Adjudicators

Adjudicators

2026 NATIONAL ADJUDICATOR: Donna Balson

Donna Balson trained at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as a singer and pianist. As a singer, she has performed as a soloist in opera and concert, in diverse repertoire from Bach through Verdi to Nono. Highlights included performances of the Verdi Requiem, in China, Germany and the United States; the roles of Leonora in La Forza Del Destino in New Zealand and Tosca in New Zealand and the US; and performances of Bach’s B Minor Mass at Lincoln Centre and Mozart’s Coronation Mass at Carnegie Hall. Noted for her outstanding musicianship and compelling stage presence, she has also been active as a contemporary music proponent and was invited to collaborate with international orchestras and chamber groups including the Residentie Orchestra in Den Haag and Ensemble Moderne in Frankfurt. Donna lived and worked overseas for more than 30 years, first in Germany and later in New York. A lifetime as a freelancer has found her touring to many places across the world, including China, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Africa, the Middle East, and regional Australia. 

Alongside singing, Donna has had a parallel career as a pianist. Early experiences as an accompanist to singing teachers during her own studies in Australia and at the Frankfurt Opera in Germany gradually led to the establishment of her own practice as an opera coach and voice teacher. She has worked as a visiting coach for Opera Australia, Opera Queensland, the State Opera of South Australia, Opera Frankfurt and the Aotearoa New Zealand Opera Studio (TANZOS). She was the vocal coach for William Forsythe’s Frankfurt Ballet and the classical vocal consultant for the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney, working recently on its productions of Terence McNally’s Masterclass (2024) and David Williamson’s Aria (2025). 

From her private studios in Frankfurt, New York and Sydney, Donna has coached an impressive list of performers for major roles in the preeminent opera houses of the world, including the Metropolitan, La Scala and Vienna, and prepared singers for successful auditions for the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia and the Lindemann Young Artist Program at the Metropolitan Opera, NY. She was senior professor of voice at Hofstra University in New York from 2005 to 2018. She has given Masterclasses for the Sydney Conservatorium, Opera Queensland, Canterbury Opera Youth, NZ, and for the American Choral Directors Association; presented research papers at conventions; and given multiple pre-performance talks for Opera Queensland. In 2012, she completed a Masters of Science in Educational Leadership and Policy, with a concentration in human development and educational psychology, at Hofstra University.

In 2019, Donna moved home to Sydney to head up Opera Australia’s Young Artist Program. She currently teaches at the Sydney Conservatorium and operates a busy private studio catering to professionals and recent graduates. Singers from her studio regularly perform with Opera Australia, Pinchgut Opera, The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, The Song Company, The Bach Akademie Australia, and with state opera companies.

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Semi-Finals & Finals Adjudicators

Jennifer Black

Ms. Black has been praised for her versatility, range, grace and beauty of tone throughout the United States, South America, Europe and Australia.

Her recent engagements with Opera Australia include Liu in Turandot, Countess Ciprano in Rigoletto, as well as featured soloist in 7 Great Opera Hits concerts and the much anticipated La Stupenda Concert, honouring Dame Joan Sutherland.

She debuted with Opera Australia in 2019 in the highly acclaimed production of Il Viaggio a Reims, subsequently being involved in The Tales of Hoffmann, Attila, Ernani, The Ring Cycle, Le nozzle di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin, The Magic Flute, Carmen,

Cinderella and many more. Her standout performance as Bess in Missy Mazoli’s Breaking the Waves brought an OperaChaser Award.

Ms. Black has performed on many of the world’s best stages, including The Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, LA Opera, San Francisco Opera, The New York Philharmonic, Seattle Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, Munich Phiharmonic and Wigmore Hall.

She is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program, Merola Opera Program (San Francisco) and holds a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music.

Francis Greep​

Francis Greep is a highly sought-after vocal coach, recitalist, music director, and chorus master. He has worked extensively with Opera Australia and held key positions at West Australian Opera and Houston Grand Opera. Most recently, he served as Executive Director of The Song Company, Australia’s national vocal ensemble.

Francis recently rejoined Opera Australia as Head of Young Artists, where he is leading the establishment of a new artist development program of national significance.

