Be inspired by Floriade, network with old friends and make new

Welcome from the Conference Committee Chair
13 – 16 September 2015 | QT Canberra
It is my pleasure to invite you to the Anglicare Australia
2015 National Conference, Leaving no one behind.
This year we travel to Canberra, the capital of the
nation, but perhaps more importantly the heart of a
vibrant region. Our hosts Anglicare NSW South, NSW
West & ACT have services across a vast area of NSW
– from the Pacific to the Western corner down to the
Victorian border! Opportunities abound for hearing
from all the corners of our national Anglicare network,
and to be close to the central hotbed of politics that
the nation loves to hate in Canberra.
It is fitting on the centennial celebration of the great
ANZAC tradition that we take as our theme Leaving
no one behind. The theme allows us to explore the
themes of disadvantage in our community, but also
the resilience of spirit and hope in those we work with
and to dream of a society where no one is left behind.
So where better to hold our conference dinner than
the Australian War Memorial in the great G for George
Hall, with private tours available beforehand!
Be inspired by Floriade,
network with old
friends and make new
ones, talk about ideas
with colleagues who
share your values, and
feel what it is to be a
part of the Anglicare
Australia family.
SPEAKERS AND PRESENTER
DR ANDREW LEIGH
Be inspired by Floriade, network with old friends and
make new ones, talk about ideas with colleagues who
share your values, and feel what it is to be a part of the
Anglicare Australia family.
DR DELWYN GOODRICK
Join us in September as we gather to talk about how
to build a society where no one is left behind.
RIGHT REV’D PROF STEPHEN PICKARD
Wendy Malycha
Conference Chair
THE HON DR BRENDAN NELSON
DR KAREN HITCHCOCK
EMERITUS PROF DOROTHY SCOTT OAM
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Speakers and Presenters
DR ANDREW LEIGH
Dr Andrew Leigh is the Shadow Assistant
Treasurer and Federal Member for Fraser
in the ACT. Prior to being elected in 2010,
Andrew was a professor of economics at the
Australian National University.
Andrew holds a PhD in public policy from
Harvard, having graduated from the University
of Sydney with first class honours in Law and
Arts. He has previously worked as a lawyer and
as a principal adviser to the Australian Treasury.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of
Social Sciences, the only parliamentarian to be
a fellow of one of the four national academies.
In 2011, he received the Young Economist
Award, a prize given every two years by the
Economics Society of Australia to the best
Australian economist under 40.
Andrew’s books include Disconnected (2010),
Battlers and Billionaires (2013) and The
Economics of Just About Everything (2014).
He has been a member of the Australian Labor
Party since 1991.
DR DELWYN GOODRICK
Delwyn Goodrick is an experienced research
and program evaluation consultant with
a PhD specialising in program evaluation.
She undertakes program evaluations for
Government agencies and facilitates training
on program evaluation and social research,
program logic and program theory, and
values mapping.
Delwyn has worked in the academic,
Government and community sector in a
range of research and evaluation roles. She
currently maintains her own consultancy in
program evaluation and has a keen interest in
organisational capacity in evaluation.
Over the last two years Delwyn has provided
over 45 one or two day workshops to a range
of Government Departments on topics such
as evaluation, program logic, performance
measurement, research design and analysis,
and monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
She conducts evaluation training programs
in Singapore, New Zealand, Canada and the
United States on a range of evaluation topics
each year.
Delwyn has also developed a number of
tailored evaluation plans for specific evaluation
projects. A current key area of work involves
developing tailored monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms to support systematic and
coordinated approach to the evaluation of
policy initiatives and programs.
DR BRENDAN NELSON
Dr Brendan Nelson commenced as Director
of the Australian War Memorial in 2012. Prior
to this, he was the Australian Ambassador to
Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union
and NATO (2009–12).
he was elected leader of the Liberal Party of
Australia, serving as Leader of the Opposition
until September 2008. The following year he
retired from federal politics before taking up
his ambassadorial appointment.
Born at Coburg, Victoria, in 1958, Brendan
studied at Flinders University, South Australia,
where he graduated with a Bachelor of
Medicine and Surgery. He worked as a medical
practitioner in Hobart from 1985 to 1995. In
1993 he was elected unopposed as National
President of the Australian Medical Association
(AMA), becoming the youngest person ever to
hold this position.
In 1995 Brendan was awarded the AMA’s
highest honour, the Gold Medal for
Distinguished Service to Medicine and
Humanity. In recognition of his commitment
to public health, he was awarded an Honorary
Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College
of Physicians, and in 2011 he received an
Honorary Doctorate from Flinders University.
In 1996 Brendan was elected to the Federal
Parliament of Australia. After the 2001 election,
he was promoted from parliamentary secretary
to the Minister for Defence to Cabinet in the
senior portfolio of Minister for Education,
Science and Training driving major reforms to
universities and a focus on school standards
and reporting. In 2006 Brendan became
Minister for Defence and in November 2007
In addition to being Director of the Australian
War Memorial, Brendan is a Distinguished
Visiting Fellow at ANU; a member of the Chief
Scientist’s Advisory Council; a member of the
Board of Presidents for the US National World
War Two Museum; Patron of Lifeline ACT;
Patron of Trish MS Research; Patron of the
Weary Dunlop Foundation and a member of
the Board of the Australian Children’s Music
Foundation.
