- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE5311
Smith, Fiona
- AM
- Occupation Barrister, Disability rights activist, Lawyer
Summary
Born with a disability, Fiona Smith has tried throughout her life to use her ‘personal experiences to build bridges with other people whilst guarding against being typecast’ (Our Community Leaders website). A qualified barrister and mediator she has played a leading role in many community and government organisations including as Chair, Equal Opportunity Commission (Victoria) (2004 to 2008) and Executive Chair, Business Licensing Authority (Victoria). She is a patron of the Victorian Immigrant & Refugee Women’s Coalition, a Non-Executive Director of Yooralla and Policy and Research Advisor with Trust for Nature.
Events
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1985 - 1988
Resources Building for Small Organisations Project
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1998 - 2009
Business Licensing Authority (Victoria)
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2003
Received for her contribution to the Victorian justice system
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2003 - 2008
Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission of Victoria
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2012
Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
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2017
Received for significant service to the community as an advocate for human rights and social justice issues.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Smith, Fiona, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1665875
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Site Exhibition
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders
- Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE5311b.htm