Anthony Cowley

Anthony Cowley: PhD candidate, Charles Darwin University. Centre for Indigenous Futures, Arts and Society, and the Northern Institute. 

Supervisors: Professor Ruth Wallace, Doctor Michaela Spencer,  Professor  Helen Verran

Anthony has over 20 years of experience in the Australian Public Service spanning several portfolios including Industry, Education, Health, Social Services and the Australian Public Service Commission. Seventeen of these years have been dedicated to working in Indigenous Australian policy and program delivery areas. Anthony's study is focused on how the values and priorities of individual public servants can influence outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through decisions-making and extent to which co-design is used to develop and deliver government funded social and wellbeing services.