Service Awards Judges

TheMHS Conference 2019: TheMHS Awards Presentation Ceremony
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Wednesday August 28, 2019

We were honoured to welcome to TheMHS Awards Presentation Ceremony:

The Hon. Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO
2019 TheMHS Awards Ambassador
and
The Hon. Greg Hunt, MP
Federal Minister for Health

2019 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2019 Awards Booklet

Jenny Cardno

I am a professional person who has dedicated 40 years to my career as both a registered nurse and educator. I am a person with high ethical beliefs, who is known to always give more than asked and takes a pride in knowing that I have done my job to the highest possible standard for all concerned. Although I work conscientiously in a self managed role, I am also a Team Player who develops good relationships with people.

I found my niche many years ago when I was able to find employment that combined both my formal training and the enjoyment I find working in the training and education sector. I am a loyal, energetic and giving person who will intend to add value to any organisation be it in my professional role or community work. I have been involved over the past 11 years in the TheMHs organisation as an achievement award assessor and as an active member on the conference organisation committee.

Current Position
Mental Health Intellectual Disability Services, Capital & Coast DHB, New Zealand.

Judi Clements

Judi is an experienced chief executive in the NGO sector with a background in law, social policy, housing, local government and management practice. After a successful career in local government service management, policy and practice development Judi moved into the NGO sector. From 1991-2001, Judi was Chief Executive of Mind, the National Association for Mental Health, the UK’s leading mental health charity.

Judi led Mind through key developments, including promoting social inclusion through the multifaceted campaign, ‘Respect’. She led the approach to quality and monitoring capacity building for 212 local Mind providers in 2 countries and increased generated income through fundraising and strengthening the retail chain “Mindsmatter”.

Judi sat on several government advisory groups covering mental health, social policy and NGO development and, in 1999, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for services to mental health and local government. After working independently in the public and not for profit sector and as a Board member for a range of tertiary institutions and national agencies including NGOs, Judi relocated to New Zealand in 2005, to be Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation.
From 2005 to 2010 Judi chaired the Mental Health Advocacy Coalition on a multidisciplinary policy and advocacy group. Judi has a passion for the development of organisations to strengthen purpose, improve service delivery, and promote social justice and the elimination of all forms of unfair discrimination.

Current Position
Chief Executive,  Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand

Ann Dadich

MAPS, NSW JP
Ann is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Business at the University of Western Sydney; she is also a registered psychologist, a full member of the Australian Psychological Society, and a NSW Justice of the Peace. Her scholarly passion lies in the management of organisations that contribute community wellbeing – these include health services, mental health services, youth services, and non-government organisations, among others. A particular focus of her research is knowledge translation – that is, the translation of evidence-based practices into quality consumer care.

Following her undergraduate training, Ann entered the government and third sectors to work with different populations within the community. These include children and young people, people with mental health and/or substance use issues, family members and carers, as well as prisoners. These experiences continue to inform her approach to conducting research that is both empirical and respectful.

Since entering academe, Ann has accumulated considerable research experience in the discipline of management. This is demonstrated by her publishing record, which includes over 100 refereed publications; the research grants she has received to date; and the awards she has been presented with, in recognition of research quality. In addition to her research, Ann supervises doctoral candidates and teaches undergraduate units.

Current Position
Senior Lecturer, School of Business, University of Western Sydney

Barbara Disley

Barbara Disley, Group Chief Executive.  Barbara has extensive leadership and management experience leading large teams within the education and health sectors. She has held a number of senior public positions including Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation. From 1996-2002, she was the inaugural chair of the Mental Health Commission and from 2002 to 2007 Barbara was Deputy Secretary Ministry of Education where she had responsibility for the integration of the special education service into the Ministry and for the overall leadership, funding and provision of special education services for children and young people. Prior to joining Richmond, she worked as a Principal Consultant for Cognition Education Ltd leading their research and evaluation team. Barbara has a doctorate in education and in 2011 was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.  She was appointed Group CE of Emerge Aotearoa in December 2014, following the merger of Richmond Services Ltd and Recovery Solutions.

Lynne Dunbar

Lynne has a love of working with people and has a strong belief in partnership and consumer-centred ways of working. She is a registered Psychologist and Occupational Therapist, currently working with Alzheimer’s Australia NSW as a counsellor and group worker.

Lynne worked in Mental Health services from 1979 to 1995 gaining diverse experience in various roles in a range of mental health settings in Sydney, namely, the admission wards of a large psychiatric institution, a psychiatry ward attached to a general hospital and an innovative community based comprehensive mental health service.
In this last position she was inspired by and fortunate to have several creative leadership roles including to establish and manage an assertive followup team and a foundling adloescent team, team leader of accommodation team including establishing and running 5 group homes and an Adult Foster Scheme.

Exciting additional projects during this time included:
• Coordination of a Strategic Planning Project for Blacktown Mental Health Services which had many features in common with Clinical Redesign methodology
• Multiple Family Education Programs
• Family Therapy Team
• Brief Psychoeducational Family Intervention Research Project
• Board member Embark Enterprise Inc. (work projects)
• Board of Alice’s Cottages Inc. (community residential program for women who had suffered a mental illness and their children)
• Charmain Clift Cottages -establishment committee.

Going back even before this Lynne worked for 5 years in physical rehabilitation and then teaching within Occupational Therapy (Sydney University) and Mental Health (Institute of Psychiatry casual). She was also a volunteer Lifeline counsellor and trainer for several years.

Ellie Fossey

Professor and Head of Occupational Therapy Department at Monash University.
Professor Ellie Fossey is a registered Occupational Therapist whose academic and professional career spans undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, curriculum development and research in occupational therapy and in mental health at universities in England and Australia, and professional practice principally in community mental health settings.

Other positions:
Adjunct Professor, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
Honorary Research Fellow, Psychosocial Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne

Research Interests:
Ellie’s previous research has predominantly focused on participation and disability, experiences of everyday living with mental health issues, and the ways in which people’s occupations may be impacted by ongoing health conditions. Recent projects focus on tertiary education experiences and support of students with disabilities, employment barriers and workplace supports for employees experiencing mental health issues, and recovery-oriented practice in mental health services; and involve interdisciplinary and interagency research collaborations. Her research interests include:
• Qualitative, collaborative and participatory approaches to research
• Improving vocational options of people experiencing mental health issues
• Participation of students with disabilities and ongoing health conditions in postsecondary education
• Consumer involvement in mental health services and research
• Person-centred and occupation-focused approaches in mental health care

Roger Gurr

Trained in Psychiatry in Sydney, London and Oxford Universities. Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Fellow of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. Appointed in 2008 as Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney. In 1980 commenced building Australia’s first community based integrated mental health service in the Blacktown area, receiving recognition as one of the benchmark services in the National Mental Health Strategy process. In 2000 became Medical Director for mental health services at Liverpool Hospital and Community Services.
In 2005 he was appointed Area Director of Mental Health for Sydney West Area Health Service (covering 1.15 million population, budget $158 million). In 2012 he returned to clinical work in the City of Blacktown with interests in youth mental health, a short stay unit and teaching. Academic interests include health system design and economics, models of care and their delivery, and the funding methodologies required to achieve best practice, team work and equity of access. Previously President and National Secretary of Amnesty International Australia and currently Chair, the NSW Service for the Treatment And Rehabilitation for Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS).

Julia Hennessy

Executive Dean for Wellington Institute of Technology, based in Wellington. I have now been with this organisation for the past six years. In this role I provide academic leadership for a diverse range of educational programmes. Previous to this I was the manager for mental health and addictions services for Hutt Valley DHB, having come from the position of Senior Advisor (nursing) with the Ministry Of Health. I was employed for three years with the Central Regional Health Authority where I had the responsibility of developing and contracting for new mental health and addictions services.

I have also worked in community and inpatient mental health services. I was one of the people instrumental in establishing the New Zealand Branch of the Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses. I was a Ministerial appointment on the New Zealand Nursing Council.

Current Position
Executive Dean, Wellington Institute of Technology

Douglas Holmes

Douglas is a full time resource with St Vincent’s Hospital, Inner City Health Program as the Consumer Participation Officer.

Douglas is also a member of TAMHSS Secretariat, Honorary Secretary of The ARC Group NSW and a member of the NSW Clinical Advisory Council for NSW Health and TheMHS Emeritus Standing and TheMHS Consumer Forum Advisor.

Robyn Humphries

Robyn Humphries holds a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Business Leadership and has worked in public mental health services for over 30 years, initially as a social worker and for 15 years as Manager of the Northern Area Mental Health Service in Melbourne. Robyn’s current position is Manager System Transformation, Mental Health, Department of Health & Human Services Victoria. She has responsibility for strategic planning, policy development and service system innovation and quality.

Current Position
Manager System Transformation, Mental Health, Department of Health & Human Services Victoria.  

Peter McGeorge

Dr Peter McGeorge took on the role of Chair Commissioner in January 2008. He is a child, adolescent and general psychiatrist who has extensive experience in the development and delivery of mental health services in New Zealand and Australia. During the past 20 years he has been involved in national policy development, reviews of mental health services, and the establishment of systems of integrated community and hospital-based mental health care. He has previously held positions as Director of Mental Health Services in Auckland and Wellington, and has worked extensively as a consultant to various health boards, government departments and non-government organisations. He currently combines his work at the Mental Health Commission with his role as the Director of Mental Health Services at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.

