Associate Professor Hannah McGlade is from the Kurin Minang people of Western Australia and her career has focused on justice for Aboriginal people, race discrimination law and practice, Aboriginal women and children, family violence and sexual assault.
Her Ph.D book ‘Our Greatest Challenge, Aboriginal children and human rights’ received the Stanner award for excellence in Aboriginal research.
Hannah has been closely involved in advocating for Aboriginal self-determination in child protection and is a member of the Noongar Council for Family Safety and Wellbeing. Hannah is also appointed to the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues as an expert Indigenous peoples member of the Pacific region.
Recently Hannah has joined the First Nations National Plan Steering Committee as an expert member. In this capacity, she will provide advice on the development of the standalone First Nations National Plan to address Target 13of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap 2020-2030. Finally, Hannah has also been recently appointed to the First Nations Advisory College, as part of the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse.