Meet our board at State Records NSW
Meet our Board for State Records Authority NSW.
Our Board members bring a diverse range of expertise and experience in history, use of State records, First Nations cultures and more.
Functions of the Board
Under the State Records Act 1998, the Board is an advisory board with the following functions:
- to determine the policies and strategic plans of State Records NSW
- to grant approvals for the purposes of sections 13 (Standards and codes of best practice for records management) and 21 (Protection measures) of the Act.
Board charter
Schedule 2 of the Act lists the provisions relating to the constitution and procedure of the Board.
Part 7 of the Act deals with the Board as follows:
- Section 69 Establishment of Board
- Section 70 Functions of the Board
- Section 71 Director may attend meetings of Board
Board appointments
Members appointed to the Board represent Museums of History NSW, public service agencies, State owned corporations, parliament, the judiciary, the use of State records, the history profession, and First Nations cultures.
Furthermore:
- All appointments to the Board follow the Public Service Commissioner’s Appointment Standards: Boards and Committees in the NSW Public Sector.
- Decisions about the remuneration of individual boards and committees are guided by the Classification and Remuneration Framework for NSW Government Boards and Committees (the Framework) as announced in the Premier’s Memorandum 2012–18.
- The Cabinet Office provides guidance on NSW Boards and Committees on their NSW Government appointments page.
Our board members
John Faulkner was a Senator representing NSW from 1989 until his retirement in 2015. He held a number of Ministerial portfolios during his Parliamentary service including Special Minister of State (2007-09).
Mr Faulkner also served on the Advisory Council of the Australian Archives from 1996-2008 and 2010-2015.
He has written on the history of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party and is completing a book on the history of the Sydney Fish Markets.
He is also Chair of the Whitlam Institute Board, an Executive Member of the C.E.W. Bean Foundation and a Patron of the Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre.
Ms Amy Beaumont is an executive in a highly regarded state owned corporation with extensive experience in risk management developed from the delivery and management of diverse legal services in Australia and internationally within corporate and NSW Government.
Naomi Parry Duncan is a social historian and heritage consultant. Her PhD was written from State records in NSW and Tasmania and examined the experiences of the Stolen Generations and non-Indigenous children in government welfare systems. She was the NSW Historian on the Find & Connect web resource, working with stakeholders to improve access to both State records and the archives of charities. She also worked on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the Dictionary of Sydney, and lectured in family history at the University of Tasmania.
She is currently president of the History Council of NSW, immediate past president of the Professional Historians' Association NSW/ACT, and a member of the Australian Historical Association.
Dr Elizabeth McEntyre is a Worimi Guringai and Wonnarua Elder belonging to Lands, Seas and Waters spanning Port Stephens, the Myall Lakes, the Barrington Tops, and the Hunter Valley in NSW.
Elizabeth is a Doctor of Social Work and Criminology, a mental health social worker in disability and justice, research consultant, and a member of the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal conducting civil and forensic hearings. Her career portfolio involves employment in leadership positions with the Aboriginal Community-Led sector, and the Commonwealth and NSW Public Service providing her with broad knowledge and experience in criminal justice, social and emotional wellbeing, disability, community capacity uplift, Aboriginal cultural fishing, thriving on healthy Country, strengthening Aboriginal families, and Aboriginal ageing and aged care. For her significant contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing, Elizabeth received the 2024 Indigenous Allied Health Australia Excellence in Research Award.
Elizabeth serves on several boards including Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council/Murrook Culture Centre, Life Without Barriers, NSW Coastal Council, Hunter Local Land Services, Legal Aid NSW, and the NSW Reconstruction Authority. She advises professional associations, service providers, Universities, and consultative groups, including Greening Australia, University of NSW, Aboriginal Fishing Trust Expenditure, NSW Environmental Trust, the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department and Department of Health and Aged Care. She volunteers time to protect the Port Stephens Central Coast National Parks and Wildlife, and the Port Stephens Great Lakes Marine Park.
Justice Mark Leeming has been a Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 2013. Before then, he was a barrister for 18 years, including as a senior counsel since 2006. He has also taught at the University of Sydney, part-time, since 1995, where he is Challis Lecturer in Equity. He has written or co-written 11 books and numerous academic articles on law and legal history.
He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Equity, the Australian Bar Review and the Contract and Commercial Law Review, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Francis Forbes Society, and an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn.
Dr Sarah Kaine is a member of the NSW Legislative Council. Her policy areas of interests are labour standards, gender equity, sustainable fashion, procurement, the gig economy, university governance and artificial intelligence.
Sarah completed an economics degree at the University of Sydney while working at the AWU before going on to become an Organiser at the ACTU.
After having children, Sarah completed a PhD at the University of Sydney and was an Associate Professor at UTS for 10 years before moving into her role as Director, Industrial Relations Inspectorate in the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet. She was elected to the NSW Legislative Council in the 2023 Elections.
Sarah has over 15 years of engagement in research that has explored labour standards set outside the bounds of labour law and other forms of regulation. As an academic Sarah developed a public profile as a ‘go-to’ commentator on workplace issues. Her research and public advocacy emphasised the importance of organised labour in protecting the right to dignity and fairness at work as well as recognising the contribution made by women in the workplace and the labour movement.
Scott Johnston is the Deputy Secretary Corporate Services at NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure. He was previously the Chief Commissioner of State Revenue and Commissioner of Fines Administration, and prior to that the Acting Commissioner at the NSW Public Service Commission.
Scott is a highly experienced senior leader with a career spanning the Australian and United Kingdom public sectors. He is passionate about shaping future workforce strategy through evidence-based decision making, driving innovation, building digital capability, and advocating for diversity and inclusion.
Scott holds an Executive Master of Public Administration from the Australian New Zealand School of Government and the University of Sydney, a Graduate Diploma of Statistics from Victoria University, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Newcastle.
Annette joined Museums of History NSW as Chief Executive Officer in October 2024. Annette has previously held senior leadership positions in government, the private sector and not-for-profit organisations, including CEO of Create NSW and Group Director of the NSW Buildings and Places business in global design firm AECOM.
Annette is passionate about art, culture and architecture, and is deeply interested in activating heritage assets, leveraging them to tell stories that are important to our community identity and finding ways to enable adaptive reuse and public engagement.
She has led a number of transformational civic projects, including the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, Hamer Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne, The Gunnery, Theatre Royal, Connecticut Science Center and the Melbourne Park Tennis Centre.