Dr Ian Freckelton is an experienced Queen’s Counsel with a national practice and has appeared in many high profile cases including regulatory proceedings against Dr Patel in Brisbane, the Lindt Café coroner’s inquest and the Bourke St Mall inquest. He is a Professorial Fellow of Law and Psychiatry (University of Melbourne) and an Adjunct Professor of Law and Forensic Medicine (Monash University) and is a member of the Mental Health Tribunal and Coronial Council in Victoria. He is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, the Academy of Social Sciences Australia and the Australasian College of Legal Medicine and holds a PhD (Griffith University) and an LLD (University of Melbourne). He is a former transnational President of ANZAPPL and is currently Editor of the Journal of Law and Medicine and the Editor-in-Chief of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law and has authored over 40 books and more than 500 peer reviewed articles.

Adjunct Prof Michele Pathé is an operational forensic psychiatrist with the Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and Major Events Command of the Queensland Police Service and an Adjunct Professor at the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Queensland’s Griffith University.  She was previously Assistant Clinical Director at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (‘Forensicare’) and Director of Threat Management, a private clinic in Victoria for victims of stalking and related behaviours.  Dr Pathé is a member of the Fixated Research Group, whose original studies commissioned by the British Home Office gave rise to the foundational FTAC in the United Kingdom in 2006. Between 2009 – 2016, she was a senior staff specialist at the Queensland Forensic Mental Health Service and helped establish the Queensland Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, a collaboration between the Queensland Forensic Mental Health Service and the Queensland Police Service. Dr Pathé has a clinical and research interest in stalking behaviours, sexual deviance, querulants, public figure fixation, lone-actor grievance-fuelled violence, and the importance of inter-agency cooperation and has  authored or co-authored three books, over 70 research articles and book chapters as well as risk assessment tools.

Prof Mark Kebbell is a forensic psychologist and a member of the School of Applied Psychology and Chief Investigator with the Australian Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security. He is Professor of the School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Brisbane. Prof Kebbell’s primary research expertise is in investigative psychology particularly the investigation and prosecution of serious crime. His previous work has included writing the guidelines for police officers in England and Wales for the assessment of eyewitness evidence and a review of factors associated with sex offending and he is co-editor of “Practical Psychology for Forensic Investigations and Prosecutions” published by Wiley. Prof Kebbell’s research interests also include the risk assessment and response framework for identifying individuals at risk. He has developed risk assessment protocols for a number of Police Services in the field of violent crime including acts of violent extremism against the West.

Dr Russ Scott became the president of the Queensland Branch of ANZAPPL in 2017. He graduated in medicine before obtaining a Masters of Law (QUT) and practiced at the Queensland Bar including on retainer to the largest professional indemnifier of doctors in Queensland.  Between  2008 - 2011, he was the medical issues section editor of Journal of Law and Medicine and continues to contribute regularly to Psychiatry, Psychology and Law and Australasian Psychiatry. He was the consultant to the acute male inpatient unit at High Security Inpatient Services and was the Chief Training Supervisor at The Park – Centre for Mental Health until 2016. Dr Scott is currently a visiting psychiatrist to the Prison Mental Health Service, Queensland Health.

Dr Andrew Aboud trained as a psychiatrist in the United Kingdom and completed higher specialist training in forensic psychiatry at the renowned Maudsley Hospital in London. He has a Masters degree in Clinical Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology from the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. For the last 10 years, Dr Aboud has worked in Queensland. After working as a consultant psychiatrist to High Security Inpatient Services at The Park – Centre for Mental Health Hospital, Dr Aboud was a consultant psychiatrist to the Queensland Community Forensic Mental Health Service. In 2010, he became the Clinical Director of the Queensland Prison Mental Health Service and is committed to ensuring that the psychiatric care provided by his service balances public protection with patient welfare.

Det Insp Roger Lowe has over 32 years service as a Queensland Police officer, with  the majority served as an investigator.  He is the current Operations Manager of the Security Operations Unit within the Queensland Police Service Security and Counter Terrorism Group, with responsibility for oversight of the Queensland Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, Queensland Tri-Agency Security Intelligence Group, investigations and intelligence teams.  Det Insp Lowe is the Queensland investigations advisor for the Australian and New Zealand Counter Terrorism Committee (ANZCTC) investigations capability and represents Queensland on a number of national forums.  Det Insp Lowe was previously  the Assistant to the Queensland State Coroner managing the State Coronial system and State Coroner’s investigations, including deaths in custody.  He holds a Masters of Terrorism and Security Studies from Charles Sturt University and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Management and is currently completing a Masters in Leadership and Management (Policing and Security).

Insp Peter Aitken has over 33 years of service as a Queensland Police officer. He spent 13 years in regional policing in Brisbane and Southern regions where he gained experience in specialist policing in tactical crime squads, crime prevention and major event planning. Insp Aitken has also been extensively involved in major sporting and cultural events as a police commander, including the Asia Football Cup and the Rugby League World cup as well as stadium and outdoor concerts. Insp Aitken is currently the Jurisdictional Co-ordinator for the Living Safe Together intervention programme, an initiative of the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department which is developing strategies and initiatives to address extremist influences and the threat they represent to Australia’s security.