Membership of external committees

Law Institute of Victoria Commercial Law Section,

Taxation and Revenue Committee

Law Institute of Victoria Commercial Law Section,

State Taxes Committee

ATO National Tax Liaison Group, Trusts Committee

(2005-2011)

Taxation Institute of Australia, Victorian Division Education Committee

(2005-2010)

Industry Partnerships

2001-2004 – ARC (Australian Research Council)

Chief investigator Strategic Partnerships with Industry – Research and Training project on the effects of Ralph taxation reforms on small business  (with co-chief investigator Associate Professor Bin Tran-Nam of ATAX, UNSW and industry partners National Farmers Federation, Taxpayers Australia Inc. and Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia Ltd.

2005-2006 - ARC (Australian Research Council)

Chief investigator Linkage project on competitiveness of Australia’s regime for the promotion of venture capital investment (with co-investigator Associate Professor S Barkoczy, Monash University and industry partner Department of Industry Tourism and Resources (Com) (Policy Branch)

2016-2017 - Australian Taxation Office

“Current issues with trusts and the tax system: Examining the operation and performance of the tax system, with a particular focus on discretionary trusts linked to high net worth individuals”, RMIT University Research Report, with Associate Professors A De Silva and K Westberg, Dr V Narayan and Dr M Nguyen.