Simona Timmins
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Credentials
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Admission to the High Court of Australia
High Court of AustraliaJan, 2002- Oct, 2024 -
Admission to the Supreme Court of Tasmania
Supreme Court of TasmaniaJan, 1999- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Australian Government
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Australia
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant Director
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Feb 2018 - Present
As part of a specialist team, assist countries to strengthen their laws, policies and practices on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) and the recovery of proceeds of crime, in line with the global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards. Core responsibilities include: • delivering workshops involving foreign officials, including facilitating sessions and delivering presentations, preparing resource materials, and managing budgets and logistical arrangements. • drafting legal provisions and supporting instruments and awareness-raising materials, including Standard Operating Procedures, compliance rules, regulations, forms, notices and templates; and • building sustained productive working relationships with foreign officials and other Australian Government agencies.
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Attorney-General's Department
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Australia
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Legal Officer, Anti-Money Laundering Assistance Team (AMLAT)
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Sep 2014 - Jan 2018
Provision of legal policy support to assist countries to strengthen their AML/CTF frameworks. Core responsibilities included:• delivering workshops involving foreign officials, including facilitating sessions and delivering presentations, preparing resource materials, and managing budgets and logistical arrangements. • drafting legal provisions and supporting instruments and awareness-raising materials, including Standard Operating Procedures, compliance rules, regulations, forms, notices and templates; and• building sustained productive working relationships with foreign officials and other Australian Government agencies.
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Senior Legal Officer, Office of International Law
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Dec 2008 - Aug 2014
Provided legal policy to the Australian Government on its public international law obligations, specialising in international fisheries and law of the sea.Cores responsibilities included:• representing Australia at regional meetings and international treaty negotiations.• engaging and negotiating with stakeholders, including international and domestic counterparts.• advising on Australia’s obligations under public international law, and on the domestic implementation of international law in Australia.• researching and analysing a broad range of treaties, rules, conservation and management measures and non-binding instruments.• Drafting complex legal advice and conservation and management measures.
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Department of Health, Tasmania
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Australia
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Policy Officer, Legislative Review
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Feb 2008 - Nov 2008
Core responsibilities included: • consulting internally and with external agencies to negotiate and develop policy and legal positions on proposed legislative changes to progress the Department’s legislative review agenda; and • undertaking all necessary steps in support of a Bill’s introduction and passage through the Tasmanian Parliament, including preparing recommendations and briefs to executive management and the Minister. Core responsibilities included: • consulting internally and with external agencies to negotiate and develop policy and legal positions on proposed legislative changes to progress the Department’s legislative review agenda; and • undertaking all necessary steps in support of a Bill’s introduction and passage through the Tasmanian Parliament, including preparing recommendations and briefs to executive management and the Minister.
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Department of Health and Social Care
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United Kingdom
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Government Relations Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Principal Legal Officer, Office of the Solicitor
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Apr 2006 - Dec 2007
Core responsibilities included: • with a collaborative legal policy team, undertook all steps necessary for the successful passage of the UK Mental Health Bill 2006; • analysed complex legal issues relating to the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights; • provided legal policy advice on issues surrounding the regulation of health care professionals; and • drafted secondary legislation. Core responsibilities included: • with a collaborative legal policy team, undertook all steps necessary for the successful passage of the UK Mental Health Bill 2006; • analysed complex legal issues relating to the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights; • provided legal policy advice on issues surrounding the regulation of health care professionals; and • drafted secondary legislation.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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United Kingdom
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Legal Policy Advisor
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Dec 2004 - Dec 2005
Core responsibilities included: • advising on a range of complex legal policy issues concerning European Community law, particularly on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and WTO import and export issues; • conducting meetings with policy colleagues and key stakeholders in relation to the implementation of the set- aside regime under the CAP; and • drafting two statutory instruments, including a complex implementation regime under the CAP. Core responsibilities included: • advising on a range of complex legal policy issues concerning European Community law, particularly on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and WTO import and export issues; • conducting meetings with policy colleagues and key stakeholders in relation to the implementation of the set- aside regime under the CAP; and • drafting two statutory instruments, including a complex implementation regime under the CAP.
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Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
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United States
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Intern
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Apr 2004 - Jun 2004
Core responsibilities included: • Analysing case law and legislative provisions concerning international WTO trade rules and their impact on the environment, and assisted with legal policy analysis on these issues. Core responsibilities included: • Analysing case law and legislative provisions concerning international WTO trade rules and their impact on the environment, and assisted with legal policy analysis on these issues.
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Page Seager Lawyers
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Australia
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Legal Associate
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Aug 1999 - Mar 2004
Core responsibilities included: • providing complex legal advice, particularly in the areas of administrative law review and environment and planning; • attending informal settlement conferences between parties and negotiated outcomes in relation to planning appeals; and • drafting submissions for use in litigation before the Supreme Court of Tasmania and the Resource Management and Planning Appeals Tribunal. Core responsibilities included: • providing complex legal advice, particularly in the areas of administrative law review and environment and planning; • attending informal settlement conferences between parties and negotiated outcomes in relation to planning appeals; and • drafting submissions for use in litigation before the Supreme Court of Tasmania and the Resource Management and Planning Appeals Tribunal.
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Education
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2010 - 2011
The Australian National University
Master of Laws - LLM -
1999 - 1999
University of Tasmania
Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice -
1993 - 1998
University of Tasmania
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Hons.)
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