Community Service
Current
Kevin has served on the Council of Newman College at the University of Melbourne since 1990.
He has also served on the Council of the Institute for Social Neuroscience since 2017.
Kevin was appointed a Director of Villa Maria Catholic Homes in 2022.
Kevin was appointed a Mentor to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Parliamentary Academy in 2022
Recent
Kevin was a member of the Council of the National Archives of Australia from 2019 - 2022.
He was a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Working Group on Human Rights from 2021 - 2022
Past
Education
1977 President, Newman College Students’ Club, University of Melbourne
1977-84 President, National Association of Australian University Colleges
1978 President, Inter-Collegiate Council, University of Melbourne
1980-1990 Secretary, Newman Old Collegians Association, University of Melbourne
1990-1991 President, Newman Old Collegians Association, University of Melbourne
Health Care
1985-98 Member, Ethics Committee, Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne
1986-89 Member, Ethics Committee, Lincoln School of Health Sciences, Melbourne
1987-91 Member, Advisory Board, Caritas Christi Hospice, Kew
1988-91 Member, Ethics Committee, Peter McCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne
1988-94 Researcher (subsequently, Acting Director), St Vincent’s Bioethics Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne
1988-02 Vice-President, St Michael Research Foundation, Melbourne
1990-1992 Member, Board, Centre for Palliative Care, Caritas Christi Hospice, Kew
Law
1981-83 Secretary, Young Lawyer’s Section, Law Institute of Victoria
1981-83 Secretary, Litigation Lawyers Section, Law Institute of Victoria
1981-83 Secretary, Family Law Section, Law Institute of Victoria
1981-85 Member, Lawyer Education Committee, Law Institute of Victoria
1982-83 Member, Council of Legal Education, Victoria
1983-87 Chairman, Victorian Young Lawyers
1985-90 Member, Council, Young Lawyers Section, Law Council of Australia
1989 - 91 Member, Young Barristers Committee, Victorian Bar Council
2000-2010 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, University of Notre Dame Law Review, Perth, Australia.
Marriage, Family & Social Services
1984-96 Co-Convenor (with Margaret Andrews), Marriage Education Programme, Melbourne
1988-95 Member, Executive, Catholic Society for Marriage Education
1988-96 Member, Executive, Australian Association for Marriage Education
1998-2015 Member (with Margaret Andrews), Australian Catholic Marriage and Family Council
2005-07 Chair, Welfare to Work Consultative Forum
2007-14 Consulter, Pontifical Council for the Family
Sport
1975-79 Secretary, Melbourne University Athletics Club
1980-83 Director, Victorian Athletics Association
1982 - 90 Founding President, Australian Speedway Media Association
Politics
1998 Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Canberra
2008-13 Member, Australian Political Exchange Council
Youth
2007-08 Member, Australian Local Organising Committee, World Youth Day, Sydney
Arts
1992-97 Member, Arts Board, Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg
1993-00 Member, Advisory Board, Ong Chen Ru Art Foundation, Melbourne
1993-00 Patron, Australian Society of Chinese Arts, Melbourne