Internationally recognised for his expertise in preparing singers across classical styles, he brings a deep understanding of vocal production, languages, repertoire, and performance psychology. He holds postgraduate degrees in collaborative piano and opera from the University of Cincinnati, as well as a PhD from the University of Melbourne, where his groundbreaking research explored the role of the vocal coach in the development of emerging singers.

Anke Hoeppner-Ryan (Semi-Finals only)

Dr. Anke Hoeppner-Ryan holds a Master’s in Performance and Opera from the Hanns Eisler University of Music, Berlin, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (2019).

With 40 years of experience as an opera singer, she has performed with Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Opera Australia, Victorian Opera, West Australian Opera, and Opera Queensland, among others. Her repertoire includes the title roles in Turandot, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West, Fidelio, Iphigénie en Tauride, and Jenufa, as well as roles such as Mimi (La Bohème), Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana), Giulietta (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), and Elvira (Don Giovanni).

A seasoned concert artist, she has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, Melbourne and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, the Sydney Philharmonic Choir, and at the London International Song Festival. She has worked with conductors including Sir Charles Mackerras, Simone Young, Patrick Summers, and Johannes Fritzsch, and with renowned directors Harry Kupfer, Neil Armfield, Graeme Murphy, Christine Mielitz, Michael Gow, Lindy Hume, Stuart Maunder, Moffatt Oxenbould, Nigel Jamieson, and Andrew Sinclair.

Dr. Hoeppner-Ryan won the inaugural Helpmann Award for Madama Butterfly, 1st Prize in the Hanns Eisler Song Competition (Berlin), and the Bayreuth Scholarship. She is Discipline
Advisor for Classical Voice at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Barry Ryan OAM (Finals only)

Barry Ryan, an Australian baritone, graduated with honours from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Over the course of his career, he has earned several prestigious awards, including the Shell Aria, the New York Metropolitan Auditions, the Marten Bequest for Singing, the Vienna State Opera Award, and the Green Room Award. Notably, in 2013, he was honoured with the Order of Australia for his contributions to the performing arts.

Barry Ryan has performed with Europe’s leading opera companies including the Royal Opera Covent Garden, La Scala Milan, the Opera Comique in Paris, the Paris Opera Bastille, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, the Flemish Opera Antwerp, the Komische Oper Berlin, Basel Opera, Wide Open Opera Dublin, and the Otoño Festival Opera Madrid. He was a principal artist with the Cologne Opera from 1988 to 1992 and made his Australian Opera debut in 1993 singing David in “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”.

Barry Ryan has performed leading roles for Opera Australia, Opera Queensland, Victorian Opera, West Australian Opera and Canterbury Opera, including: George Milton in the Australian Premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s Opera “Of Mice and Men”, Gunther in “Götterdämmerung”, the title role of Nixon in “Nixon in China” for which he was nominated for a Helpmann Award, Sharpless in “Madama Butterfly”, Marcello in “La Bohème”, Amonasro in “Aida”, “Jochanaan in Salome”, Count di Luna in “Il Trovatore”, Renato in “Un Ballo in Maschera”, the Father in “Hänsel and Gretel”, Don Pizarro in “Fidelio”, Prosecuting Counsel in “Lindy”, Mister Redburn in “Billy Budd” and the Gamekeeper in “Rusalka”, Tonio in “I Pagliacci” and Alex in the world premiere of Brett Dean’s Opera “Bliss” for which he was also nominated for a Helpmann Award. Other world premieres include Scully in “The Riders”, Sam in “Cloudstreet”, Prosecuting Counsel in “Lindy”, Wiebbe Hayes in “Batavia” and Barney in “Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.”

Barry Ryan has performed under the batons of some of the world’s leading conductors, including, Riccardo Mu, Zubin Metha, Sir Charles Mackerras, Simone Young, Richard Bonynge, Carlo Felice Cillario, and Richard Hickox. His performances with esteemed orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Norwegian Symphony Orchestra, and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, have been broadcast on BBC London, ABC in Australia, and WDR in Germany.

Barry Ryan lectures in Voice and Opera at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music since 2002. His students have included many finalists and winners in major competitions, young artists at Opera Australia, Covent Garden and the Wiener Staatsoper as well as many professionals in Australia and Europe.

