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Hear from 50+ leaders from government, service providers and community organisations

Nikki Files
Victorian and Tasmanian Manager
GROW Australia
Suzy Canadi
Manager
Partnerships and Engagement,
Kelly Bolis
Victorian Co-ordinator
Thirrili - Indigenous Suicide Postvention Service
Associate Professor Sophie Adams
Chief Psychiatrist of Victoria
Victorian Department of Health
Kelvin Duiker
Clinic Manager
St George Community Wellbeing Centre
Goondir Aboriginal Health Services
Alison Asche
Regional Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Senior Lead
Eastern Melbourne PHN
David Edwards
David Edwards
Director
WellMob, University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney
Ivan Frkovic
Queensland Mental Health Commissioner
Queensland Government
Aunty Sheryl Batchelor
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Yiliyapinya Indigenous Corporation
Jacob Leo Skilling
Chief Executive Officer
The Broken Movement Trust NZ
Jeremy Nikora
Founder
Kaiarahi Cultural Collective
Dr Anthony Cidoni
Chief Psychiatrist
Office of the Chief Psychiatrist ACT
Kerry Russell
Director
Beyond the Pale Indigenous Organisation
Dr Nathan Gibson
Chief Psychiatrist
Office of the Chief Psychiatrist WA
Wendy Hoey
Chief Executive
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
Taimi Allan
Mental Health Commissioner
Mental Health Commissioner for South Australia
Professor Dinesh Arya
Deputy Secretary
Tasmania’s Chief Medical Officer and Chief Psychiatrist
Department of Health
Kim Brooklyn
Chief Executive Officer
Parkerville Children and Youth Care
Eleanor Booth
Managing Director and Founder
For-Purpose Evaluations
Suzanne Dick
Chief Executive Officer
Prevention United
Sarah Decrea
Sarah Decrea
Executive Manager Children’s Services
Relationships Australia South Australia
Luke Wilson
Director
Paylos
Jamie Crosby
Chief Executive Officer
Families Australia
Tim Spall
Director
Beyond the Pale Indigenous Organisation
Allison Wainwright
Chief Executive Officer
Family Life
Lynette Anderson
Instructor Delivery and Quality Manager – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander MHFA Programs
Mental Health First Aid International
Andrea Kelly
Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner
Department of Health and Aged Care
Rose Lougheed
General Manager Primary Care
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
Dean McWhinney
Dean McWhinney
Aboriginal Health Programs
The Dandenong and District Aborigines Co-operative Ltd (DDACL)
Sarah Williams
Sarah Williams
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
What Were You Wearing
Nyachan Nyak
Nyachan Nyak
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Nas Recovery Centre (NRC)
Melissa Neal
Director, Wellbeing & Priority Populations
COORDINARE
Dr Jenifer Hamer
Executive Manager – Education, Youth, and Disability Services
Relationships Australia South Australia
The Hon Ged Kearney MP
The Hon Ged Kearney MP
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health
Australian Federal Government (virtual pre-record)
Nathan Deaves
Nathan Deaves
Social and Emotional Wellbeing and Partnerships Manager
SANE
Julie Hogarth-Williams
Julie Hogarth-Williams
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
The SeniorsChannel
Rachael Wass
CHIEF Executive Officer
Meaningful Aging Australia
John Davis
Member of Council of Elders
Australian Department of Health and Aged Care
Jenny Ockwell
Chief Executive Officer
The Dandenong and District Aborigines Co-operative Ltd (DDACL)
Laura Crozier
Crew Champion
Youth Live4Life
Bernard Galbally
Chief Executive Officer
Youth Live4Life
Jayden Delbridge
Founder
UrVoice Australia
Mark Bekerman
Regional mental health and suicide prevention coordinator
Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network
Ally Kelly
Chief Executive Officer
Mind Blank
Clinton Bennell
Strategy, Policy and Partnership Lead
First Nations Healing
Renna Gayde
Manager Cultural and Community Engagement
oundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health (FISH)
Chris Mason
Counsellor, case worker and cultural program
The Glen Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre
Sharnie Roberts
Workforce training and development
WellMob website, University of Sydney (EMHPrac)
Amber Clare
Creative Team
Mind Blank

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