She was author of the South Australian Child Protection review known as "the Layton report" in 2003, and a member and then chair of the International Labour Organization's Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations from 1993 to 2008.
[1] Layton was appointed to the South Australian Industrial Court in 1978, before accepting a position as a Deputy President of the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 1985 until 1989.
[2] In 1993 she was appointed a member of International Labour Organization's Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, a position she held until 2008, including time as the first female chair.
[4] In 2003 Our best investment: a state plan to protect and advance the interests of children, known as the "Layton Report", was published [5] This work focussed particularly on inter-agency co-ordination; services to families and youth; young people under guardianship of the Minister; adolescents at risk, children and young people with disabilities and Aboriginal issues.
[3] Since 2010 Layton has continued to advocate for Indigenous, refugee and children's rights, working as the team leader for an Asian Development Bank in Kazakhstan (ahem.
The process included consultation with Anangu by visiting the APY Lands and convening 24 meetings, before presenting a report to the then Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation in April 2014.