Glenn Winslade

Glenn Winslade is an Australian operatic tenor known for his interpretations of Florestan (Fidelio),the title roles in Rienzi,Lohengrin,Tannhäuser,Idomeneo and La clemenza di Tito. Other roles include Der Kaiser( Die Frau ohne Schatten), Apollo(Daphne) Bacchus ( Ariadne auf Naxos) and Max (Der Freischütz). In his early career , Glenn specialised in the operas of Mozart and sang Tamino, Don Ottavio, Ferrando, Belmonte plus, other roles including Alfredo, Duca, Nemorino, Ernesto,Faust,Nadir.

He has appeared with Opera Australia ,Metropolitan Opera NY, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Glyndebourne Festival, Bayreuth Festival,Bregenz Festival,Edinburgh Festival  and opera theatres and concert houses inBerlin,Hamburg,Dresden,Stuttgart,Freiburg,Frankfurt,Vienna,Zurich,Venice,Rome, MonteCarlo,Paris,Madrid,Lisbon,Brussels ,Amsterdam and Moscow.

Conductors he has worked with include Lorin Maazel,Zubin Mehta, Bernard Haitink,Christian Thielemann,Sir Colin Davis,Sir Andrew Davis, Simone Young,Richard Bonynge,Christoph von Dohnányi,Sir Charles Mackerras, Marc Minkowski, Edo de Waart,Carlo Felice Cillario and John Fiore.

Since retiring from the stage, Glenn has become one of Australia’s most sought after voice teachers and has a busy private studio in Sydney. He was formerly a senior lecturer in voice at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music at Griffith University and has given numerous masterclasses in the UK and Australia.

 

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2026 ASC Heats Adjudication Panels

NSW Heats (Sydney)

Warwick Fyfe

In the course of his 35 year professional career, Warwick Fyfe has amassed a vast repertoire of major roles. He is particularly associated with Wagner and may be the only person to have performed a complete Wotan/Wanderer and a complete Alberich in the same calendar year in this country. He has also sung Hans Sachs, the longest role in the standard repertoire. For his Alberich in Opera Australia’s 2013 Ring Cycle he won a Helpmann Award and his Heerrufer in Lohengrin garnered a Green Room award. He has performed the title roles in The Flying Dutchman, Falstaff and Rigoletto. His longest artistic relationship has been with Opera Australia. He has had a fruitful Wagnerian association with Melbourne Opera and has performed with all the major Australian orchestras and opera companies. He adores comedy and remembers with particular fondness his Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Adelaide Festival.

Maree Ryan AM

Maree Ryan, Honorary Associate and former Chair of Vocal and Opera Studies, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, is widely recognised as one of Australia's leading vocal teachers. As a performer Ms Ryan’s work covered all styles and genres. She performed in opera, oratorio and recital as well as broadcast for radio and television. As a soloist Ms Ryan worked with many leading orchestras under many national and international conductors. Opera houses at which students have performed or are currently engaged include, among others, Opera Australia; Vienna State Opera; Royal Opera, Covent Garden; Opéra de Reims; Opéra Comique & Théâtre du Châtelet; Deutsche Opera, Berlin & Cologne Opera; Israel Opera; La Fenice; Teatre Regio di Parma; Teatro San Carlo; Teatro dell’opera di Roma & Teatro alla Scala. Conductors with whom students have performed include: Vladimir Ashkenazy, William Christie, Sir Colin Davis, Simone Young. Adam Fischer, Antonio Fogliani, Sir John Elliot Gardiner, Daniele Gatt, Marc Minkowski, Daniel Oren, Seiji Ozawa, Donata Renzett, Hellmut Rilling, Donald Runnicles, Christian Thielemann and Ralf Weikart.

VIC Heats (Melbourne)

Stuart Maunder AM

Stuart Maunder AM

Stuart Maunder has been directing musical theatre and opera in Australia for over 40 years. Stuart joined The Australian Opera as Stage Manager in 1978, becoming a Resident Director in 1981. In 1992 he joined the Royal Opera House (UK) as a Staff Director while continuing to direct in Australia, UK, France and the USA. In 1999 he was appointed Artistic Administrator of Opera Australia, then Executive Producer from 2004-08. In 2012, Stuart was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for service to the performing arts, particularly with Opera Australia, as an artistic director, and as a mentor to emerging artists." From 2014 to 2018 Stuart was General Director of New Zealand Opera, before returning to Australia to join State Opera South Australia as Artistic Director. In October 2023, Stuart became Artistic Director of Victorian Opera. In 2023 was the proud recipient of the MOST Lifetime Achievement Award.

