National Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy Report

The National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy Report

Appendix A: Membership of Expert Advisory Group and Steering Committee

Children's Strategy Expert Advisory Group
Name	Position	Organisation
Christel Middeldorp (co-Chair)	Conjoint Professor of Child and Youth Psychiatry	Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, and the Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
Frank Oberklaid (co-Chair)	Director	Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
Christine Morgan	CEO	National Mental Health Commission
Helen Milroy	Commissioner	National Mental Health Commission
Nicole Rogerson	Parent representative	CEO and Director, Autism Awareness Australia
Jim Watterston	Dean	Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Vanessa Cobham	Associate Professor	School of Psychology, University of Queensland
Warren Cann	CEO	Parenting Research Centre
Louise Wightman	President	Maternal Child and Family Health Nurses Australia
James Best	General Practitioner

Children’s Strategy Steering Committee members
Name	Position	Organisation
Ngiare Brown	Commissioner	National Mental Health Commission
Mathew Coleman	Psychiatrist, Rural Clinical School of Western Australia/Commissioner	University of Western Australia/ National Mental Health Commission
Samantha Page	CEO	Early Childhood Australia
Anne Hollonds	Director	Australian Institute of Family Studies
Mohammed Usman	Clinical Director, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services	South Australia Health
Louise Salmon	Parent representative
Malcolm Elliott	President	Australian Primary Principals Association
Erica Frydenberg	Educational, Clinical and Organisational Psychologist	University of Melbourne
Jon Ord	A/g Executive Branch Manager, Mental Health Policy	ACT Health Directorate
Jennifer McGrath	Acting Mental Health Commissioner	Western Australian Mental Health Commission
Sandra Eyre	Senior Director, Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch	Queensland Health
Matthew Hercus	Director, Mental Health	Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
Jeremy Harbottle	General Manager, Mental Health Alcohol and Drug Directorate	Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services
Julie Dixon	Acting Director, Mental Health – Children and Young People	NSW Ministry of Health
Colleen Gwynne	Child Commissioner	Office of the Children’s Commissioner Northern Territory
Chris Bedford	Assistant Secretary, Mental Health Services and Evidence Branch	Australian Government Department of Health
Lisa Foreman	Group Manager, Families	Australian Government Department of Social Services
Tim Crozier	Branch Manager, Children’s Policy	Australian Government Department of Social Services
Jessica Mohr/ Genevieve Watson	Assistant Secretary, Wellbeing & Engagement Branch	Australian Government Department of Education
Megan Mitchell	Former National Children’s Commissioner	Australian Human Rights Commission

Children's Strategy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group
Name	Position	Organisation
Helen Milroy	Commissioner	National Mental Health Commission
Ngiare Brown	Commissioner	National Mental Health Commission
Marshall Watson	Forensic Child Psychiatrist
Muriel Bamblett	CEO	VACCA (Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency)
Richard Weston	CEO	SNAICC (Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care)
Mark Wenitong	Public Health Medical Advisor	Apunipima Cape York Health Council
James Fraser	Senior Advisor, Aboriginal Policy, Koori Advisory and Engagement	Representing the Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People

Last updated:

26 September 2023

Acknowledgement of Country

The Commission acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands throughout Australia.
We pay our respects to their clans, and to the elders, past and present, and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, sea and community.

Diversity

The Commission is committed to embracing diversity and eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of health services. The Commission welcomes all people irrespective of ethnicity, lifestyle choice, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Lived Experience

We acknowledge the individual and collective contributions of those with a lived and living experience of mental ill-health and suicide, and those who love, have loved and care for them. Each person’s journey is unique and a valued contribution to Australia’s commitment to mental health suicide prevention systems reform.