President
The Governor of Queensland may appoint a president of the court. The president must be a children's court judge. The major functions of the president are to oversee the court and ensure that its work is carried out quickly and effectively.
There is no deputy president of the court. However, the governor may appoint an acting president to act in the president's absence.
The current president is Judge Julie Maree Dick SC who was appointed at the beginning of 2007.
Former Presidents have been:
- The late Judge Fred McGuire (President 1992-1998)
- Judge John Mervyn Robertson (President 1999-2001)
- Judge Kerry John O'Brien (2002–2006)
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Famous quotes containing the word president:
“The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“... a friend told me that she had read of a woman who had knitted a wash rag for President Wilson. She was eighty years old and her friends thought it remarkable that she could knit a wash rag! I thought that if a woman of eighty could knit a wash rage for a Democratic President it behooved one of ninety-six to make something more than a wash rag for a Republican President.”
—Maria D. Brown (1827–1927)
“I had many problems in my conduct of the office being contrasted with President Kennedy’s conduct in the office, with my manner of dealing with things and his manner, with my accent and his accent, with my background and his background. He was a great public hero, and anything I did that someone didn’t approve of, they would always feel that President Kennedy wouldn’t have done that.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)