Justice represents the balancing of scales. The payment of dues. The ‘right’ outcome. The serving of justice as we enjoy it in films and literature. Social change, progress. Justice is, in principle and by definition, about fairness, balance, equity.
Justice, sword aloft, scales in hand, is a powerful archetypal figure representing a social and personal ideal. Without justice, there cannot be peace. Regardless of the injustice around us, this card asks us to get clear about our own ideas of justice, and how we can embody these principles in our lives.
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Christine Nixon belongs to the postwar generation of women who were not content to be passed over in favour of men when they entered the workforce, and who refused to accept the notion of a glass ceiling. Nixon rose to the top in two of the most masculine organisations in Australia, the New South Wales and Victorian police forces.
The daughter of Ross Nixon, an assistant commissioner with the New South Wales Police Force, Christine Nixon began her policing career as a trainee with the same police force in 1972. She has worked in the School Lecturing Section of the Criminal Investigation Branch, the Darlinghurst Police Station, the Commissioner’s Policy Unit, the Police and Planning Branch and the Police Academy. Christine studied at Harvard University and undertook a secondment with the London Metropolitan Police. She has a Diploma in Labour Relations and Law, a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy and Politics) and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard.
She was appointed Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police in April 2001 by the Bracks Labor governmentIn March 2001, taking over from over from Neil Comrie. At the time the New South Wales Police Commissioner, Peter Ryan, said, “This is a compliment to Commander Nixon’s skills and abilities…she has been an exceptional leader of the South Eastern Region since May 1999, and has had broad experience of policing. She has achieved a great deal in the areas of her additional responsibilities, including community safety, targeting the aged, Neighbourhood Watch and Safety House”.
Christine has also been a mentor and supporter of young policewomen. She is the inaugural President of the Australasian Council of Women and Policing. Her biography, Fair Cop, candidly shares the public and private stories of Christine Nixon—woman, spouse, citizen, constable—on a journey that encounters tragedy, corruption, ambition and humility.
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