Dr McGeorge is a co-patron of the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, and he has been a board member and advisor to a number of other organisations, including the Youth Horizons Trust (NZ) for young people with Severe Conduct Disorders. He is a Life Member of the World Federation for Mental Health, and in 2004 he was made a Companion of the Queens Service Order for contributions to public service in New Zealand.

Current Position
Director Inner City Health Program “Faces in the Street” Urban Mental Health & Well-being Research Institute O’Brien Centre for Urban Health St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW

Julie Millard

Julie Millard works as a consultant in mental health providing capacity building, policy development, strategic planning and supports the development and implementation of community projects. Julie is a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse, an Official Visitor for the Ministry of Health, a Director of Sydney Health Community Network, sitting on a number of community advisory panels. Julie is also an educator who creates and delivers workshops for people with lived experience, carers and families, community groups, and community managed organisations, and government departments.

Project work as a Consultant has included the PRA Back On Track Health (BOTH) Project looking at the physical health needs of people living with a mental illness. This project was a winner of the NSW Mental Health Matters Award in 2010. Other project work has included, for example: ACON Peace of Mind Project; Mental Health Education Project for Carers NSW; the ROSSAT Consultancy and Data Management Strategy Phase 1 Project for Mental Health Coordinating Council; and the Mental Health NGO National Minimum Data Set with the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare for Community Mental Health Australia.

Current Position
Consultant, Community Development & Education in Mental Health, Erskineville NSW

Noel Muller

Noel Muller is the President of Queensland Voice for Mental Health – the Statewide, body for consumers and carers that provides the both the Queensland government and the mental health Sector with policy advice regarding health and the social impacts of initiatives from a consumer and carer perspective.

Noel has been an active executive member of a large number of consumer groups and the NGO, health and community sector for over fourteen years, and has represented consumer rights/issues in numerous areas including housing, disability, respite, older person, suicide prevention, and forensic mental health. Noel is a community member of a number of Health Professional bodies both in Queensland and nationally. He is the Queensland consumer representatives on the National Mental Health Consumer Carer Forum and is a member of their Executive.

Noel’s underlying ‘ethos’ is driven by citizen rights and social justice, especially where the ‘state’ see fit to limit access for some in our community. Noel is also the loving father of two beautiful adult daughters.

Liz Newton

Qualifications : PhD University of Sydney [Medicine], BA Hons, Macquarie University [Anthropology and Sociology], Registered Nurse.

Dr Liz Newton has worked primarily in health, and more specifically mental health and drug and alcohol services including youth and rehabilitation settings, clinical, teaching, research and management roles for over 30 years.

She has worked in a variety of settings, including in-patient and community health, in urban, rural and remote areas in the NSW and the Northern Territory, in both the private and public arena, as well as teaching at Universities.

Research has included investigation into indigenous suicide inside and outside of custodial settings, vocational training opportunities for people with disabilities, and a doctoral thesis on the ethnography of deinstitutionalisation for people with a mental illness.

She recently retired from her role as Manager Quality, Training and Research for Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, Mental Health D&A, a role which required assisting researchers in a variety of methodologies. She was been Chairperson for NSCCH Human Research Ethics Committee for the past eight years, and remains a member for ethical reviews.

As well, Liz has published in peer reviewed journals and acts as a reviewer for journals and grant applications.

Fiona Orr

Fiona is a Registered Nurse nurse with clinical experience in hospital-based and community mental health services. She is currently a Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing and Director of International Activities in the Faculty of Health at the University of Technology Sydney. She has a Bachelor Health Science (Nursing), a Master of Letters, and her PhD study is examining a voice-hearing simulation to increase nursing students’ empathy for and self-efficacy to communicate with people who hear voices.

In 2013 she was awarded a University of Technology teaching award for innovation in mental health nursing education, and in 2015 she was awarded an Australian Universities Teaching award for transforming mental health nursing education through innovative simulations and collaborations with mental health consumers.

Warwick Smith

Warwick is a mental health service worker.

Current Position
Operations Manager Peel and Rockingham Kwinana Mental Health Service, Rockingham Peel Group Rockingham WA

Mark Smith

Mark Smith has a clinical and academic background. He qualified as a psychiatric nurse in the UK and became NZ’s first mental health nurse practitioner in 2002. He has a longstanding interest in ethics and philosophy in which he holds a PhD. He currently leads out the national outcome measurement work in Te Pou (national centre for evidence based practice) which is committed to developing an outcomes culture in NZ’s mental health and addiction services.

Michael Smith

I have been a mental health nurse for over 20 years in Sydney, London and Perth. I currently work in a team that support people living with HIV and a mental illness in Sydney. The work specialises in supporting both physical and mental health and the complex and challenging issues that present secondary to both conditions.

