Anna Brown (lawyer)
Anna Shelley Brown
Early life
Brown was born in 1979[1] and grew up in suburban Melbourne before studying politics and law at Monash University. She became president of the Law Students' Society,[2] and played in the 'Victorian Women's Football League.[3]
Career
After a time working in corporate law with Allens Arthur Robertson, she worked for the Federal Court of Australia as a Judge's Associate to Justice Steven Rares.[2] She has also been an adviser to former Victorian Attorney-General and Deputy Premier, Rob Hulls.[4]
She campaigned hard for an apology to the gay community for the Tasty nightclub raid of 1994, which eventually came in 2014.[5]
She joined the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) in 2011, and has led much of its work on LGBTI rights, marriage equality, gender recognition, and equality law reform, including an amicus curiae intervention in the case of
Brown was co-chair of the Equality Campaign during the
In December 2018 Brown she was appointed inaugural chief executive of new
She has spoken of a need for a national Bill of Rights or Human Rights Act.
Recognition
Brown was named Victorian GLBTI person of the year in November 2014, in the first GLOBE community awards.[19] She was also a finalist for the Tony Fitzgerald Community Award in the 2014 Australian Human Rights Awards, a finalist in Victorian Australian of the Year in 2015 and winner of the Tim McCoy Award in 2015.[13]
In the
References
- ^ "Anna Brown interviewed by Shirleene Robinson in the Marriage equality oral history project". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ a b Anna Brown, Director for Advocacy and Strategic Litigation, Human Rights Law Centre Archived 7 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, 10 February 2016
- ^ Closet Case: Anna Brown Star Observer, October 19, 2015
- ^ a b Anna Brown Australian Women's Archives Project, 18 August 2016
- ^ Starcevic, Seb (19 July 2019). "Inside Australia's darkest night". news. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ The HRLC’s Anna Brown recognised for LGBTI rights work Human Rights Law Centre, October 19, 2014
- ^ Landmark study reveals extent of gay conversion therapy in Australia, calls for sweeping reform Sydney Morning Herald, 15 October 2018
- ^ Gay refugees in fear of attacks on Nauru SBS News, 4 March 2016
- ^ Huge Win For Transgender People Facing "Cruel" Choice Ten Daily 14 June 2018
- ^ a b Scott Morrison faces fresh fight on LGBTI discrimination from new campaign machine The Age, 8 December 2018
- ^ Pink News, 8 December 2018
- ^ Marriage equality's next fight: is freedom to discriminate a right worth protecting? The Guardian, 14 November 2017
- ^ a b Anna Brown The Wheeler Centre
- ^ Religious freedom review should not wind back the clock on equality for LGBTI Australians Human Rights Law Centre, February 14, 2018
- ^ It’s time to remove outdated discrimination against LGBT kids Human Rights Law Centre, October 12, 2018
- ^ LGBTIQ Justice Working Group 2018-19 Department of Justice and Community Safety, May 14, 2020
- ^ Jacks, Timna (7 April 2016). "Transgender people could change birth certificates". The Age. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Law reform body finds Tasmania's transgender laws working well, recommends changes to stop non-consensual surgery". SBS News. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Melbourne lawyer Anna Brown wins award for GLBTI rights work The Age, 18 October 2014
- ^ "Anna Shelley Brown". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "AFR's 11 most influential women revealed". Australian Financial Review. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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