http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/catherine-gale/ Catherine Gale is the Director of Resolve Conflict, Lawyers and Mediators, a boutique Melbourne Law Firm specialising in alternative dispute resolution in the Family Law environment. Catherine graduated from the University of Melbourne Law School and is a Collaborative Family Lawyer, accredited Mediator and an accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner. In 2005 Catherine first became involved with the Law Council of Australia during her year as vice president of the Law Institute of Victoria. In 2006, as the Law Institute President, Catherine became a Director of the Law Council of Australia and her involvement has continued since that time until now when she will be the 2012 President of the Law Council of Australia. Catherine is a graduate of the Australia Institute of Company Directors and has a strong interest in corporate governance. She is currently on the Board of The College of Law, The College of Law Victoria, The Australian Centre for Court and Justice System Innovation, The Law Institute of Victoria and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. For her work in leading the development in collaborative practice in Australia, Catherine chairs the Law Council of Australia’s National Collaborative Practice Committee and has recently been appointed as a sessional lecturer at Monash University in Collaborative Law in its Masters programme, Monash being the only University in Australia thus far to offer collaborative law as a subject. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/asios-veil-of-secrecy-leaving-human-beings-in-limbo/ The United Nation’s World Refugee Day, celebrated yesterday, is an important opportunity to reflect upon the significant contribution refugees have made to the Australian community over many decades.  The histories of so many Australian families are characterised by stories of courage and determination to make the journey to Australia to start a new, safe, secure and productive life. It is also a time to reflect on the laws and policies that currently govern the way refugees are treated when they arrive in Australia and the processes that regulate whether and how they become members of our community. Of particular concern are those people, of which there are more than 50 including families with children, who are caught in a form of legal limbo referred to as indefinite asylum. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Catherine Gale) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/asios-veil-of-secrecy-leaving-human-beings-in-limbo/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/asios-veil-of-secrecy-leaving-human-beings-in-limbo/#item8782 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:50:36 +0000 Catherine Gale | Author bios | The Punch