Media notes - Meritorious

PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (PSM)
Ms Lynette Kaye (Lynne) BROWN, Coldstream Vic 3770
For outstanding public service in public health leadership and work on tuberculosis
prevention.
Ms Brown's distinguished public service career spanned over 20 years, with more than a
decade as Manager of the Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program which she held until her recent
retirement. Her many successes include gaining funding for key 'second line' drugs for
TB patients; support for Medicare ineligibles to be treated for TB; management of the public
health nursing response team at Tullamarine Airport to minimise the risks of the 2009
influenza pandemic; and facilitation of research of the disease Myerobacterium Ulcerans
following its emergence in new areas of Victoria. As Manager of the TB Control Program,
Ms Brown was responsible for providing high level strategic direction, policy advice and public
health leadership for the Department of Health's TB prevention and control activities in
Victoria. She was responsible for delivering critical clinical services in case management,
surveillance and collection data on all notified cases of TB. She represented the Department
on the National TB Advisory Committee.
Mr Gregory Bruce (Greg) BYRNE, Canterbury Vic 3126
For outstanding public service to the community in the area of criminal law.
Mr Byrne has played a significant leadership role in a vast array of law reform processes and
advising government departments, statutory agencies and the wider community. His work has
brought simplicity and clarity to some of the most complex areas of criminal law in Victoria,
improving the operation of the State's criminal justice system in a variety of ways, and making
it more efficient and responsive to the needs of victims and the community more generally.
This has included criminal procedure laws, jury directions, homicide laws and sexual
offences. Mr Byrne's approach to leadership and policy development has created successful
system-wide reforms with better outcomes for those who work in and have contact with the
justice system. He was the Victorian representative on the Model Criminal Code Officers
Committee, established to consider the development of a national model criminal code for
Australian jurisdictions. His distinguished service and consistent high performance have
cemented his reputation as a criminal law and legal policy reform expert amongst the
Victorian judicial and broader justice community.
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