About ANMC

Core Activities
Directors
ANMC Constitution
About the ANMC Chairperson
About the ANMC Deputy Chairperson
Strategic Plan 2007 - 2008

Core Activities

The ANMC's core activities are to:

Identify matters, which impact on, or are relevant to statutory nursing and midwifery regulation.
Establish, review and promote a national standards framework for nursing and midwifery practice in Australia.
Undertake assessments of internationally qualified nurses and midwives consistent with the registration and/or enrolment requirements of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Regulatory Authorities.
Initiate and participate in relevant projects on regulation that aid the future growth and development of the nursing and midwifery professions.
Ensure nursing and midwifery standards reflect the contemporary needs of the Australian community.
Develop and be guided by a strategic view of statutory nursing and midwifery regulation in the national and international contexts.
Foster cooperation, consult with and provide advice to government bodies, professional and other organisations, and International Nursing and Midwifery Regulatory Authorities.

The ANMC consists of the following members;

Each of the Nursing and Midwifery Regulatory Authorities in the States and Territories of Australia, namely:

Each of the Members appoints a representative to attend all meetings of the Council and to act on its behalf. The representatives are called Directors.
Each Member also nominates a Deputy for the representative.

Directors

The Directors for 2008 are:

Chairperson
Prof. Mary Chiarella (elected 28 November 2007)
Member
Nurses & Midwives Board of NSW

Deputy Chairperson (elected 30 June 2008)
Adjunct Associate Prof. Moira Laverty
Chief Executive Officer
Nursing Board of Tasmania

Ms Anne Copeland
Chair
Queensland Nursing Council

Ms Robyn Collins
Chief Executive Officer
Nurses and Midwives Board of Western Australia

Ms Alyson Smith
Chief Executive Officer/Registrar
Nurses Board of South Australia

Ms Angela Brannelly
Chairperson
Nursing & Midwifery Board of the Northern Territory

Ms Vanessa Owen
Member
ACT Nursing and Midwifery Board

Ms Melodie Heland
President
Nurses Board of Victoria

The Council includes two Community Directors selected by the Representatives. The current Community Directors are:

Mr Gregory Sam
Ms Anita Phillips

The ANMC Constitution

ANMC Consitution December 2006 (PDF 79.5KB)

About the ANMC Chairperson

Professor Mary Chiarella

Professor Chiarella is currently a member of the Nurses and Midwives Board of NSW and the Professor of Clinical Practice Development and Policy Research, Centre for Health Services Management, University of Technology, Sydney. Previous appointments include Special Professor, School of Nursing, University of Nottingham, Chief Nursing Officer, NSW Health Department and Foundation Professor of Nursing in Corrections Health, with the University of Technology, Sydney.

Professor Chiarella has provided her professional expertise to health services, organisations and governments for many years, including a review of professional practice and boundary issues for Justice Health and membership of the NSW Law Reform Commission Division Working Group on minor’s consent to medical treatment. She was a founding member of the Australian Bioethics Association and the Australian Institute for Health, Law and Ethics and is currently Co-Chair of the Clinical Council of the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission, Chair of the Advance Care Planning Steering Group, NSW Health and a member of the Health Services Research Working Group of the National Health and Medical Research Council. She is also a member of the Hospital Alliance for Research Collaboration, a jointly convened group between the Sax Institute and the Clinical Excellence Commission. She has recently been appointed to the Australian Research Quality Framework Panel 7. Her particular research interests focus on legal, policy and ethical issues in nursing and health care delivery.

About the ANMC Deputy Chairperson

Adjunct Associate Prof. Moira Laverty

Moira is a registered nurse with postgraduate studies in psychiatry. Moira has held a variety of senior clinical and management positions in both the public and private sectors. A recipient of a Victorian Health Department Scholarship, Moira completed a Ba. Appl’d Sci (Adv Nursing) followed by a Graduate Diploma in Health Services Management and Master of Business from RMIT in Melbourne. A recent Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Moira has also been appointed as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Tasmania.

Moira was Chairperson of the Nursing Board of Tasmania from 1996 to 1999 and subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Board in 2000, and is the Tasmanian representative and current Deputy Chair on the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC).

Moira is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia, a Fellow of the College of Nursing, an Associate Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Executives, and a Graduate Member of the Institute of Company Directors.

Moira’s specific interests lie in standards development, evidence based practice and alternative ways in which to manage professional conduct matters.