I have experience working in Corrections, acute, community, homeless, emergency department, consultation, and GP liaison mental health.

I am currently a co-convener for the Mental health Special Interest Group for the Public Health Association of Australia that involve advocacy for mental health in Australia.

Andrea Taylor

Ms Taylor is currently the Director of Mental Health Drug and Alcohol for Northern Sydney Local Health District and was formerly the Director of Mental Health Drug and Alcohol for Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service prior to the implementation of the National Reform Agenda. Ms Taylor is concurrently a Surveyor for the Australian Council of Health Care Standards. Ms Taylor has an extensive history in the delivery of mental health and drug and alcohol services both clinically, operationally and strategically. Ms Taylor has taught at the University of Sydney in Social Work, worked in drug and alcohol services both harm prevention and abstinence, non-government organisations including a Kings Cross Women’s Refuge, a range of aged care facilities including hospitals, hospices, nursing homes and managed private sector non-health services. Ms Taylor has led health service teams in winning NSW Health Awards, NSW Premiers Awards [for Services Working in Partnership in 2010 and again in 2012] and the NSW SiCorp/SunCorp/Treasury Managed Fund Award in 2013 for Risk Management Framework. Ms Taylor is a parent to two children.

Barbara Tooth

Barbara has many years experience as a general & midwifery nurse. With a PhD Clinical Psychology (1993), she has worked in numerous roles in a variety of clinical mental health settings since 1985. As a Lecturer at Wollongong University and Senior Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology, she developed, taught and coordinated Post Graduate Mental Health programs. Her research includes the study “Recovery from Schizophrenia: A consumer perspective,” funded by National MH Strategy and money received from Schizophrenia Fellowship Brisbane. It remains one of the largest qualitative research studies of this type in Australia and overseas. Her research has also been replicated Boulder Colorado & Madison Wisconsin. A Past Honorary Senior Fellow, Health and Behavioural Sciences at Wollongong University, she has been an external consultant for numerous mental health projects.

Janet Watterson

Janet grew up in Melbourne, but always enjoyed country life. She trained at Monash University graduating Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1987 with honours. Janet did post graduate training at Monash Medical Centre (Clayton), Alice Springs Hospital (paediatrics and obstetrics) and Tamworth Hospital (anaesthetics).

Janet has a visiting medical officer appointment at Pambula Hospital, for general admissions and emergency care. She has an advanced rural practice diploma in anaesthetics. Her other qualifications include Masters of Family Medicine, Diploma Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Obstetrics, Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Fellowship in Advanced Rural General Practice. For three years Janet served as chair of the local Division of General Practice – now called Southern NSW Medicare Local.

Ann White

Ann White began her career in the UK as a radiographer, and after doing voluntary work with a local Citizens Advice Bureau made a career move into advice and advocacy work with the Bureau.

Migrating to Western Australia arriving on New Year’s Eve 1988 her employment has been in executive positions in organisations in the health and / or ‘user rights’ fields. Working in advocacy for people in nursing homes, hostels or users of HACC services and then the Schizophrenia Fellowship of WA in 1996. In 2001 she became the Executive Officer for the WA Association for Mental Health, and ‘retired’ in early 2011. In 2010, Ann was the winner of the WA Good Outcomes Excellence Award.

However CHOGM caused a rethink on the ‘retirement’ idea and she coordinated the Commonwealth Peoples Forum held in Perth in October 2011. Another attempt at ‘retirement’ failed when she was lured back to assist with the co-ordination of the WA side of the TheMHS 2014 Conference.

She is a member of the Mental Health Tribunal, and a member of the AHPRA Professional Performance and Standards Panels.

In her spare time she is a Board member of a community mental health service, Patron of the Spirit of the Street (SOS) Choir, and was recently appointed to the WA Primary Health Alliance – Perth South PHN Community Engagement Committee.

TheMHS Conference 2018: TheMHS Awards Presentation Ceremony
Adelaide Convention Centre
Wednesday August 29, 2018

We were honoured to welcome to TheMHS Awards Presentation Ceremony:

The Hon. Julia Gillard AC
2018 TheMHS Awards Ambassador
and
Ms Nicolle Flint,
MP, Member for Boothby, representing
The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health
2018 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2018 Awards Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair & Manager)
Anne Allen (Administration)

Jenny Cardno
Joe Calleja
Carol Churchill
Ann Dadich
Frank Deane
Lynne Dunbar
Ellie Fossey
Irene Gallagher
Roger Gur
Lynda Hennessy
Douglas Holmes
Robyn Humphries
Kevin Kellehear
Sharon Lawn
Julie Millard
Suzy Morrison

