MC - Terry Laidler
Until recently, Terry Laidler was an Associate Professor of Communications at RMIT University's Centre for International Research on Communication and Information Technologies (CIRCIT).
Ordained in 1975, he worked as a Catholic Parish Priest and at same time he presented the Pater Award winning program, Tapestry, on FOX-FM. Terry completed an Arts Degree with Honours in psychology at Melbourne University in 1978 and a Law Degree in 1992.
He resigned from the Catholic priesthood in 1987, and worked as a policy advisor on health services to older people in the Victorian Health Department, before working as the presenter of the Late Night program on Radio 3UZ. He was with ABC Radio 3LO in Melbourne from 1991 to 2000. He then joined RMIT and since 2002 has worked as a psychologist and communications consultant.
He is currently Victorian President of YHA Australia, and the Friends of the ABC and a member of a range of organisations including the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, the Council of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare), the Advisory Board for VicRoads, and the Windana Society.