2022 Annual Symposium Advisory Committee Representatives

It was wonderful to have several of our advisory committee members at our Annual Symposium, 17 November 2022.

Their insights and support of the Right care, first time, where you live program in their role as committee members, has been invaluable.  In this photo, from left to right, is Emeritus Professor Geoff Gallop, Professor Jakelin Troy and Sam Hockey.

Emeritus Professor Geoff Gallop AC is a former Premier of Western Australia.  After retiring from politics he was appointed Professor and Director of the Graduate School of Government, The University of Sydney, a position he still holds. He is a Member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy based in Geneva, becoming the first Australian to become a commissioner on this influential international body advocating for drug law reform.

Professor Jakelin Troy is a Ngarigu woman from the Snowy Mountains in south eastern Australia.  She is the Director of Indigenous Research, Research Portfolio, University of Sydney and a linguistics Professor.

Her research is focussed on documenting, describing and reviving Indigenous languages.  She is passionate about the use of Indigenous research methodologies and community engaged research practises.

Samuel Hockey is a Lived Experience Researcher at the Brain and Mind Centre. He served as a National Mental Health Commissioner from 2017 to 2019 where he travelled nationally to converse and better understand the needs of people within rural and remote communities when it comes to the mental healthcare system and experience.

Samuel hosts a mental health podcast ‘The Informed’  aiming to improve our community’s understanding of mental health experiences and topics in the guise of social education theory and casual conversation. He has over 10 years in the mental health and suicide prevention advocacy.