Noel Muller
Liz Newton
Nicki Newton
Brendan O’Hanlon
Fiona Orr
Janet Peters
Sadie Robertson
Tully Rosen
Mark Smith
Mike Smith
Warwick Smith
Megan Still
Stephen Suttie
Keith Sutton
Andrea Taylor
Barbara Tooth
Ann White

The 2018 TheMHS Awards took place in Adelaide, South Australia as part of the 2019 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Ambassador: The Hon Julia Gillard AC
Awards Presenter: Ms Nicolle Flint, MP, Member for Boothby, representing The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health

TheMHS Conference 2017: TheMHS Awards Ceremony
Hilton Sydney
29 August – 1 September 2017

We were honoured to welcome:

The Hon Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO
2017 TheMHS Awards Ambassador
and
The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Federal Minister for Health
2017 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2017 Awards Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair and Manager)
Anne Allen  (Administration)

Kurt Andersson-Noorgard
Maxie Ashton
Jenny Cardno
Carol Churchill
Judi Clements
Ann Dadich
Frank Deane
Barbara Disley
Ellie Fossey
Julia Hennessy
Lynda Hennessy
Douglas Holmes
Robyn Humphries
Sharon Lawn
Peter McGeorge
Julie Millard

Suzy Morrison
Noel Muller
Liz Newton
Nicki Newton
Cassy Nunan
Fiona Orr
Janet Peters
Tully Rosen
Mark Smith
Mike Smith
Warwick Smith
Caro Swanson
Andrea Taylor
Barbara Tooth
Janet Watterson
Ann White

The 2017 TheMHS Awards were presented in Sydney, New South Wales as part of the 2017 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Ambassador: The Hon Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO
Awards Presenter: The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Federal Minister for Health

2016 TheMHS Conference: TheMHS Awards Ceremony
The Langham, Auckland
23-26 August 2016

We were honoured to welcome:

Kevin Allan
Mental Health 
Commissioner at the Office of Health and Disability
New Zealand
2016 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2016 Awards Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair and Manager)
Anne Allen (Administration)

Maxie Ashton
Jenny Cardno
Carol Churchill
Judi Clements
Ann Dadich
Frank Deane
Gaynor Ellis
John Farhall
Julia Hennessy
Lynda Hennessy
Douglas Holmes
Robyn Humphries
Kevin Kellehear
Sharon Lawn
Peter McGeorge
Julie Millard

Noel Muller
Liz Newton
Cassy Nunan
Janet Peters
Sandhya Ramrakha
Tully Rosen
Kristy Sanderson
Mark Smith
Warwick Smith
Vicki Stanton
Andrea Taylor
Barbara Tooth
Rob Warriner
Janet Watterson
Ann White
Barbara Wieland

The 2016 TheMHS Awards were presented at the 2016 TheMHS Conference in Auckland, New Zealand

Awards Presenter: Kevin Allan
Mental Health 
Commissioner at the Office of Health and Disability
New Zealand

2015 TheMHS Conference: TheMHS Awards Ceremony
National Convention Centre, Canberra
25 – 28 August 2015

We were honoured to welcome:

The Hon Dr Kay Patterson
National 
Mental Health Commissioner
2015 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2015 Awards Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair and Manager)
Anne Allen (Administration)

Maxie Ashton
Jenny Cardno
Carol Churchill
Judi Clements
Ann Dadich
Frank Deane
Gaynor Ellis
John Farhall
Julia Hennessy
Lynda Hennessy
Douglas Holmes
Robyn Humphries
Kevin Kellehear
Sharon Lawn
Peter McGeorge
Julie Millard

Noel Muller
Liz Newton
Cassy Nunan
Janet Peters
Sandhya Ramrakha
Tully Rosen
Kristy Sanderson
Mark Smith
Warwick Smith
Vicki Stanton
Andrea Taylor
Barbara Tooth
Rob Warriner
Janet Watterson
Ann White
Barbara Wieland

The 2015 TheMHS Awards were presented in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory as part of the 2015 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Presenter:
The Hon Dr Kay Patterson
National 
Mental Health Commissioner

2014 TheMHS Conference: TheMHS Awards Ceremony
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
27 – 29 August 2014

We were honoured to welcome:

Professor Fiona Stanley AC, FAA, FASSA,
Patron, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research,
Distinguished Research Professor, University of Western Australia
2014 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2014 Awards Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair and Co-ordinator)
Anne Allen (Administration)

Kurt Andersson-Noorguard
Maxie Ashton
Tom Brideson
Andy Campbell
Tracey Canon
Jenny Cardno
Ann Dadich
Frank Deane
John Farhall
Sabin Fernbacher
Ellie Fossey
Julia Hennessy
Lynda Hennessy
Douglas Holmes
Lee Hopkins
Robyn Humphries
Nick Kowalenko

