Professor David Weisbrot AM was appointed as a PIAC Board member in May 2010.

David is Professor of Legal Policy at the United States Studies Centre and Professor of Law and Governance at Macquarie University. He is also an Emeritus Professor of Law and an Honorary Professorial Fellow in Medicine at the University of Sydney.

From 1999-2009, David was President of the Australian Law Reform Commission — the longest serving President in the ALRC’s history — and presided over 15 major national inquiries, including those considering: the federal civil justice system; the judicial power of the Commonwealth; civil and administrative penalties in federal regulation; the protection of human genetic information; the handling of classified and security sensitive information; gene patenting and human health; Australian privacy laws and practices; and federal secrecy laws.