Conference Speaker List

Written on the 24 November 2021

As promised, here is a comprehensive list of the names and details of the speakers at Bouncing Back:

MC

• Kelly Gulliver - Catholic Care NT

Official Opening 

• The Hon Michelle Lensink MLC 

Welcome to Country 

• Jack Kanya Kudnuitya Buckskin - Kuma Kaaru Cultural Services

Keynote Speaker: Overcoming Adversity 

• Nathan Bolton - Bolton Brothers

Innovation in Hardship: Programs making a difference

• Samantha Forsyth - Centacare Catholic Country SA 
• Steven Moran - Uniting Communities
• Sophie Doyle - MumKind
• Callum Macpherson - Youngblood Media
• Alan Murray - UCare Gawler

Financial Counselling: A National Update 

• Peter Gartlan - Financial Counselling Australia

New Hope in a New Country 

• Rosalyn Williams - SAFCA Board Member (retired) 
• Bernadeth See - Red Cross
• Halia Rohany-Azizi - Australian Refugee Association 
• Tanya A Kaplan OAM - Services Australia 
• Kelly Hughes - Lutheran Care
• Robyn Smythe - Supporting Survivors of Torture and Trauma 

ANZ Financial Literacy Programs 

• Edward Tawill - ANZ Financial Literacy Programs 
• Marie Andrews - ANZ Financial Literacy Programs 

Election Agenda Update 

• Simon Gilbert-Kent - Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and SAFCA Board Member

The National Redress System: What are the implications? 

• Rob Boothroyd - knowmore

How a collective voice can make a big difference- The Telstra Story

• Toni Cork  - HK Training and Consultancy
• Don Wilson - Telstra 

Need help with your tax? 

• Dr Robert Whait  - UniSA Tax Help
• Juliet Sheppard - UCWB

A Dream Team of Lawyers 

• Tom Cobban - Berrill & Watson Lawyers
• Julia Bidstrop - Legal Services Commission
• Belinda Lambert - Uniting Communities Law Centre
• Simon Gilbert-Kent - Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and SAFCA Board Member

Uluru Statement from the Heart 

• Shona Reid  - Reconciliation SA 
• Sally Scales - APY Art Centre Collective and The Voice Project

Financial Capability Workers 

• Lynda Edwards - Financial Counselling Australia

Bouncing Back in  Regional Areas 

• Darren Keenan - Rural Business Support 

Calling all supervisees- how to get the most from your supervision 

• Peter Gartlan - Financial Counselling Australia 
• Carol Moore - Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors

Resilience and wellbeing: just how to we bounce back? 

• Gabrielle Kelly - Gabrielle Kelly Wellbeing and Resilience 

Breakout session 1 : Trauma informed practice 

• Clark Sim - Bolton Brothers 
• Lynda Edwards - Financial Counselling Australia 
• Nathan Bolton - Bolton Brothers
• Samantha Forsyth - Centacare Catholic Country SA 

Breakout session 2: The ABCs of LGBTQIA+

• Steven Moran - Uniting Communities 
• Zac Cannell - ShineSA 
• Rachel Friebel - Skylight

Breakout session 3: Cultural Understanding for Better Engagement, A focus on Aboriginal engagement 

• Craig Rigney - KWY