Sharon Lawn
Winston Lo
Peter McGeorge
Julie Millard
Noel Muller
Cassy Nunan
Martin Orr
Janet Peters
Allan Pinches
Mark Smith
Warwick Smith
Vicki Stanton
Andrea Taylor
Barbara Tooth
Janet Watterson
Ann White
Barbara Wieland

The 2014 TheMHS Awards were presented in Perth, Western Australia as part of the 2014 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Presenter: Professor Fiona Stanley AC, FAA, FASSA, Patron, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Distinguished Research Professor, University of Western Australia

2013 TheMHS Conference: TheMHS Awards Ceremony
Melbourne Convention Centre
21-23 August 2013

We were honoured to welcome:

Senator Jacinta Collins, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
and
Professor Allan Fels, AO, Chair, National Mental Health Commission and Dean,
Australia and New Zealand School of Government
2013 TheMHS Awards Presenters

2013 Awards Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair and Co-ordinator)
Anne Allen (Administration)

Kurt Andersson-Noorguard
William Boreham-Moon
Tom Brideson
Jenny Cardno
Judi Clements
David Codyre
Ann Dadich
Gaynor Ellis
Jack Heath
Julia Hennessy
Lynda Hennessy
Douglas Holmes
Lee Hopkins

Robyn Humphries
Vicki Katsifis
Nick Kowalenko
Sharon Lawn
Peter McGeorge
Julie Millard
Martin Orr
Janet Peters
Tully Rosen
Warwick Smith
Vicki Stanton
Andrea Taylor
Janet Watterson
Barbara Wieland

The 2018 TheMHS Awards were presented in Melbourne, Victoria as part of the 2013 TheMHS Conference.

Awards presenters: Senator Jacinta Collins, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing and Professor Allan Fels, AO, Chair, National Mental Health Commission and Dean, Australia and New Zealand School of Government

2012 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2012 TheMHS Conference
Cairns Convention Centre

21 – 24 August 2012

We were honoured to welcome:

Professor Allan Fels, AO, Chair, National Mental Health Commission and Dean,
Australia and New Zealand School of Government
2012 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2012 Award Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair and Co-ordinator)
Anne Allen (Administration)

Tom Brideson
Andy Campbell
Jenny Cardno
Judi Clements
Ann Dadich
Gaynor Ellis
Kevin Freele
Julia Hennessy
Lynda Hennessy
Barbara Hocking
Douglas Holmes

Robyn Humphries
Nick Kowalenko
Peter McGeorge
Marilyn McMurchie
Julie Millard
Bill Moon
Vito Nonumalo
Janet Peters
Tully Rosen
Vicki Stanton
Andrea Taylor
Janet Watterson

The 2012 TheMHS Awards were presented in Cairns, Queensland as part of the 2012 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Presenter: Professor Allan Fels, AO, Chair, National Mental Health Commission and Dean,  Australia and New Zealand School of Government

2011 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2011 TheMHS Conference
Adelaide Convention Centre

6 – 9 September 2011

We were honoured to welcome:

Minister Mark Butler, Federal Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
2011 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2011 Awards Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair and Co-ordinator)
Anne Allen (Administration)

Jenni Beattie
Tom Brideson
Andy Campbell
Jenny Cardno
Ann Dadich
Gaynor Ellis
John Farhall
Julia Hennessy
Barbara Hocking
Gillian Holt
Lee Hopkins
Steve Hopkins

Robyn Humphries
Nick Kowalenko
Sharon Lawn
Lyn Mahboub
Julie Millard
Martin Orr
Janet Peters
Tully Rosen
Warwick Smith
Vicki Stanton
Andrea Taylor
Anil Thapliyal
Shirley Wigan

The 2011 TheMHS Awards were presented in Adelaide, South Australia as part of the 2011 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Presenter: Minister Mark Butler, Federal Minister for Mental Health and Ageing

2010 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2010 TheMHS Conference
Sydney Convention Centre

14 – 17 September 2010

We were honoured to welcome:

Senator Claire Moore, Senator for Queensland and
Chair of the Senate Community Affairs Committee
2010 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2010 Awards Booklet

Jennie Beattie
Adrian Booth
Tom Brideson
Andy Campbell
Jenny Cardno
David Codyre
Tony Colechin
Ann Dadich
Gaynor Ellis
John Farhall
Ivan Frkovic
Julia Hennessy
Barbara Hocking
Gillian Holt

Robyn Humphries
Ernest Hunter
Nick Kowalenko
Leonie Manns
Julie Millard
Brad Moore
Martin Orr
Janet Peters
Michael Poynder
Tully Rosen
Warwick Smith
Andrea Taylor
Anil Thapliyal
Shirley Wigan

The 2010 TheMHS Awards were presented in Sydney, New South Wales as part of the 2010 TheMHS Conference.

