CRS2025-PID064-Julie Sharp

Culturally Engaged Release for Indigenous Prisoners in Queensland

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Julie Sharp

Deputy President, Parole Board Queensland, Australia

Julie was admitted as a barrister in Queensland in 1999 and has spent most of her career working in the criminal justice system. She was appointed Deputy President, Parole Board Queensland in 2017 after a wholesale review of the parole system made a number of recommendations to modernise and professionalise an outdated system.

Prior to that, Julie worked at Legal Aid Queensland and in private practise appearing as defence counsel and prosecutor at a senior level. She has also held the position of Counsel Assisting the State Coroner and Counsel Assisting in Commissions of Inquiry into Organised Crime and Youth Justice.

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