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Special Achievements
- Debbie is a prison reformer and founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sisters Inside Inc.
- In 2007, Debbie was the first person in Australian with serious convictions to be admitted by the Supreme Court of Queensland to practice law.
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- 2003 - Debbie, the first woman ex-prisoner, was awarded the Order of Australia for services to the community for working with women in prison.
- 2004 - Debbie was awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal.
- 2013 - She was awarded the Churchill Fellow for the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia.
- 2016 - Ms Kilroy was an Australian of the Year finalist, Queensland.
- She has degrees in social work, forensic mental health, law and is a qualified gestalt therapist.
Resources
Document - Time served: how Debbie Kilroy went from jail to advising the government on sentencing
Article by Joshua Robertson and courtesy of The Guardian, 4 January 2017
Link - Kilroy, Debbie (1961 - )
The Australian Women's Register
References
- Kilroy Was Here, Kris Olsson, 2005.
Link - Debbie Kilroy
Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens
Link - About Debbie Kilroy OAM
Sisters Inside
Image - Debbie Kilroy
Photo provided by, and used with permission of, Sisters Inside.