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Other Provider's Events and Services

The Centre for Indigenous Policy Research and the Crime and Social Justice programme at the Australian National University are pleased to co-host a NAIDOC Week Lecture celebrating Indigenous leadership in policy making. The inaugural National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, Sue-Anne Hunter, will deliver the lecture, reflecting on the national significance of her historic appointment and sharing her priorities for policy reform to better protect Indigenous children and young people. Ms Hunter is a Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman with extensive experience in governance and leadership. She has practiced as a qualified social worker and is a recognised leader in the First Nations child and family services sector.
Ms Hunter worked as Commissioner of the Yoorrook Justice Commission, and has previously served as National Sector Development Manager, SNAICC – National Voice for our Children. A child and family services practitioner by trade, she has over twenty years’ clinical experience responding to developmental, transgenerational and community trauma.
Held in recognition of NAIDOC Week, this special event celebrates leadership in policy making, recognising the success and innovation of Indigenous-led policy making and the value of embedding Indigenous knowledge and lived experience in decision making.

Tuesday 7 July 2026, 6-7.45 pm
Theatre 2, Level 2 of the Lowitja O’Donoghue Cultural Centre, ANU, followed by a reception in the Gallery
E — polis.education@anu.edu.au 
W—polis.cass.anu.edu.au/
Free tickets are available via this link

The Australian Institute of Administrative Law (AIAL) is holding its 2026 National Administrative Law Conference entitled 'Administrative law in a time of crisis' at the Hotel Realm in Canberra on 30  and 31 July. The Conference will address key topical issues for administrative lawyers by a wide range of speakers.

The programme and registration details are on the AIAL website and the link is here: https://aial.org.au/news/2026-aial-national-administrative-law-conference-administrative-law-in-a-time-of-progress-bookings-open/

New free national training gives every lawyer the tools to recognise coercive control 

Drawing on decades of frontline experience, Understanding Coercive Control training will give you the skills to identify and respond safely when a client is experiencing coercive control, across all practice areas.  

This self-paced online training has been co-developed by Women’s Legal Service Victoria and First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence as part of a consortium partnership with Women’s Legal Service Australia and National Legal Aid.    

Two courses are now available: 

· Foundational course — for all lawyers, in every practice area, and in every jurisdiction 

· Family law-specific course — for practitioners working in family law 

Free, self-paced and CPD-claimable in all states and territories. 

Enrol today: Understanding Coercive Control Training | National Legal Aid

Australian lawyers are warmly invited to take part in Mental Fitness in the Law, a free resilience training and research program developed by Macquarie University.

The training component focuses on strengthening the mental resources needed to manage the demands of legal practice through structured self-reflective writing. This process helps translate stressful work experiences into practical coping insights.

The six-week program involves:

  • an initial workshop to introduce the three resilient capacities that underpin mental fitness
  • a mental fitness manual grounded in resilience theory for ongoing reference
  • five short, structured self-reflection writing sessions to actively build your mental fitness
  • two individual check-in sessions to personalise your learning
  • a final debrief workshop to consolidate your learning
  • research activities (including surveys and qualitative analysis of reflections) in contribution towards the research objective of strengthening resilience in lawyers.

Participation is time-efficient, delivered online, contributes to CPD requirements, and is offered at no cost in recognition of participants’ involvement in the research component. Learn more and register here: https://mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cTlaDcbs1uJ6A7Q