Simon Chapman is a life member of the Australian Consumers ' Association and was its chairman 1999 – 2002 . He served on the board of The Cancer Council New South Wales for nine years until 2006 . He was a key member of the Coalition for Gun Control which won the 1996 Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 's Community Human Rights award for its advocacy for gun law reform after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996 . The Australian Skeptics Inc conferred on him the award of Australian Skeptic of the Year in 2013
Port Arthur massacre
Port Arthur massacre (Australia)
Simon Chapman (academic)