Stephen Grant

Stephen Grant is Head of Voice at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and director of the vocal ensemble e21. His has performed with Europes best-known early music ensembles, performing widely and making over 30 CD recordings (for BMG, deutsche harmonia mundi, Harmonia Mundi France, Wergo & Arcana). His interest in both early and contemporary repertoire has led to premieres of works by Saariaho (Paris), Fritsch (Bonn), Staub (Köln, Göteborg & Saarbrücken), Cheetham (Marupna) and Thomson (Hobart). His work has led to festival performances in the Sydney & the Melbourne Festivals, and in Melbourne’s 2023 RISING Festival. His passion for historical vocal performance led to his doctoral work on the music of the German composer Heinrich Schütz and he is currently working on a translation of a handbook for opera singers and directors with the German opera director Beverly Blankenship. He has taught voice workshops in Germany, Switzerland, Norway, the USA, Canada and Australia. His teaching incorporates a combination of perspectives through his work as a singer, conductor and Feldenkrais Practitioner, and he has been on staff at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music since 1999.

WA Heats (Perth)

Lisa Harper-Brown

Lisa Harper-Brown

British born, Lisa Harper-Brown, grew up and studied in Perth and recently returned home after living and working overseas for 23 years. A University of Western Australia alumna and former young artist with West Australian and Opera Australia, she is the recipient of many prizes in the fields of performing and academia. Lisa successfully divides her time between her two great passions: Performing and Teaching. As a performing artist, Lisa has appeared throughout Australia, New Zealand and Germany, as well as Italy, Spain, Netherlands and the UK. Lisa possesses a vast concert repertoire, and is recognised for her ability to cross genres and styles. During 2025, she made her debut with Freeze Frame Opera, in performances of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, for which she has received a 2026 Performing Arts WA Award nomination. Having taught for over 35 years across three continents in a huge variety of educational settings, Lisa’s extensive ‘on-stage’ experience, technical understanding and knowledge of languages, make her a highly sought-after Voice Teacher, Choral Trainer, Conductor, and Adjudicator. As the newly appointed Chair of Classical Voice at UWA Conservatorium, she is very proud to be sharing her knowledge and expertise in support of a new generation of talented performing artists.

Emma Matthews AM

Australia’s most highly awarded soprano, Emma Matthews is a seven-time Helpmann Award winner and Head of Classical Voice and Opera Studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Emma starred as The Cunning Little Vixen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and with Opera Australia. Her extensive repertoire with the national company further includes the title roles in Lulu, Lakmé, and Lucia di Lammermoor, alongside Amina (La sonnambula), Violetta (La traviata), Gilda (Rigoletto), Giulietta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare), Morgana (Alcina), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Marie (La fille du régiment), Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Pamina (The Magic Flute), Leïla (The Pearl Fishers), Rosina (The Barber of Seville) and the four heroines in The Tales of Hoffmann. She was recently welcomed back as the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella. Her discography features Mozart Arias and Agony and Ecstasy (ABC Classics) and Emma Matthews in Monte Carlo (Deutsche Grammophon/ABC Classics).

QLD Heats (Brisbane)

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James Roser

Australian-born baritone James Roser initially began a career as an environmental scientist, having completed a Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) at the University of NSW, before beginning his musical studies. He was a recipient of several major singing awards in Australia, including the Mietta Song Recital Award, Vienna State Opera Award and Britten-Pears Young Artist Award and was a young artist with Pacific Opera, before moving to Austria, where he is currently based. He has performed with the Vienna State Opera, Tiroler Festspiele Erl, Beijing Music Festival, Shanghai International Arts Festival, Opéra de Baugé, Opera Queensland, Victorian Opera, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, State Opera of South Australia and Staatsoper Cottbus. Operatic roles he has performed include Rigoletto, Germont, Amfortas, Beckmesser, Gunther, Don Pizarro, Faninal, Wotan (Das Rheingold), Don Magnifico, Dulcamara, Wiedhopf (Die Vögel), Owen Wingrave, Escamillo, Peter (Hänsel und Gretel), Don Giovanni, Leporello, Il Conte (Le Nozze di Figaro), Papageno and Guglielmo, along with others. He has performed in recital across Europe, as well as in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, performing for the Franz Schubert Institut, Oxford Lieder Festival, Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Gesellschaft für Musiktheater Wien, Opera Queensland, Artsong NSW, Chamber Music Australia, Rainhill Music Festival, has appeared as a soloist with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and has been broadcast a number of times in Australia on 2MBS-FM, 3MBS-FM and ABC Classic FM, as well as ORF and Servus TV in Austria and Germany.

