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A highly-skilled and respected scientist with over 15 years’ experience in the field of forensics, Marie joined AlphaBiolabs in 2022 and oversees the company’s growing toxicology team.

As Head of Toxicology, Marie’s day-to-day responsibilities include maintaining the highest quality testing standards for toxicology and further enhancing AlphaBiolabs’ drug and alcohol testing services for the legal sector, members of the public, and the workplace sector. 

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Belinda Fehlberg is a professor of law in the Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, specialising in family law. She has a particular interest in how 'law in books' is understood, applied and experienced by professionals and families. Belinda has conducted empirical research over the past 20 years on a wide range of family law issues including spousal guarantees, pre-nuptial agreements, overlapping powers of the state children's courts and family law courts, children's contact services, and links between post-separation parenting and financial arrangements. She is the lead author of Australian Family Law: The Contemporary Context (Oxford University Press, 2015).
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