Ms Danae Younger – Director

In addition to her role as director for QDHP,  Danae is currently an Acting Adjudicator at Qld Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT), making decisions in minor civil debt matters. She is a qualified barrister, mediator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, and was up until her recent appointment in QCAT, self employed in those roles. She has a diverse range of experience as a legal professional, law lecturer for College of Law, and co-author of annotations to the textbook, ”Carter’s Criminal Law of Queensland” (Lexisnexis). 

She has worked as a legal practitioner for more than 15 years, in both private practice and government across a range of practice areas including particularly criminal and disciplinary law. She is experienced in providing legal advice and representation in medico-legal matters, relating to disciplinary and criminal law complaints, as well as relating to coronial inquests. As a result, Danae has first-hand experience of how medico-legal complaints, disciplinary and criminal law processes often have a detrimental impact on health care professionals.

Danae is passionate about social justice, rehabilitation and support of people who face disciplinary and/or criminal processes, and the work of the QDHP is in line with her values and professional commitment to these issues.

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