Ms SCRYMGOUR - 2003-08-12
Could the minister please provide details to the House on the appointment of the new Vice-Chancellor for the Northern Territory University?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arafura for her question, because I am delighted to put on the record some of the background of the new Vice-Chancellor for what soon will be Charles Darwin University. Members would be aware that Professor Helen Garnett has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor.
Professor Helen Garnett, presently Chief Executive of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), and a representative to the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, will begin as Vice-Chancellor in October. I am delighted that we have been able to secure such an outstanding person to take on this key role for the new university.
She is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Wollongong and, prior to her appointment at ANSTO, was professor and Head of the Department of Biology at the University of Wollongong. From 1979 to 1988, she held the position of Foundation Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
Mr Elferink: Witwatersrand.
Mr STIRLING: Thank you, member for Macdonnell.
Mr STIRLING: Professor Garnett was educated at the University of Sydney, where she gained First Class Honours for a Bachelor of Science degree in 1969. She also studied at the University of London and the University of Wales, where she completed her Doctorate of Philosophy in 1974. Professor Garnett is a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Professor Helen Garnett comes to us with outstanding credentials. The government and I are delighted that a woman of such calibre and high reputation will guide the future development of the Northern Territory’s Charles Darwin University. Her appointment is the next exciting development in tertiary education and research for the Northern Territory, and I am sure all members will wish her and the soon-to-be Charles Darwin University well.
Members: Hear, hear!
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arafura for her question, because I am delighted to put on the record some of the background of the new Vice-Chancellor for what soon will be Charles Darwin University. Members would be aware that Professor Helen Garnett has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor.
Professor Helen Garnett, presently Chief Executive of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), and a representative to the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, will begin as Vice-Chancellor in October. I am delighted that we have been able to secure such an outstanding person to take on this key role for the new university.
She is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Wollongong and, prior to her appointment at ANSTO, was professor and Head of the Department of Biology at the University of Wollongong. From 1979 to 1988, she held the position of Foundation Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
Mr Elferink: Witwatersrand.
Mr STIRLING: Thank you, member for Macdonnell.
Mr STIRLING: Professor Garnett was educated at the University of Sydney, where she gained First Class Honours for a Bachelor of Science degree in 1969. She also studied at the University of London and the University of Wales, where she completed her Doctorate of Philosophy in 1974. Professor Garnett is a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Professor Helen Garnett comes to us with outstanding credentials. The government and I are delighted that a woman of such calibre and high reputation will guide the future development of the Northern Territory’s Charles Darwin University. Her appointment is the next exciting development in tertiary education and research for the Northern Territory, and I am sure all members will wish her and the soon-to-be Charles Darwin University well.
Members: Hear, hear!
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016