Opinion:

Look at Maryborough in a bigger context, urges Dr Melissa Jardine

Published in the Ballarat Courier and Bendigo Advertiser in July 2019

Excerpt:

In 2015, Maryborough hosted the Royal Commission into Family Violence and will soon host the only regional town hearings for the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. These are important to draw attention to the impacts of generational disadvantage, unemployment and service gaps for the district which are also being addressed through the Go Goldfields project. But to what extent will the findings from both inquiries be integrated for a systematic state-wide response?

Presenting on Policing in Changing Policy Environments in Dublin with Professor Michel Kazatchkine. Hosted by Ana Liffey Drug Project in June 2019.

Launching a Police Statement of Support for Harm Reduction Approaches with police from Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand & Australia at the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice 2013

Above: Launching a Police Statement of Support for Harm Reduction Approaches with police from Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand & Australia at the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice 2013

Keynote speaker at
Victoria Police Mental Health, Family & Wellbeing Day, Melbourne 2016