Dr. Paul McMahon

Performing as a tenor soloist with symphony orchestras, chamber music groups and choirs, Dr Paul McMahon is one of Australia’s leading exponents of eighteenth-century repertoire, particularly the Evangelist role in the Passions of J. S. Bach. Performance highlights include Bach’s Johannes-Passion with the Australian Chamber Orchestra under Richard Tognetti, Bach’s Matthäus-Passion with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra under Roy Goodman, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung for Sydney Philharmonia under Richard Hickox, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Masaaki Suzuki and Mozart’s Requiem with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under Manfred Honeck. Paul has appeared as soloist in concert for Opera Australia and in the festivals of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. For Opera Queensland he sang Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni and for Pinchgut Opera he sang Arbace in Mozart's Idomeneo, as well as roles in Handel's Semele, Purcell's The Fairy Queen, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo and Charpentier's David et Jonathas. He has recorded critically-acclaimed discs for Decca and ABC Classics, given concerts for broadcast on BBC Radio 3, ABC Classic FM and the MBS network, and toured regularly throughout Australia, Asia and Europe as a member of vocal ensemble, The Song Company (1997–2001). Paul holds a PhD in music and is a member of the vocal staff at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

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Past Adjudicators

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Jeffrey Black

Joanne Goodman

Dr. Francis Greep

Kate Johnson

Dr. Simon Lobelson

Joanne Goodman

Kate Johnson

Dr. Simon Lobelson

Siobhan Stagg

London – Linnhe Robertson, Yvonne Kenny AM

Sydney – Dr Anke Höeppner-Ryan, Joanne Goodman

Melbourne – Natalie Jones, Stephen Grant

Perth – Emma Matthews AM, Nicole Youl

Brisbane – Gregory Massingham, Leanne Kenneally-Warnock

Natalie Aroyan

Nicole Dorigo

Benjamin Rasheed

Barry Ryan OAM

Jane Ede

Nicole Dorigo

Tahu Matheson

Benjamin Rasheed

Barry Ryan OAM

Sydney – Jane Ede, Dr Simon Lobelson

Melbourne- Ali McGregor, Dermot Tutty

Brisbane- Sarah Crane, Mattias Lower

Perth- Emma Matthews AM, Hugh Lydo

Patrick Togher

Nicole Dorigo

Amelia Farrugia

Paul Fitzsimon

Anke Hoeppner-Ryan

Deborah Cheetham-Fraillon

Nicole Dorigo

Amelia Farrugia

Paul Fitzsimon

Sydney – Rowena Cowley, Jane Ede

Melbourne – Richard Mills AM, Roxane Hislop

Perth (cancelled) – Emma Matthews, Chris Van Tuinen

Brisbane – Andrew Dalton, Hayley Sugars

Wellington – Brad Cohen, Richard Greager

Graham Pushee

Cheryl Barker AO

Brian Castles-Onion AM

Michael Halliwell

Noëmi Terracini-Nadelmann

Cheryl Barker AO

Brian Castles-Onion AM

Michael Halliwell

Noëmi Terracini-Nadelmann

Sydney (NSW) Monday 11 July & Tuesday 12 July – Rowena Cowley, Glenn Winslade

Melbourne (VIC) Wednesday 13 July – Andrea Katz, Stephen Grant

Perth (WA) Friday 15 July – Chris van Tuinen, Emma Matthews

Brisbane (QLD) Sunday 17 July – Kang Wang, Marilyn Richardson

Noëmi Nadelmann

Jeffrey Black

Joanne Goodman

Narelle Yeo

Warwick Fyfe

Joanne Goodman

Narelle Yeo

London (UK) Sunday 19 May – David Harper, Linnhe Robertson

Sydney (NSW) Thursday 20 June & Friday 21 June – Jud Arthur, Anke Höppner-Ryan

