ANZAC Advisory Committee
The Queensland Advisory Committee for the Commemoration of the Anzac Centenary provides advice to the Queensland Government on how the ANZAC Centenary may be commemorated and supported.
The committee members come from diverse background and represent the community, armed forces, and those directly involved with returned service men and women.
Members:
- Lieutenant General Mark Evans AO, DSC (Ret’d), Chair
- Captain Andrew Craig RAN (Ret’d), Vice Chair
- Ms Yassmin Abdel-Magied, QACCAC Youth Member and Former Young Queenslander of the Year
- Mr Turgut Allahmanli, Consulate of the Republic of Turkey in Queensland
- Colonel Arthur Burke OAM (Ret’d), ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland Inc
- Major Ross Eastgate OAM, QACCAC Strategic Communications & Media Representative
- Dr Ian Galloway, Queensland Museum
- Mr Terry Meehan, Returned and Services League of Australia (Queensland)
- Mr Bill Morriss, National Servicemen’s Association
- Mr Bradley Saunders, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs, Queensland Government
- Major General Stuart Smith AM, Australian Regular Army
- Ms Alison Stanley, Department of Veterans Affairs, Queensland
- Mr Stephen Tait, Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Mr Logan Timms, Local Government Association of Queensland
- Ms Janette Wright, State Library of Queensland
- Mr Nick Xynias AO BEM, Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland
Ex-Officio Members and Secretary
- Mr Brad Cordery, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Queensland Government, Secretary of QACCAC
- Mr Craig Evans AM, Department of Local Government, Community Recovery and Resilience, Queensland Government
- Mr Patrick Vidgen, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Queensland Government
Observers
- Warrant Officer Class 1 Rodney Cornick, Australian Regular Army
- Warrant Officer Class 1 Tony Irwin, Australian Regular Army
- Major Stephen Ward OAM, Australian Regular Army
