Anne has a background in teaching, project management, counselling and advocacy in the community sector, including disability, domestic violence, institutional and child sexual abuse, humanitarian settlement and refugee and asylum seeker support. Anne also spent 12 months as a counsellor in a Darwin immigration detention centre. Presently Anne works at Communify/Asylum Circle. The focus of her work has been sector development and collaboration to respond to the needs of people seeking asylum. Anne is currently the Coordinator of the Asylum Seeker and Refugee Assistance (ASRA) Program in Queensland.

Anne will be presenting as part of the 'Ways of Working' session on Thursday 13 February