Melbourne (VIC) Wednesday 12 June – Stephen Grant, Richard Mills

Perth (WA) Friday 14 June – Chris van Tuinen, Emma Matthews

Brisbane (QLD) Sunday 16 June – Jan Black, Gregory Massingham, Angus Wood

Wellington (NZ) Tuesday 18 June – Jessica Duirs, Robert Wiremu

Linnhe Robertson

Michael Halliwell

Anthony Hunt

Noëmi Nadelmann

Raff Wilson

Michael Halliwell

Anthony Hunt

Noëmi Nadelmann

London (UK) Tuesday 4 April – David Harper, Kate Paterson

Sydney (NSW) Monday 7 May & Tuesday 8 May – Anke Höppner-Ryan, Anthony Hunt

Melbourne (VIC) Wednesday 9 May – Phoebe Briggs, Stephen Grant

Perth (WA) Friday 11 May – Fiona McAndrew, Ian Westrip

Brisbane (QLD) Sunday 13 May – Jan Black, Shelli Hulcombe, Natalie Peluso

Wellington (NZ) Tuesday 15 May – James Clayton, Jenny Wollerman

Catrin Johnsson

Noëmi Nadelmann

Olafur Sigurdarson

Narelle Yeo

Raff Wilson

Tahu Matheson

Emma Matthews

Narelle Yeo

Raff Wilson

Auckland (NZ) Saturday 1 April – Stuart Maunder AM, Gina Sanders

London (UK) Monday 3 April – David Harper, Linnhe Robertson, Yvonne Kenny

Sydney (NSW) Monday 3 April & Tuesday 4 April – Barry Ryan, Taryn Fiebig

Melbourne (VIC) Wednesday 5 April – Suzanne Johnston, Andrea Katz

Perth (WA) Friday 7 April – Thomas Johnson, Fiona McAndrew

Brisbane (QLD) Sunday 9 April – Jason Barry-Smith, Natalie Peluso

Lyndon Terracini AM

Conal Coad

Michael Halliwell

Emma Matthews

Benjamin Schwartz

Rowena Cowley

Lisa Gasteen AO

Emma Matthews

Benjamin Schwartz

Auckland (NZ) Sunday 3 April – Stuart Maunder AM, Robert Wiremu

Sydney (NSW) Monday 11 April, Wednesday 13 April & Friday 15 April – Anke Höppner, Ian McCahon

London (UK) Thursday 14 April – David Harper, Kate Paterson, Linnhe Robertson

Melbourne (VIC) Sunday 17 April – Antoinette Halloran, Richard Mills AM

Perth (WA) Saturday 23 April – Alexandre Da Costa-Graveline, Burhan Güner, Patricia Price

Brisbane (QLD) Sunday 15 May – Andrew Collis, Gregory Massingham

Linnhe Robertson

Conal Coad

Lisa Gasteen AO

Michael Halliwell

Simon Lord

Emma Matthews

Johannes Fritzsch

Lisa Gasteen AO

Michael Halliwell

NSW – Andrew Dalton, Daniel Sumegi

QLD – Donna Balson, Bradley Daley

VIC – Stephen Grant, Merlyn Quaife

WA – Patricia Price, Antony Walker

NZ – Margaret Medlyn ONZM, Michael Vinten

UK – David Harper, Yvonne Kenny AM

Jeffrey Black

Conal Coad

Michael Halliwell

Emma Matthews

Benjamin Schwartz

Michael Halliwell

Benjamin Schwartz

NSW – Michael Lewis OAM, Ian McCahon

QLD – Graham Godfrey, Lindy Hume

VIC – Phoebe Briggs, Suzanne Johnston

WA – Brad Cohen, Patricia Price

UK – David Harper, Yvonne Kenny, Linnhe Robertson

Emma Matthews

Conal Coad

Peter Czornyj

Michael Halliwell

Ian McCahon

Peter Czornyj

Michael Halliwell

Ian McCahon

NSW – Andrew Dalton, Michael Lewis OAM

QLD – Brad Jarrett, Leanne Kenneally

VIC – Suzanne Johnston, Richard Mills AM

WA – Burhan Güner, Patricia Price

NZ – Michael Vinten

Jeffrey Black

Conal Coad

Dobbs Franks

Michael Halliwell

Huw Humphreys

Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Anthony Legge

Peter Czornyj

Michael Halliwell

Anthony Legge

NSW – Maree Ryan, Glenn Winslade

QLD – Narelle French, Natalie Peluso

VIC – Stephen Grant, Suzanne Johnston

WA – Burhan Güner, Patricia Price

NZ – Lisa Harper-Brown

Bernadette Cullen

Peter Czornyj

Michael Halliwell

Anthony Legge

Roderick Lakin (non-voting Chair)

