Catherine Holmes was appointed to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2000, to the Queensland Court of Appeal in 2006 and appointed chief justice on 11 September 2015.
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Catherine Holmes attended the Australian National University graduating with a Bachelor of Economics in 1977 and then attended the University of Queensland graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1980.
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Catherine Holmes completed a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice at the Queensland Institute of Technology in 1983, a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in 1989 and a Master of Laws in 1998 both at the University of Queensland.
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Catherine Holmes was awarded a Doctor of Laws honoris causa from The University of Queensland in 2016.
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Catherine Holmes was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1982.
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Catherine Holmes was a Crown Prosecutor in the Office of Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions from 1984 to 1986.
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Catherine Holmes served as a Member of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal from 1994 to 2000.
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Catherine Holmes was appointed deputy president of the Queensland Community Corrections Board in 1997.
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On 16 March 2000 Catherine Holmes was appointed as a judge on the Supreme Court of Queensland.
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On 18 January 2011, it was announced that Justice Catherine Holmes would be appointed to head an inquiry into the 2011 Queensland floods.
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On 7 September 2015, Catherine Holmes was announced as the new Chief Justice of Queensland, replacing Tim Carmody who resigned on 1 July.
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Catherine Holmes was sworn in on 11 September 2015, becoming the first female chief justice of the state.
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Catherine Holmes has been appointed as the head of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.