About me

Maryanne McKay - Canberra editor

Maryanne McKay
Accredited editor

Based in Canberra, I provide professional editing and proofreading services locally and nationally, achieving highly polished documents that communicate clearly and effectively.

I specialise in government and organisational reports, annual reports, academic journal articles, technical documents and resource manuals.

I have worked as a freelance editor for over 15 years, qualifying in 2011 as an accredited editor with the Institute of Professional Editors. Before this, I worked in policy and research roles in the government, community and university sectors.

Please contact me to discuss how I can help you with your project.

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Qualifications

– Accredited editor, Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd), since 2011
– Bachelor of Arts (Political Science, Development Studies), Australian National University
– Professional member, IPEd
– Full member, Canberra Society of Editors and Editors NSW
– Delegate, IPEd Editors Conferences: New Zealand (online) 2023, Hobart (online) 2021, Melbourne 2019, Brisbane 2017, Canberra 2015, Sydney 2011

Clients and projects, 2009–2024

Australian Government

– Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
– Attorney-General’s
– Australian Agency for International Development
– Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
– Communications and the Arts
– CSIRO
– Education
– Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
– Finance
– Foreign Affairs and Trade
– House of Representatives (Department of the)
– Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
– Murray–Darling Basin Authority
– National Archives of Australia
– National Water Commission
– Organ and Tissue Authority
– Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport

ACT Government

– ACT Human Rights Commission
– Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
– Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate

Australian National University

– Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
– Centre for European Studies
– College of Arts and Social Sciences
– Crawford School of Public Policy
– Medical School
– Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics
Research School of Humanities and the Arts
– Research School of Social Sciences

Cadman Editing Services

– World Health Organization reports 2010–2024 (e.g. malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, HIV, COVID-19)
– Clinical practice guidelines (blood, depression, diabetes)
– Resource manuals (Aboriginal health, community health, education)

Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia

Oxford Policy Management

Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia

Other publications

How to design projects to end violence against women and girls
Women’s experience of sexual violence under the Khmer Rouge: a report on the first women’s hearing in Cambodia
Active transport plan for the ACT
A work in progress: a history of the YWCA of Canberra 1929–2009

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