Sandra Kanck

Sandra Kanck

"Active over the years in campaigns about French nuclear testing, US bases in Australia, uranium mining and waste management. Sandra is also a patron of the Women's Studies Resource Centre, the South Australian Youth Foundation and the Australia East Timor Friendship Association. Sandra is a member of many community groups including Sustainable Population Australia, of which she is the former South Australian President, and the Australia-East Timor Friendship Association, of which she is a patron.

"Sandra led the first delegation to Vietnam in 1994 of the Australian Political Exchange Council. In 2003 she was part of a delegation to the Philippines of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development.

"The South Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society has awarded Sandra with life membership, and the South Australian Branch of the College of Midwives gave her the inaugural "Midwife Advocate of the Year" Award.

"Sandra is now Chair of the Select Committee into the Impact of Peak Oil in South Australia."