Classification Review Board
The Classification Review Board is made up of a Convenor, a Deputy Convenor and other Review Board members. The Convenor is responsible for managing the Review Board and its decision making processes.
The Classification Review Board meets when an application for review of a decision by the Classification Board has been lodged. It operates on a majority-based, decision-making process. After each review, the Review Board makes a fresh decision, which is reported on in Review decisions.
Members
Alice Yan
Convenor
Appointed: 6 December 2025
Appointment expires: 31 December 2027
Alice Yan is a dual qualified lawyer, admitted in both Australia, and England and Wales. She has worked across the world and advised on prominent policy frameworks–including in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, and New York. Alice is a respected senior executive leader in the public sector, with a track record in designing ambitious new legislative and governance frameworks to drive positive change.
Alice is also an ecologist and completed cutting-edge research at Columbia University as a Fulbright Scholar. While in the United States, she scripted and co-directed an acclaimed film on brown bears and Pacific salmon, which featured in a New York short film festival.
In her spare time, Alice enjoys poetry translation and rock-pool swimming.
Damien Power
Deputy Convenor
Appointed: 6 December 2025
Appointment expires: 31 December 2027
Damien Power has experience in classification, having previously been a member of the Classification Board. He has written interactive online games for the Australian Communications and Media Authority and the Office of the Children's eSafety Commissioner. He is also a film director and is actively involved in his local community through volunteering.
Bonnie Cooney
Appointed: 6 December 2025
Appointment expires: 31 December 2027
Bonnie Cooney is a senior legal and regulatory professional with experience spanning government, private practice and corporate environments. She has extensive experience leading regulatory investigations, litigation and dispute resolution in Australia and internationally including in the United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland, Russia and Cambodia. Ms Cooney is currently a Director at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) where she leads consumer protection investigations and enforcement actions.
Bonnie holds a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (hons), a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Film Studies from Flinders University and has further qualifications in investigations and mediation.
Brook Hely
Appointed: 6 December 2025
Appointment expires: 31 December 2027
Brook Hely is currently a part-time Member of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, a Sessional Member for the Mental Health Tribunal (VIC), an Arbitration Consultant at the Workplace Injury Commission (VIC), and Teaching Associate at the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University. He is a former Member of the Classification Review Board and has held several volunteer roles, including as a Member of the Council to Homeless Persons.
Wendy Jasper
Appointed: 6 December 2025
Appointment expires: 31 December 2027
Wendy Jasper lives in Melbourne, Victoria. She is a member of the City of Melbourne Disability Advisory Committee and has held multiple local government advisory roles, including grant assessment and economic development. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, a startup business coach with Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Activator and has created community programs to support small businesses, especially those from underrepresented groups. Her early career was in live-to-air media production.
Wendy has postgraduate education in both Applied Small Business Start-up and Cultural Leadership, with undergraduate qualifications in Media Production and Communications alongside Art and Creativity. She is currently undertaking a Graduate Certificate in Design for Health and Wellbeing at the University of Melbourne, focused on visual and aesthetic inclusion for neurodivergent adults. She has lived experience of disability and is a mother of three.
Matthew Salgo
Appointed: 6 December 2025
Appointment expires: 31 December 2027
Matthew Salgo is a lawyer who currently works as the General Counsel for the Australian children's entertainment group 'The Wiggles', where he also serves as company secretary. Prior to working at The Wiggles, Matthew practised as a solicitor at Baker McKenzie, where he predominantly worked in intellectual property, technology, communications and media law. He is a member of the Communications and Media Law Association's Young Lawyers Committee.
Matthew holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Science (Advanced) (Honours) from the University of Sydney.