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Mr Stephen Pallaras KC was Director of Public Prosecutions in South Australia from 2005-2012 at which time he prosecuted some of the state’s most vicious and desperate criminals.

Prior to this Stephen had a distinguished career as a Barrister at the Victorian Bar 1975-1984 and from 1984-1994 Stephen was appointed as the Senior Crown Counsel (Hong Kong) and Team Leader in Extradition. On his return to Australia from Hong Kong he was appointed as the Prosecutor and Acting Director of Public Prosecutions for W.A. from 1994-2002 and from 2002-2005 practiced as Barrister at the W.A. and Hong Kong Bars.

Following his time as DPP in S.A. Stephen expanded his experience through a wide variety of positions:

·       Adjunct Professor of Law, University of South Australia

·       Judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal, Solomon Islands

·       Consultant to Secretariat of the Pacific Community Regional Rights Resource Team and the United Nations Development Programme on Human Rights and Domestic Violence

·       Lecturer in Law (Terrorism & Corruption) Zhongnan University Wuhan, China and Beijing University, Beijing.

·       Vice President of International Association of Prosecutors (IAP)

·       Member of Executive Committee of International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA)

All of the above experience enables Stephen to speak on a wide variety of topics that will no doubt be of great interest .

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