Carl Collins

With fourteen years as a child protection officer with Protective Services Victoria, and seven years as a senior officer and prosecutor, Carl Collin's achievements in this complex field are second to none.

A tough, fair investigator and prosecutor, Carl's unit in conjunction with Victoria Police child abuse investigators were responsible for many specialist/joint operations.

Under his leadership, Carl's unit never failed to prove a matter taken before the court, which earned him enormous respect throughout the police and judicial system.

In 1996, Carl was the recipient of a Victoria Police recognition award for his contribution to child protection.

Carl was jointly responsible for the oversight training of regional Police, Doctors, Nurses and Teachers during the phased implementation of mandatory reporting legislation in Victoria in 1993/4.

Carl's formal qualifications include an Associate Diploma in Applied Social Science and a Diploma of Welfare/Community Services. Carl also holds a current Level III certificate in Investigative Services.

He completed advanced and specialist child protection training in 1993 becoming one of Victoria's first fully authorised protective officers with the Department of Human Services, (Protective Services) after spending a number of years as a probation and parole officer.

Carl's strong views on child protection investigation strategies and techniques were highly successful, but sometimes questioned by some factions within the bureaucratic system.

Engaged as a a sessional lecturer and speaker in the fields of social science, paedophilia and child protection, Carl's cutting edge, thought provoking and candid style never fails to captivate his audiences.

Carl is also experienced in the design and implementation of awareness programs for government and non-government agencies at the national and international level, and specialises in conducting debriefing and management response programs for infiltrated and affected organisation. This adds to an already impressive backdrop of qualifications experience and achievements.

Ian Hopley

Ian Hopley spent over three decades as a police investigator in metropolitan and country locations in Victoria, including five years as a corruption detective and trainer with the Victoria Police Ethical Standards Department.

Specialising for many years in complex child abuse investigations, Ian was awarded a Churchill Fellowship and Queen Elizabeth Trust Scholarship to study child exploitation investigation techniques in the USA, United Kingdom, Europe, South Africa and Asia,

A former senior investigator with the Victoria Police's Child Exploitation Unit, he completed advanced child abuse investigation training with the Torrance Police Department in California, USA.

Ian is the holder of a certificate IV in workplace training assessment and a certificate III in investigative services.

Ian was instrumental in contributing awareness of child exploitation issues in Asian tourism and made a number of submissions for legislative and operational changes to enhance child abuse investigations both nationally and internationally.

Ian has worked as a long term adviser to police in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands where he also implemented child abuse investigation and awareness training to Police, Community and Professional Groups and NGO's.

In PNG, Ian was a founding member of People Against Child Exploitation (PACE) and made recommendations to update PNG's child abuse and sexual offence laws, which have now been enacted. Ian was made the first life member of PACE PNG in recognition of his efforts in PNG

In 2000 and 2001, he established child exploitation investigation training programs and assisted in creating a police child exploitation and human trafficking squad in the Royal Cambodian National Police.

Ian has lectured on child abuse investigations with emphasis on paedophilia and child abuse prevention in Australia, England, South Africa, Asia and the Pacific.

Ian has recently been responsible for establishing and training sexual assault and family support units within both the Kiribati and Tuvalu Police Services in the Central Pacific.