Macquarie Point Multipurpose Stadium Panel

Gary Prattley has longstanding and extensive involvement in planning, and urban and regional development across New Zealand and Australia, including heading up the planning systems in Western Australia, Tasmania and the ACT. He has also held senior executive positions in the NSW government, (including responsibility for major projects) and has been involved in private sector developments in regional Australia. In 2017, Gary was awarded the Biannual Sidney Luker Medal by PIA for notable contribution to urban and regional planning in Australia. Gary was Deputy Commissioner for Town and Country Planning and Director of Planning in Tasmania between 1988 and 1993.

Paul Turner has practised in Tasmania as a litigation lawyer since 1981, retiring this year. As Assistant Solicitor-General (Litigation) Paul was responsible for the conduct of civil litigation involving the State and regularly appeared as counsel in all Tasmanian courts and tribunals. He has extensive experience and expertise in a number of areas of law including planning, environmental and public administrative law. He was appointed Senior Counsel in June 2019.

Lynn Mason has over 30 years’ experience in local government as President of the Local Government Association of Tasmania, Senior Vice President of the Australian Local Government Association, a member of the Tasmanian Local Government Board and a member of the Board of Inquiry into the Glenorchy Council. She is a member of the Tasmanian local government Code of Conduct Panel. Lynn is a former councillor and Mayor of Flinders Council.

As a Director she has been chair of Tasmanian Affordable Housing Inc, Metro Tasmania and the Tasmanian Community Fund, and a Director with the Primary Industries Foundation, Crimestoppers Tasmania, and Rural Alive and Well. Lynn is part of a family owned and run agricultural and fishing business, with farms on Flinders Island and in northern Tasmania.

Shelley Penn is an architect, urbanist and non-executive Director. She has over 35 years’ experience encompassing architectural practice and senior strategic advisory roles supporting governments and the private sector to advance outcomes for all people through the quality of public architecture, urban design and the built environment.

Currently Deputy Chair of the ACT Suburban Land Agency, she is a member of the CIT Woden Project Board, and Victoria University’s Infrastructure and Planning Committee.  She is member of several state and city Design Review Panels; Associate Professor at Melbourne University; and Adjunct Professor in Architecture Practice at Monash, where she is also the University Architect.  Past roles include Chair National Capital Authority, National President Australian Institute of Architects, Associate Victorian Government Architect, and Deputy Chair Heritage Council of Victoria. She is a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects.

Martin Wallace is a former Secretary of the Tasmania Department of Treasury and Finance. He has extensive experience in public finance, economic analysis, economic and regulatory policy, business development and financial management. He has held executive-level roles in the energy and telecommunications industries and in health and human services. He is an experienced Board member, with present and past roles including the National Competition Council, Tasracing Pty Ltd, Aurora Energy Pty Ltd, the Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation, and the Governing Council of the Tasmanian Health Service.