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Suze Leitão is a senior member of the Speech Pathology Australia Ethics Board. Suze works part-time at Curtin University as a senior lecturer in Human Communication Sciences and part-time in private practice. She teaches the application of the code of ethics within a clinical science framework. Nerina Scarinci is an elected member of the Speech Pathology Australia Ethics Board. She is a lecturer in the Division of Speech Pathology at the University of Queensland where she teaches ethics in speech pathology and has a research background in report writing practices and third-party disability. Cheryl Koenig is a consumer and carer representative on seven different government and NGO committees, including the Speech Pathology Australia Ethics Board. She is the author of two publications for NSW Health (2006, 2007) and has recently published her third book, Paper Cranes (Exisle, 2008). Cheryl is passionate about improving policy and services for consumers in all areas of health and is inspired by the increasing voice and credibility now being afforded consumers in relation to health issues.

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