Billabongs not Silos Keynote: Commissioner Hunter

La Trobe Rural Health School, The School of Education and the Indigenous Strategy and Education unit present:

“Billabongs not Silos” – Education and Wellbeing Keynote Event

Thursday, 29th of October 2026 at 5pm

Hosted at Larnangurrak, the Dja Dja Wurrung Corporate and Community Centre

Located at 43 Hattam Street, Golden Square,

🎤 Keynote Address:

Commissioner Sue-Anne Hunter is a respected Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman and nationally recognised leader in child and family services. She is Australia's inaugural National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, following her role as Deputy Chair and Commissioner of the Yoorrook Justice Commission, Australia's first formal First Peoples truth-telling inquiry. A qualified social worker, Commissioner Hunter has more than two decades of experience responding to developmental, intergenerational and community trauma, and is widely recognised for advancing rights-based, culturally safe approaches that support healing and self-determination.

Commissioner Hunter will share her experiences championing the rights and wellbeing of First Nations children and young people, and the importance of truth-telling, healing and community-led solutions in creating lasting systemic change.

🕔 Event Schedule

• 5.00pm – Guest arrival / Smoking

• 5.10pm – Guests enter

• 5.15pm – Welcome and Introductions

• 5.30pm – Keynote Address: Commissioner Hunter

• 6.15pm – Q&A

• 6.30pm – Networking and catered refreshments

• 7.00pm – Event concludes

📍 Location: Keynote Address: Wartakangu (conference room) at Larnangurrak (our place), DJARRA - 43 Hattam Street, Golden Square.