Awards presenter: Senator Claire Moore, Senator for Queensland and Chair of the Senate Community Affairs Committee

2009 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2009 TheMHS Conference
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre

1 – 4 SEPTEMBER 2009

We were honoured to welcome:

Senator Claire Moore, Senator for Queensland and
Chair of the Senate Community Affairs Committee
2009 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2009 Awards Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair)
Douglas Holmes (Co-ordinator)

Robert Bland
Andy Campbell
Jenny Cardno
Edwina Champain
Ann Dadich
Gaynor Ellis
John Farhall
Barbara Hocking
Gillian Holt
Robert King

Nick Kowalenko
Sharon Lawn
Leonie Manns
Julie Millard
Brad Moore
Janet Peters
Michael Poynder
Sadie Robertson
Andrea Taylor
Shirley Wigan

The 2009 TheMHS Awards were presented in Perth, Western Australia as part of the 2009 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Presenter: Senator Claire Moore, Senator for Queensland and Chair of the Senate Community Affairs Committee

2008 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2008 TheMHS Conference
Auckland Convention Centre at the Edge

2 – 5 SEPTEMBER 2008

We were honoured to welcome:

Dr Janice Wilson, Deputy Director General, Population Health Directorate
New Zealand Ministry of Health
2008 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2008 Award Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair)
Douglas Holmes (Co-ordinator)

Robert Bland
Stephen Brand
Jenny Cardno
Andy Campbell
Edwina Champain
Tony Colechin
Ann Dadich
Kerrie Dissegna
John Farhall
Gemma Feraretto
Barbara Hocking
Gillian Holt
Robyn Humphries
Vaidyanathan Kalyanasundaram

Robert King
Nick Kowalenko
Sharon Lawn
Leonie Manns
Claudia Manu-Preston
Julie Millard
Arana Pearson
Janet Peters
Tim Robinson
Cath Roper
Andrea Taylor
Laraine Toms
Rob Warriner
Shirley Wigan

The 2008 TheMHS Awards were presented in Auckland, New Zealand as part of the 2008 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Presenter: Dr Janice Wilson, Deputy Director General, Population Health Directorate, New Zealand Ministry of Health

2007 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2007 TheMHS Conference
Melbourne Convention Centre
4 – 7 SEPTEMBER 2007

We were honoured to welcome:

Senator The Hon Brett Mason,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing
2007 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2007 Award Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair)
Douglas Holmes (Co-ordinator)

Robert Bland
Stephen Brand
Jenny Cardno
Andy Campbell
Trish Campbell
Edwina Champain
Tony Colechin
Ann Dadich
Renee Edwards
Paula Hanlon
Julia Hennessy
Barbara Hocking

Robyn Humphries
Vaidyanathan Kalyanasundaram
Robert King
Nick Kowalenko
Leonie Manns
Graham Martin
Janet Peters
Sadie Robertson
Tim Robinson
Cath Roper
Kris Sargeant
Andrea Taylor

The 2007 TheMHS Awards were presented in Melbourne as part of the 2007 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Presenter: Senator The Hon Brett Mason, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing

2006 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2006 TheMHS Conference
Townsville Convention Centre
30 AUGUST – 1 SEPTEMBER 2006

We were honoured to welcome:

The Hon Tony Abbott,
The Australian Minister for Health
2006 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2006 Award Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair)
Douglas Holmes (Co-ordinator)

Robert Bland
Stephen Brand
Jenny Cardno
Andy Campbell
Tony Colechin
Bernadette Dagg
Kerrie Dissenga
Paula Hanlon
Julia Hennessy
Gillian Holt
Robyn Humphries
Rhoda Immerman

Phoebe Jones
Robert King
Nick Kowalenko
Leonie Manns
Graham Martin
Julie Millard
Janet Peters
Tim Robinson
Cath Roper
Melody Schofield
Andrea Taylor
Tom Trauer
Peter Wakefield
Shirley Wigan

The 2006 TheMHS Awards were presented in Townsville, Queensland as part of the 2006 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Presenter: The Australian Minister for Health, The Hon Tony Abbott  

2005 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2005 TheMHS Conference
Adelaide Convention Centre
31 AUGUST – 2 SEPTEMBER 2005

We were honoured to welcome:

Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
the Australian Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Commissioner
2005 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2005 Award Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair)
Douglas Holmes (Co-ordinator)

Robert Bland
Stephen Brand
Tony Colechin
Anne-Lyse De Guio
John Farhall
Ellie Fossey
Julia Hennessy
Gilllian Holt
Rhoda Immerman
Sam Jansons
Vaidyanathan Kalyanasundarum
Robert King
Nick Kowalenko

Leonie Manns
Graham Martin
Paula Morrow
Shane Munn
Tony Ovadia
Arana Pearson
Janet Peters
Tim Robinson
Phil Robinson
Cath Roper
Andrea Taylor
Barbara Wieland
Shirley Wigan
Cheryl Wistow

The 2005 TheMHS Awards were presented in Adelaide, South Australia as part of the 2005 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Presenter: Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,  the Australian Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Commissioner.  

