The Australian Defence Force Cadet (ADFC) Review Team

The independent panel selected to review the ADFC Scheme comprises three members. Lieutenant General Frank Hickling AO, CSC (Retd) will Chair the panel and he will be assisted by Colonel Lesley Woodroffe and Mr Terrence Winner.

Lieutenant General Hickling retired as Chief of Army in 2000. He had a distinguished career of 40 years in the Army, which included postings as Land Commander, Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy and regimental postings with the Royal Australian Corps of Engineers.

Colonel Woodroffe enlisted in the Australian Regular Army in 1978 undertaking officer training at the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) School at Mosman, Sydney, on graduation being the recipient of the leadership prize. During her career in the Army, Lesley was a member of the Corps of Transport and undertook regimental postings in Albury and Brisbane. Lesley retired from the Army in 1990 and transferred to the Army Reserve.  While undertaking service with the Army Reserve since 1990, Lesley has had several postings including command of the Australian Army Cadets-Southern Queensland.

Mr Winner is currently the Executive Officer of the Eastern Goldfields YMCA in Kalgoorlie. In 2007 Mr Winner was working as the Manager of Youth Programs at Eastern Goldfields YMCA. He identifies "the establishment of a strong social, cultural and personal identity" as the most important issue for the Australian Government in relation to youth.