About La Trobe

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• Acknowledgement

Cliff Picton is Ombudsman at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He has held this position since 2004. Prior to this he was Associate Dean (International) in the Faculty of Health Sciences and before that Head of the School of Social Work and Social policy.

As an academic social worker Cliff has taught and researched in a number of areas including grief and loss, ageing and disability. He has written a number of books and articles and has been a regular broadcaster on social issues over the past 35 years in Australia and Britain.

He was a foundation member of the National Advisory Council of the ABC, served two terms on the Victorian Government’s Ministerial Advisory Council of Senior Victorians and is one of the founders of the University of the Third Age (U3A) movement in Australia.

Currently Cliff is a member of the Board of Trustees of Community and Family Services International (CFSI), a Manila based international NGO, and is a Director of the Australian and New Zealand College for Seniors, a non-profit organization providing educational travel for older persons.