Lin Hatfield Dodds

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Lin Hatfield Dodds (born Linda Hatfield) is an Australian social activist.

[edit] Work

Hatfield Dodds is:

• National Director of UnitingCare Australia, the peak body for social care by the Uniting Church in Australia
• President of the Australian Council of Social Service (from 2006)

[edit] Social

• She is an active Christian, attending Kippax Uniting Church.
• On her marriage to economist Dr Stephen Dodds they adopted the family name Hatfield Dodds.
• The family lived in Canada for several years before returning to live in Canberra, the national capital of Australia.
• At the 2006 triennial national Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia she was proposed as a candidate to be President Elect for the succeeding term.
• She has been a life-long friend of leading Australian journalist Karen Middleton.