Peter Czornyj

Anthony Legge

Stephen Mould

NSW – Michael Black, Rowena Cowley

VIC – Antoinette Halloran

WA – Marilyn Phillips

Lisa Gasteen AO

Conal Coad

Peter Czornyj

Dobbs Franks

Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Stephen Mould

Peter Czornyj

Stephen Mould

Linnhe Robertson

NSW – Anson Austin OAM, Andrew Dalton

QLD – Narelle French, Richard Wenn

VIC – Stephen Grant, Suzanne Johnston

WA – Andrew Foote, Patricia Price

NZ – Barry Mora, Patricia Wright (NZ heats cancelled)

Donald Shanks AO, OBE

Dobbs Franks

Prof Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Marshall Maguire

Stephen Mould

Stephen Mould

Richard Wenn

NSW – Tony Legge, Stephen Yalouris

QLD – Graham Abbott, Narelle French

VIC – Hugh Halliday, Merlyn Quaife

WA – Andrew Foote, Christina Gronborg

Deborah Riedel

Dobbs Franks

Prof Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Prof Imre Palló

Prof Linnhe Robertson

Richard Wenn

Prof Imre Palló

Prof Linnhe Robertson

Richard Wenn

NSW – Ian McCahon, Barry Ryan

QLD – Narelle French, Margaret Baker-Genovesi

VIC – Suzanne Johnston, David Kram

WA – Sara Macliver, Linda Barkan

Anson Austin OAM

Dr Michael Halliwell

Prof Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Richard Wenn

Dr Michael Halliwell

Richard Wenn

NSW – Michael Black, Barry Ryan

QLD – Narelle French, Joseph Ward OBE

VIC – Margaret Haggart, Vladimir Vais

WA – Fiona Campbell, Roma Conway

Fiona Janes

David Garrett

Prof Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Prof Imre Palló

Prof Linnhe Robertson

Gregory Yurisich

Prof Imre Palló

Prof Linnhe Robertson

NSW – Andrew Dalton, Andrew Greene

QLD – Jason Barry-Smith, Narelle French

VIC – Nance Grant MBE, David Kram

WA – Andrew Foote

Glenn Winslade

David Garrett

Michael Halliwell

Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Gregory Yurisich

David Garrett

Michael Halliwell

NSW – Jane Edwards, Stephen Mould

QLD – Shaun Brown, Narelle French

VIC – David Kram, Stephen Mould

WA – Roma Conway, Marilyn Phillips

Glenys Fowles AM

David Garrett

Michael Halliwell

Prof Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Gregory Yurisich

David Garrett

Michael Halliwell

Gregory Yurisich

NSW – Jane Edwards, Stephen Mould

QLD – John Dingle, Joseph Ward OBE

VIC – Hugh Halliday, Stephen Mould

WA – Roma Conway, Pamela Turner

Marilyn Richardson

Eric Clapham OAM

David Garrett

Michael Halliwell

Eric Clapham OAM

David Garrett

Michael Halliwell

Prof Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Gregory Yurisich

NSW – Jane Edwards, Rosemary Gunn

QLD – Margeta Elkins, Narelle French

VIC – Roger Howell, Vladimir Vais

WA – Roma Conway, Marilyn Phillips

Gregory Yurisich

Brian Castles-Onion

David Garrett

Michael Halliwell

Prof Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Patricia Price

Brian Castles-Onion

David Garrett

Michael Halliwell

NSW – Rowena Cowley, Anson Austin

QLD – Narelle French, Hilary Jones

SA – Keith Hempton, Stephen Phillips

VIC – Rosamund Illing, David Kram

WA – Ruth Atkinson, Richard Mills

Robert Gard OBE

Eric Clapham OAM

David Garrett

Michael Halliwell

Prof Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Gregory Yurisich

Eric Clapham OAM

