LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing 10-year National Action Plan Expert Advisory Group (EAG)

Role

The EAG provides advice to the Australian Government to guide the development of Australia’s first 10-year National Action Plan for the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people (Action Plan).

The EAG is chaired by the Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Ged Kearney MP. The EAG provides a forum for the LGBTIQA+ sector to be heard by the Australian Government.

The EAG advises on:

health and wellbeing issues that impact people in the LGBTIQA+ community
consultation materials
the development of the Action Plan and co-design process.

Members

Member	Background and experience
The Hon Ged Kearney MP (Chair)	Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Member for Cooper
Professor Adam Bourne	Director, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
Mr Alexander Teh	President, Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council
Professor Ashleigh Lin	Program Head, Mental Health and Youth
Ms Carolyn Gillespie	Director of Services, Thorne Harbour Health
Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo	Practice Principal, East Canberra General Practice
Adjunct Professor Darryl O’Donnell	CEO, Healthy Equity Matters
Jax Brown OAM	Co-Chair, Inclusive Rainbow Voices
Mr Jeremy Wiggins	CEO, Transcend Australia
Mr Joe Ball	CEO, Switchboard Victoria
Ms Kedy Kristal	Executive Officer, GLBTI Rights in Ageing Inc. (GRAI)
Mr Milo Bronleigh	Chair, Trans Folk of WA
Mr Morgan Carpenter	Executive Director, Intersex Human Rights Australia
Ms Nicky Bath	CEO, LGBTIQ+ Health Australia
Mr Nicolas Parkhill AM	CEO, AIDS Council of NSW (ACON)
Dr Ruth McNair AM	Honorary Associate Professor, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne
Mr Shane Sturgiss	CEO, BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation

Meetings

The first meeting for the LGBTIQA+ EAG took place on 23 June 2023 at Australian Parliament House in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Meetings take place approximately every 3 months. Additional meetings may be held if needed.

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