Join us for a Policy Bites lunchtime seminar "Towards a national primary preventative framework" with Bernadette Black AM from Seed Futures.

Light lunch will be provided. Space is limited. Please register to secure your place.

About Bernadette Black AM

Bernadette Black AM is driven by a vision to see Australia lead the world in implementing strengths-based, primary preventative policies and funding solutions, enabling all families and future generations to thrive. From her beginnings as a 16-year-old mother to founding and leading Brave Foundation, Australia's only national organisation dedicated to supporting young parents, Bernadette's commitment to ending intergenerational disadvantage is unwavering. She served as the inaugural CEO of Brave Foundation and, in October 2024, was appointed Founder and CEO of SEED Futures.

Bernadette has brought together diverse stakeholders through initiatives like the Primary Preventative Round Table, which is exploring embedding a primary preventative framework in Australia, and development of the Incremental Reform Catalogue, an innovative tool for progressively transforming systems based on community and lived experience.

She is a Member of the Order of Australia, a Winston Churchill Fellow and was recognised as Australian Tasmanian of the Year. She holds an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard Kennedy School, a Graduate Diploma in Perioperative Nursing, a Bachelor of Nursing and a Diploma in Business, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Format

30 minute presentation followed by audience discussion.

Time and location

1:00 pm, Tuesday 27 May.

Seminar Room 203, RD Watt Building (A04), Science Road, The University of Sydney, NSW 2050.

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Accessibility

We are committed to ensuring our spaces are safe, accessible and enjoyable for all. The RD Watt building is fully accessible for people who use wheelchairs or other mobility aids and service animals are welcome. Enter via the rear door of the RD Watt Building, near the entrance to the Social Sciences Building at the University of Sydney. Our meeting and events space is equipped with PA and assistive listening systems.

If you have any other access requirements, please do let us know when you register.

About Policy Bites

The Sydney Policy Lab’s lunchtime seminars – Policy Bites – are a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their exploratory and applied policy work in its early stages. Each public seminar gathers the Lab community in our collaborative space to hear and discuss new research as we exchange ideas across disciplines.

Policy Bites are organised by Dr Kate Harrison Brennan (Director, Sydney Policy Lab), Dr Assel Mussagulova (Lecturer in Public Policy and Public Administration, School of Social and Political Sciences) and Associate Professor Meru Sheel (Sydney School of Public Health).