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Kate Colvin

Chief Executive Officer

Homelessness Australia

Anke Jansen

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Housing First Nederland

Shaya Nettle

Alliance Senior Manager

Toward Home Alliance (SA)

Mike Byrne

Regional Coordinator Northern Australia

NT Shelter

Lorraine Dupree

Executive Director

Queensland Youth Housing Coalition

Stephen Simpson

Chief Executive Officer

Homelessness QLD

Neil Willmett

Chief Executive Officer

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Queensland

Maria Leebeek

Chair; Chief Executive Officer

Gold Coast Homelessness Network (QLD); Gold Coast Youth Services

Jane Barnes

Chief of Staff

Wintringham

Ryan Ginard

Advocacy & Engagement

Minderoo Foundation

Samuel O’Connor MP

Minister for Housing and Public Works and Minister for Youth

QLD Government

Catherine Robinson

Associate Professor in Communities and Social Justice Lead

Homelessness ColLAB, University of Tasmania

Dom Rowe

Chief Executive Officer

Homelessness NSW

Michael Piu

Chief Executive Officer

St Patrick‘s Community Support Centre

Frances Crimmins

Chief Executive Officer

YWCA Canberra

Zachariah Matysek

Chief Executive Officer

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Association (NATSIHA)

Nikki Schroder

Head; Housing and Homelessness Reporting and Development Unit

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Olivia Shekleton

Executive Manager of Housing and Support Services

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