2004 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2004 TheMHS Conference
Gold Coast Convention Centre
1-3 SEPTEMBER 2004

We were honoured to welcome:

Professor Allan Fels
2004 TheMHS Awards Presenter

2004 Award Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair)
Douglas Holmes (Co-ordinator)

Robert Bland
Stephen Brand
Andy Campbell
Sheryl Carmody
Sarah Cavanagh
Tony Colechin
Vicki Cowling
John Farhall
Ellie Fossey
Julia Hennessy
Barbara Hocking
Rhoda Immerman
Sam Jansons
Vaidyanathan Kalyanasundarum
Robert King

Nick Kowalenko
Chris Lloyd
Pam MacDonald
Leonie Manns
Graham Martin
Tony Ovadia
Murray Patton
Tim Robinson
Phil Robinson
Cath Roper
Vicki Ryan
Andrea Taylor
Peter Wakeford
Shirley Wigan

The 2005 TheMHS Awards were presented on the Gold Coast, Queensland as part of the 2005 TheMHS Conference.

Awards Presenter: PROFESSOR ALLAN FELS

2003 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2003 TheMHS Conference
National Convention Centre, Canberra
3-5 SEPTEMBER 2003

2003 Award Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair)
Douglas Holmes (Co-ordinator)

Robert Bland
Warwick Blood
Stephen Brand
Andy Campbell
Sheryl Carmody
Tony Colechin
Bernadette Dagg
Bill Dahl
John Farhall
Alison Grant
Grace Groom
Julia Hennessy
Barbara Hocking
Robyn Humphries

Rhoda Immerman
Sam Jansons
Robert King
Nick Kowalenko
Chris Lloyd
Leonie Manns
Graham Martin
Tony Ovadia
Murray Patton
Arana Pearson
Cath Roper
Denise Ryan
Vicki Ryan
Sandy Tait
Andrea Taylor
Peter Wakeford

The 2003 TheMHS Awards were presented in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory as part of the 2003 TheMHS Conference.

2002 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2002 TheMHS Conference
Sydney Convention Centre
20-22 AUGUST 2002

2002 Award Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair)

Robert Bland
Stephen Brand
Sheryl Carmody
Bill Dahl
Lynne Dunbar
Merinda Epstein
Ellie Fossey
Roger Gurr
Julia Hennessy
Robyn Humphries
Dr Kalyanasundarum
Robert King
Chris Lloyd
Pam Macdonald

Janne McMahon
Leonie Manns
Graham Martin
James Nichol
Tony Ovadia
Murray Patton
Tim Robinson
Cath Roper
Denise Ryan
Kym Scanlon
Yvonne Selekie
Sandy Tait
Andrea Taylor
Peter Wakeford
Kerry Webber

The 2002 TheMHS Awards were presented in Sydney, New South Wales as part of the 2002 TheMHS Conference.

2001 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2001 TheMHS Conference
Wellington Convention Centre, New Zealand
28-31 AUGUST 2001

2001 Award Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair)

Vicki Burnett
Sheryl Carmody
Tony Colechin
Bill Dahl
Merinda Epstein
John Farhall
Jill Gray
Douglas Holmes
Robyn Humphries
Sam Jansons
Dr Nathan Kalyanasundarum

Robert King
Leonie Manns
Dr Graham Martin
Janne McMahon
James Nichol
Daniel O’Connor
Anne Olsen
Dr Murray Patton
Denise Ryan
Kym Scanlon
Sandy Tait

The 2001 TheMHS Awards were presented in Wellington, New Zealand as part of the 2001 TheMHS Conference.

2000 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2000 TheMHS Conference
Adelaide Convention Centre
29-31 AUGUST 2000

2000 Awards Booklet

Roger Gurr (Chair)
Lynne Dunbar (Deputy Chair)

Alison Taylor
Andy Campbell
Anne Olsen
Bill Dahl
Daniel O’Connor
Deborah Howe
Denise Ryan
Douglas Holmes
Dr Graham Martin
Dr Kalyanasundarum
Dr Murray Patton
Dr Noel Renouf
Helen Butler
Jan McMahon

Jill Gray
John Farhall
Kym Scanlon
Leonie Manns
Sandy Tait
Merinda Epstein
Nick Kowalenko
Robert Bland
Robyn Humphries
Sam Jansons
Sheryl Carmody
Te Aniwa Tohovaka
Tony Colechin
Tony Ovadia

The 2000 TheMHS Awards were presented in Adelaide, South Australia, as part of the 2000 TheMHS Conference.

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