Panel of Advisers
The National Institute of Forensic Science is supported by a panel of advisers.
The key functions of the Panel of Advisers are to;
assist with strategic planning,
assist in setting the national workshop program,
assist in the assessment of research grant applications, and
assist in the assessment of Awards
The Panel of Advisers meets annually to fulfill its function.
The NIFS Panel of Advisers comprises:
| A legal representative, not a prosecutor | Mr Chester Porter QC |
A Crown Prosecutor or Director of Public Prosecutions |
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| A scientist, not a forensic scientist | Dr Lynn Booth, Department of Defence, ACT |
An Assistant Commissioner of Crime or equivalent |
Assistant Commissioner Peter Swindells, Queensland Police |
A police officer in charge of a forensic facility |
Superintendent Hadyn Green, Western Australia Police |
A person not a police officer in charge of a forensic laboratory |
Mr Colin Priddis, Chemistry Centre WA |
| It also has a representative from forensic medicine as an ex-officio member | Dr David Wells, Head, Division of Clinical Forensic Medicine, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine |