Alternative First Responders Symposium 2025
Event description
Join us for a gathering of local and international change-makers redefining the first response beyond police. This online national symposium will showcase real-world models and bold policy solutions – exploring not only what is possible but what is already working on the ground. Join us as we examine how to build and strengthen alternative first responses and be part of the urgent call to have diversity, community and care in the first response.
This event is sponsored by:
Robinson Gill Lawyers
Supported by:
UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion
Please note 1 ticket grants access for 1 person - Fully subsidised tickets available for No Income, Concession or Students. Please email afr@justice.org.au to organise your free ticket.
Symposium Program 2025:
9.30am | Acknowledgement of Country & Welcome to AFR Symposium |
10.00am | |
11.15am | Break |
11.30am | |
12.45am | Live Interactive Audience Poll |
1.00pm | Curated Poetry & Spoken Word Artists to be announced |
1.15pm | Lunch break |
2.00pm - 3.00pm | Breakout sessions | 2 concurrent sessions Session 1: Responding with care and choice: reshaping mental health call outs
Session 2: Shake the system: using the law to bring change and accountability to policing
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3.15pm | Breakout sessions | 3 concurrent sessions Session 1: Breaking systems that drive silence: insights from the domestic, family & sexual violence frontline
Session 2: Systems change: standing up for young people & delivering on alternatives
Session 3: Community expertise from localised frontlines challenging police models
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4.15pm | Break |
4.30pm | Competition winners announcement |
4.45pm | Reflection, acknowledgments and thank you |
5.00pm | End of Conference |
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