Garry Page BIO
Published on 28 August, 2008
Garry Page, BA, PGradDipSocSci NE, PGradDipHRM CSU, is the Executive Director of Multicultural Affairs Queensland (MAQ), a position he was appointed to in February 2008. He is a Paul Harris Fellow (Rotary International), recognised for his international aid work, and is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.
With over thirty years of leadership and management experience, Garry is a successful negotiator and is experienced in media liaison and change management practices.
His role at MAQ involves working in close partnership with the community and multicultural community leaders and he has a passionate interest in the continued promotion of multiculturalism and the development of positive community relations.
Garry's extensive national and international experience in a range of human service roles include senior executive positions in the Office of the Insurance Commissioner in the Queensland Treasury Department and in the areas of child safety, disability services and youth justice. He has chaired Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators' meetings and represented Queensland at meetings of the Standing Committee on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Throughout his career Garry has been involved in the review of youth justice and domestic and family violence legislation, been elected as a councillor in local government and worked for one of the largest disability service providers in New South Wales. Additionally, he has been responsible for major amendments and implementation of youth justice and family and domestic violence legislation.
He has been involved with over forty boards of management and committees, including the Dubbo City Development Corporation and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, and has served as Chair of several committees including the Youth Justice Training Committee and the Youth Detention Sub Committee of the Agency Consultative Committee. Garry was also a member of the Standing Committee on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.