Master of Law and Development
University of Melbourne, VIC
Elizabeth’s first role in the legal profession was as a graduate development student legal officer with OkTedi Mining, in Papua New Guinea in 2013. She has also worked at MSEL Ltd., a PNG-owned company sub-contracted to Exxon MobilPNG.
In 2014, Elizabeth joined the Public Solicitor’s Office to work in the Advisory Division. In this role, Elizabeth represents the Office in the Family Sexual Violence Action Committee. She has produced educational legal awareness materials for the Family Law Division, and pushed for the implementation of the PNG Public Service Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Policy in her workplace. She is passionate about legal education and has travelled to remote PNG provinces to carry out legal literacy education drives for the Department of Justice and Attorney-General.
Elizabeth is a member of the PNG Law Society. She also has held roles as the treasurer of the University of PNG Law Student Society and vice president of the University of PNG Sandaun Students Association.
Elizabeth is interested in ensuring that government services are accessible to the majority of Papua New Guineans; an interest that began at the Public Solicitor’s Office, a constitutional office mandated to provide free legal service to the public. Elizabeth would like to strengthen legal referral pathways and support the implementation of Family Law in PNG, particularly the Lukautim Pikinini Act 2015, the Child Welfare Act 2015and the Family Protection Act 2013. She believes stable healthy families will produce stable healthy citizens, who will work towards positive
