The ACCP welcomes Amanda Morgan to the team, bringing a breadth of research and legal expertise across a wide range of areas to Centre projects.
Amanda, a Yorta Yorta woman, is an experienced researcher and legal professional who holds a Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Psychology and has commenced a PhD in Law. Her diverse expertise includes the areas of racism, harmful sexual behaviours, intrafamilial child sexual abuse, domestic, sexual and family violence, serious mental illness, coercive control, incarceration, religious cults, and law and policy reform. Leading trauma-informed and First Nations led solutions are at the forefront of Amanda’s approach and work. Her additional legal expertise includes working in the Crown Solicitor’s Office in NSW and within a number of legal centres, with experience of the Children’s, Family, District and Supreme Courts.
With her breadth of expertise, Amanda is sought after as an advisor and representative on national committees and strategies, including being appointed as an advisor on the Policy and Advocacy committee at the National Women’s Safety Alliance, the National Strategy Advisory, Monitoring and Evaluation Co-Design, and National Clinical Reference Groups as part of the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021-2030. Amanda was also appointed to the Expert Advisory Group to the National Anti-Racism campaign 'Racism. It Stops With Me’ at the Australian Human Rights Commission. As a survivor advocate and a Member of the Adult Survivor College at the National Centre for Action on Child Abuse, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Steering and Lived Experience Policy Advisory Committees at Domestic Violence NSW, Amanda regularly shares her lived experience to help drive change in policy and practice across Australia. She is also regularly invited to present at conferences and roundtables nationally and across jurisdictions. Amanda has been featured in the Daniel Morcombe Foundation’s 2023 Australia’s Biggest Child Safety Lesson, the All About Women Festival at Sydney Opera House, the BBC UK, the Law Society of NSW Journal, training materials for It's Time We Talked and campaigns with Teach Us Consent. Amanda has also co-authored articles for the Sydney Morning Herald and Refinery29 Australia from her survivor advocate perspective.
In 2022 Amanda was awarded a Churchill Fellowship and is travelling to New Zealand, USA, Canada, England, Scotland and Iceland to investigate trauma-informed approaches to legal processes for historically underserved survivors.
Amanda is looking forward to being part of the ACCP team and contributing to its work.
"It's an honour to work with this team," Amanda says.
"The ACCP's priorities around preventing and responding to child abuse, and advocacy for trauma-informed approaches and First Nations self-determination, align closely with mine, and I'm excited to see what we can achieve together."
Amanda will work across and contribute to a number of Centre projects, where her broad-ranging expertise and experience will be a valuable complement to our existing team's strengths.
