of the Charity and Pro Bono Derek Heath and Jan Christie at a function Jenni Priestley and Jenny Campbell on Jeans Committee in Melbourne present hosted by the Firm for Learning Links 22 23 24 for Genes Day Liz Heliotis from the Ovarian Cancer 22. Rachel Cosgrove, Tim Holden and Tom Research Foundation with a cheque 15. Jim Thynne, Chairman of the Firm, speaking Glasson serving tea at Australia’s Biggest at a function for the Sydney Children’s Morning Tea, a fundraiser for The Cancer 9. Vanessa Kingston, Katharine Lee Hospital in Randwick and Michael Steele at ‘Allens Idol’, a Council fundraiser for the Sydney Children’s 16. Amanda Parks, Tom Glasson and Joanne 23. Poster for ‘Allens Idol’, a fundraising event for Hospital, Randwick Been at ‘Allens Idol’, a fundraiser for the Sydney Children’s Hospital the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick 10. Andrew North, Caitlin Gill and 17. Leah Mauger with her ‘reading buddy’ 24. Catherine Paine and Julia van Overmeir on Jeremy Collins, Members of the Charity Jeans for Genes Day Committee in Melbourne, with two 18. Oscar Shub, Tony Liebowitz and Jim Dwyer, recipients of the Vision Australia Further Charity Committee Chairman, at the ‘Ascent 25. John Edmond singing at ‘Allens Idol’, a Education Bursary Awards for Arthritis’ launch party fundraiser for the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick 11. Ceridwyn Usback, Louise Chau and 19. Nikki Lowes in Melbourne after shaving 25 26 Natasha Simonsen at the Juvenile her head at work to raise money for the 26. Ezekiel Solomon and Fred Chilton on Jeans Diabetes ‘Walk to Cure Diabetes’ Leukaemia Foundation for Genes Day

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Aboriginal Dance Theatre Redfern Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ltd Rotary Club of Melbourne Aboriginal Legal Service WA Institute of Australian Geographers Royal Life Saving Society WA Branch Inc. AIDWatch International River Foundation Ryde Regional Radio Co-Op Ltd AMF Australia Foundation ISIS Limited Save the Children Australia Amnesty International Australia Islamic Council of Victoria Inc SBH Queensland Incorporated Angel Flight Australia Island Quarry Association Incorporated Sculpture by the Sea Inc Victoria Jewish Care Show Me The Way 27 28 29 ARAFMI NSW Incorporated Kanyini Foundation Skyline Education Foundation Pty Ltd Art Gallery Society of NSW Key Training Centre Incorporated SoundHouse Music Alliance Arts Law Centre of Australia operating as Job Futures Tasmania Sowilo Community High School Arts Law Referral Service Kids Under Cover Inc St Barnabas Church Arts North West Inc Kimberley Foundation Australia Starlight Foundation of Australia Asia Pacifi c Journalism Centre Kingsford Legal Centre Street Voices Inc. Australian Breastfeeding Association Inc Kumul Foundation Inc. Sustainable Living Foundation Australian Cancer Research Foundation Life Education Australia Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation Australian Conservation Foundation LincTV Incorporated Limited Australian Crohn’s and Colitis Mahboba’s Promise Inc Sydney Symphony Orchestra Association Malthouse Theatre Company Limited Tangentyere Council Australian Dental Association Inc Mayumarri Pty Ltd Tapestry Foundation Of Victoria 30 31 32 Australian Institute of International Melbourne Citymission Inc Taylor Street Community Legal Centre Affairs Melbourne Urology Trust/Prostate The Abbotsford Convent Foundation Australian Rainforest Conservation Cancer Foundation The Ashintosh Foundation Society Inc Mental Health Legal Centre The Australian Ballet School Balkanu Cape York Development Mission International The Australian Youth Against Corporation Pty Ltd Mobility 2000 (Australia) Limited Landmines Association Beacon Hill Community Kindergarten Moira Inc The Bradman Foundation Association Limited Monash Volunteer Resource Centre The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia Better Hearing Australia Inc Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc. The Buteyko Institute of Breathing and Beyond Empathy Nambucca and Unkya Local Aboriginal Health Incorporated Bicycle New South Wales Land Councils The Dart Centre for Journalism and Botany Family and Children’s Centre Inc National Indigenous Television Working Trauma 33 34 35 Bush Heritage Australia Group The George Gregan Foundation Pty Ltd Cape York Partnerships National Sorry Day Committee The Great Stupa of Universal Care Australia Limited Native Title Services Victoria Ltd Compassion Limited CASE for Refugees Nature Conservation Trust The Hills Community Aid & Information Casino Family Support Services Inc New South Wales Reconciliation Council Service Inc CEW Bean Foundation Ningy Ningy Cultural Heritage The Leukaemia Foundation of Australia Challenge Cancer Support Network Inc Association Limited Child Wise Limited Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre The Northcott Society ChildFund Australia NSW Combined Community Legal Transparency International Australia Children’s Medical Research Institute Centres Group Turrbal Association Inc. Children’s Protection Society Inc NSW Federation of Housing UNIFEM Australia Inc. Christina Noble Children’s Foundation Associations Incorporated United Nations Special Representative Orchestra Victoria for Business and Human Rights 36 37 38 Incorporated City Mission PNG Limited Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation Variety Clubs of Australia Coeliac Society of Victoria Inc OzHarvest Limited Victoria Theatres Trust Commonwealth Games Federation Passages Resource Centre Victorian Association for Environmental Community Child Care Association Inc Peter Nygh Hague Conference Internship Education 27. Ben Lee, Erin Feros of the Charity Committee, 35. Ben Schokman and Lynne Jensen of Consumer Credit Legal Centre (NSW) Inc Polyglot Puppet Theatre Ltd Victorian Association for the Care and and Alex Feros volunteering at ‘Camp Have a the Charity Committee at the Education Resettlement of Offenders Consumer Credit Legal Service WA Port of Brisbane Corporation Chat 2006’ for the Cerebral Palsy League of Foundation in Melbourne Visscher-Roe Foundation Queensland CREATE Foundation Limited Prostate Cancer Foundation of 36. The 2006-07 Summer Clerks visiting Watoto Child Care Ministries Diamond Creek Living and Learning Australia Limited 28. Peter Haig, a lawyer in our Melbourne offi ce the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Centre Incorporated Public Interest Advocacy Centre West End Housing Co-Operative Ltd Randwick 29. Ian McGill and and Michael Cresswell at a Fair Trade Association of Australia and Public Interest Law Clearing House Western Suburbs Legal Service Inc fundraising lunch for the Sydney Children’s 37. Jim Thynne, Chairman of the Firm, with New Zealand Inc Victoria Incorporated White Ribbon Foundation (Australia) Hospital, Randwick Associate Professor Annie Bye of the Financial and Consumer Rights Council Queensland Homicide Victims Support Women’s & Girls’ Emergency Centre Inc. Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick 39 30. Amy Dobbin and Jasmine Burns at a Fitzroy Legal Service Group Women’s Legal Service Victoria fundraising lunch for the Sydney Children’s 38. Louise Chau, Turner Graves and Daniel Flight Centre Foundation Queensland Public Interest Law World Vision Australia Clearing House Incorporated Hospital in Randwick Anderson on Jeans for Genes Day Foster Care Queensland Inc WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature RecLink Australia 31. Stuart Corbishley, Jacqui Purcell and Louise 39. Andrew Wiseman, Nicky Andrews, Future Dreaming Youth Challenge Australia Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre Inc Eagar at a fundraising lunch for the Sydney Kate Olgers, Andrew Boxall and Gawooleng Yawoodeng Aboriginal zen.org.au Pty Ltd Children’s Hospital in Randwick Catharine Berry on Jeans for Corporation Inc Refugee and Immigration Legal Service Genes Day Refugee Advice and Casework Service Inc 32. Rob Kerr and Amanda Andreazza on Jeans General Sir John Monash Foundation Inc for Genes Day 40. Justin Coss’s daughter Maddie at Gosnells Community House Inc Reverb Film Pty Ltd the Juvenile Diabetes Research Rocky Bay Inc 33. Anna Marsh and Tracey Watt on Jeans for Great Barrier Reef Foundation Foundation’s ‘Walk to Cure Diabetes’ Genes Day Gumlake Pty Limited Health Issues Centre 34. Dean Carrigan, Justin Coss and their Homeless Persons’ Legal Advice Clinic families at the Juvenile Diabetes Research 40 Foundation’s ‘Walk to Cure Diabetes’ (WA) Steering Committee www.aar.com.au

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