David Garrett

Michael Halliwell

Gregory Yurisich

NSW – Andrew Dalton, Sharolyn Kimmorley

VIC – Nance Grant, Vladimir Vais

QLD – John Dingle, Adele Nisbet

Eric Clapham OAM

David Garrett

William Gillespie

Sharolyn Kimmorley

Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Neil Mackie CBE

Eric Clapham OAM

David Garrett

William Gillespie

Sharolyn Kimmorley

NSW – Michael Halliwell, Stuart Maunder

VIC – Rosamund Illing

QLD – Gregory Massingham, Marilyn Richardson

Christine Douglas

Andrew Greene

John Pringle AM

Patricia Price

Eric Clapham OAM

David Garrett

Brenda Holleman

Joseph Ward OBE

Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Eric Clapham OAM

David Garrett

Brenda Holleman

NSW – Anson Austin OAM, Andrew Dalton

VIC – Margaret Haggart, Vladimir Vais

QLD – James Christiansen, Joseph Ward OBE

WA – Cornelius de Munck, Jolanta Nagajek

Linnhe Robertson

Ghillian Sullivan

John Shaw

Roderick Brydon

Richard Divall

Anson Austin

Geoffrey Chard AM

Eric Clapham

Samuel Dixon

Brenda Holleman

Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

Patricia Price

NSW – Anson Austin OAM, Michael Dale

QLD – Gregory Massingham, Jillian Stoll

SA – Keith Hempton

VIC – John Dingle

WA – Pamela Foulkes, Gregory Yurisich

Richard Divall OBE

Myer Fredman

Ronald Maconaghie AM

Linnhe Robertson

Ghillian Sullivan

Eileen Hannan

Eric Clapham

Samuel Dixon

Brenda Holleman

Christopher Underwood

NSW – Michael Dale, Patricia Price

QLD – Thomas Cullen, Margreta Elkins AM

VIC – Rosamund Illing OA, David Kram

SA – Keith Hempton, Stephen Phillips

WA – Cornelius de Munck, Marilyn Phillips

Suzannah Conway

Myer Fredman (Chair)

Marilyn Richardson

Patricia Price

Eric Clapham

Samuel Dixon

Neil Easton OAM

Michael Halliwell

NSW – David Brennan, Brenda Holleman

QLD – Suzannah Conway, Margreta Elkins AM

VIC – Natalia Afeyan, John Dingle

SA – Keith Hempton, Stephen Phillips

WA – Marilyn Phillips, Janice Taylor-Warne

Myer Fredman (Chair)

Ronald Maconaghie AM

Linnhe Robertson

Sharolyn Kimmorley

Eric Clapham

Samuel Dixon

Glenys Fowles AM

Brenda Holleman

NSW – Simon Kenway, Gillian Sullivan

QLD – James Christiansen, Gregory Massingham

VIC – Tony Gould, Linnhe Robertson

Myer Fredman (Chair)

Andrew Greene

Ghillian Sullivan

Joseph Ward OBE

Joan Arnold OBE

Eric Clapham

Brian Hansford

Loris Synan

NSW – Rosemary Gunn, Stephen Yalouris

QLD – Suzannah Conway, Margreta Elkins AM

SA – David Kram, Kevin Miller

VIC – Roger Howell, Robert Rosen

Stephen Barlow

Robert Gard OBE

Nance Grant MBE

Myer Fredman

Eric Clapham

Glenys Fowles AM

Brenda Holleman

Moffatt Oxenbould AM

NSW – Anson Austin OAM, Simon Kenway

QLD – Suzannah Conway, John Matheson

SA – Tito Capobianco, Kevin Miller

VIC – Roger Howell, Robert Rosen

Joseph Ward OBE (Principal Adjudicator)

Grace Bumbry

Maestro Carlo Felice Cillario

Joseph Ward OBE

Eric Clapham

Myer Fredman

Brenda Holleman

Alan Light

ACT – John Cameron, Jeannette Russell

NSW – Moffatt Oxenbould AM, Stephen Yalouris

QLD – Suzannah Conway, John Matheson, John Woods

SA – Norma Hunter, Kevin Miller

VIC – Joan Arnold MBE, Rhonda Bruce

Roderick Brydon

Susan Dunn

Donald Shanks AO OBE

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