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Simon Ao Work

• 2021 -now Legal Member, Heritage Council of Victoria @ The Heritage Council of Victoria
• 2023 -now International Affairs Ambassador @ Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)
• 1995 -now King's Counsel (Queen's Counsel to 6 September 2022) @ Victorian Bar
• 1984 -1995 Barrister at Law @ Victorian Bar
• 2019 -now Honorary President @ Landcare Broken Hill Inc.
• 2021 -now Management Committee Member @ Climate Change Special Interest Section, Environment Institute of Australia and
• 2016 -now Board Director @ Foundation Broken Hill
• 2000 -now Joint Executive Director @ Panitya Pastoral, Panitya Agricultural & Panitya Organics
• 1998 -now Chairman of the Board of Directors @ Rippon Lea Endowment Fund Ltd
• 2016 -2024 Committee Member (Community representative) @ Broken Hill Heritage Committee
• 2016 -2024 Member Advisory Committee (Community representative). @ Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Advisory Committee
• 2017 -2019 Judge @ Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
• 2016 -2018 Board Member @ ATA Alternative Technology Association
• 2016 -2018 Member and Deputy Chairman, NPWS Far West Region Advisory Committee @ NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
• 2016 -2018 Steering Group Member @ Broken Hill Living Museum + Perfect Light Project Steering Group, Broken Hill Ci
• 2013 -2016 Vice-Chancellor's Professorial Fellow @ Monash University
• 2009 -2016 Honorary Chairman @ ME/CFS Australia Ltd
• 2001 -2016 Board Director @ ME/CFS Australia Ltd
• 2008 -2015 Executive Chairman @ International National Trusts Organisation
• 2006 -2015 Executive President @ International National Trusts Organisation
• 2009 -2015 International Affairs Ambassador @ National Trust
• 1987 -2009 Board Director @ National Trust
• 2001 -2006 Chairman @ National Trust
• 2000 -2014 Chairman @ Alison Hunter Memorial Foundation
• 2010 -2013 Adjunct Professor @ La Trobe University
• 1999 -2013 President @ ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society of Victoria Inc
• 2007 -2010 Chairman @ Greenearth Energy Limited
• 1996 -2010 Committee Member @ National Cultural Heritage Committee, Australian Government
• 1995 -2005 President @ Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)
• 1980 -2005 Chairman, President and Councillor @ National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
• 1998 -2005 Chairman @ Earth Foundation Australia (Limited)
• 1987 -2005 Director @ Melbourne Maritime Trust
• 1993 -2003 Chairman @ Melbourne Heritage Restoration Fund Inc
• 1995 -2002 Committee of Management Member @ Yarra River Maritime Reserve Committee of Management
• 1995 -2002 Chairman of Directors @ NT Heritage Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd
• 1994 -1999 Deputy Chairman @ Old Treasury Building Reserve Committee of Management
• 1997 -1999 Advisory Council Member - ministerial appointee @ Planning & Local Government Advisory Council, Ministry for Planning & Local Gove
• 1997 -1999 Director @ Mount Wellington Gold NL
• 1997 -1999 Chairman @ New Holland Mining NL
• 1996 -1999 Chairman @ Greenchip Resources Limited
• 1994 -1998 Director @ Parks Victoria
• 1993 -1997 Advisory Council Member - ministerial appointee @ Planning Advisory Council, Ministry for Planning, Victoria
• 1990 -1997 Foundation Chairman @ Environment Defender Office (Vic) Limited
• 1994 -1994 State Mining Warden @ State Mining Warden, Mineral Resources Development Act.
• 1990 -1993 Director @ Sustainable Development Australia Ltd
• 1988 -1993 Company Director @ Melbourne Heritage Restoration Fund Limited
• 1987 -1992 Commissioner @ Australian Heritage Commission
• 1987 -1988 Senior Legal Member, Planning and Environment Division @ Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Victoria
• 1983 -1987 Advisory Committee Member @ National Parks Service Victoria, First Settlement Sorrento Advisory Committee
• 1986 -1987 Senior Legal Member @ Victorian Planning Appeals Board
• 1983 -1987 Foundation President and National Board Member @ National Environmental Law Association (NELA)
• 1982 -1986 Advisory Panel Member @ Pollution & Waste Management Advisory Panel, Environment Protection Authority of
• 1985 -1986 Consultant and Advisory Group Member @ Environment Assessment Procedures & Legislation Advisory Group, Ministry of Plan
• 1973 -1986 State Executive Member and Councillor @ Conservation Council of Victoria (Environment Victoria)
• 1972 -1986 President and Councillor @ Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc
• 1983 -1984 State Councillor and Honorary Legal Officer @ Royal Historical Society of Victoria
• 1984 -1984 Ministerial appointee to Reference Group @ Planning Act Reference Group, Ministry for Planning & Environment Victoria
• 1977 -1984 Senior Associate and Solicitor @ Blake & Riggall
• 1978 -1983 Foundation Chairman @ Environmental Law Section, Law Institute of Victoria
• 1982 -1982 Advisory Committee Member - ministerial appointee @ Mining Advisory Committee, Victorian Department of Minerals & Energy
• 1979 -1980 Committee Member @ Environment Studies Association of Victoria Inc.
• 1976 -1977 Advisory Committee Member @ Port Phillip Authority's Port Phillip Coastal Management Study Eastern Region Co