Hilary Penfold PSM, KC, Centenary Medal

The Honourable Hilary Penfold joined OPC in 1977 and was appointed as First Parliamentary Counsel in 1993. She was awarded a Public Service Medal in 2001 and was appointed a Commonwealth Queen’s Counsel in 2001. In 2004 she was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Parliamentary Services. In 2008 she was appointed as a judge of the ACT Supreme Court and retired from that position in 2018.