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Speakers and Presenters
DR KAREN HITCHCOCK
Karen Hitchcock is a staff specialist in acute
and general medicine at the Alfred Hospital
in Melbourne. She holds a PhD in Literature
and is an award-winning writer of fiction and
medical essays.
Her Quarterly Essay Dear Life: On caring
for the elderly was published in 2015. She
writes a monthly column (‘The Medicine’)
for the Monthly magazine. Her collection of
short stories Little White Slips won the 2010
Queensland Premier’s Steele-Rudd award and
was short-listed in the NSW Premier’s Literary
Awards and the Dobbie Award for women
writers.
RIGHT REV’D PROF STEPHEN PICKARD
Bishop Stephen Pickard is the Executive
Director of The Australian Centre for
Christianity and Culture, and Professor
of Theology at Charles Sturt University,
Canberra, Australia. He is also an Assistant
Bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra &
Gouburn.
He has served in a range of ministerial and
academic appointments over three decades
in Australia and the United Kingdom including
Director of St Mark’s National Theological
Centre, Canberra; Assistant Bishop in the
Diocese of Adelaide; chaplaincy and parish
priest (UK and Australia); and acting CEO of
Anglicare in Canberra & Goulburn for a year.
His teaching, writing and research is in the
area of ecclesiology, ministry, mission and
culture; most recently Seeking the Church:
An Introduction to Ecclesiology (SCM, 2012).
He is Chair of the Ministry Commission of
the Anglican Church of Australia; and Deputy
Chair of The Archbishop of Canterbury’s InterAnglican Standing Committee on Unity, Faith
and Order.
He is married to Jennifer and they have three
adult children and 2 grandchildren (so far).
EMERITUS PROF DOROTHY SCOTT OAM
Emeritus Professor Dorothy Scott OAM was
the Foundation Chair in Child Protection and
the Director of the Australian Centre for Child
Protection at the University of South Australia
between 2005 and 2010. Before taking up
the appointment in 2005 she was the Head
of the School of Social Work at the University
of Melbourne, and prior to that, Executive
Director of the Ian Potter Foundation, one of
Australia’s largest philanthropic trusts.
Dorothy’s career in child welfare began when
she was a 17 year old child care worker at
the Allambie Reception Centre in Burwood,
Victoria. Moved by the suffering of children
who were admitted to state care, she studied
social work at the University of Melbourne
in the early 1970s and then worked for then
then Social Welfare Department in the area of
foster care and adoption.
Dorothy then worked in the field of mental
health, becoming Senior Social Worker in the
Family Psychiatry Department of the Queen
Victoria Medical Centre in Melbourne. There
she helped establish specialist services for
women experiencing post-partum psychiatric
disorders, and services for women and
children who had been sexually assaulted.
In the 1980s Dorothy began an academic
career, lecturing social work students at the
University of Melbourne, and conducting
research in areas including maternal
depression and child welfare. Since then
Dorothy has conducted numerous reviews
and inquiries in Australia in the field of child
protection and served on Ministerial advisory
bodies in several states and territories.
PRESS & POLITICS PANEL DISCUSSION
It wouldn’t be Canberra without some
predictions and analysis about politics and the
state of the nation. Join The Australia Institute’s
Richard Dennis and members of the national
press gallery for the insider’s view.
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Workshops
WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS
Workshops and presentations are an important part
of the conference, giving participants an opportunity
to exchange information, showcase successes,
promote your organisation’s agenda and make useful
connections. With a focus on the theme: Leaving no
one behind, and sub-themes: Resilience, Inclusion,
Fairness, we welcome workshops and presentations
in all service types from member organisations in the
following areas:
• Client experience (involving client participation)
• Faith-based engagement
•Innovation
• Leadership and governance
• Marketing / fundraising
• Organisational development
•Partnerships
• Research and evaluation
CONFERENCE DINNER AT THE WAR MEMORIAL
ANGLICARE AWARDS CEREMONY AT FLORIADE
The National Conference dinner will be held in the Australian War
Memorial’s G for George Hall, which shows some of the Memorial’s most
significant wartime displays, using sound and light in innovative ways.
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES &
SOCIAL EVENTS
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Opening worship – Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
Conference dinner—The Australian War Memorial
Presentation of the 2015 Anglicare Australia National Awards for Innovation and Excellence – Floriade
Special Interest Network meetings – before, during and after the conference
Newcomer’s reception—for those new to the Anglicare conference
Experience Australia’s biggest celebration of spring, Floriade, while
celebrating the Anglicare Australia network’s most innovative and
excellent services, project, programs and volunteers, at the Anglicare
Australia National Awards for Innovation and Excellence.
The National Conference
dinner will be held in the
Australian War Memorial’s G
for George Hall, which shows
some of the Memorial’s most
significant wartime displays,
using sound and light in
innovative ways.
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Conference Program
TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2015
8.30 am
Morning Worship
9.00 am
Housekeeping
9.15 am
Plenary session 3
3.30-5.00pm CEO forum incorporating AGM
Dr Karen Hitchcock
5.30pm
Opening service
10.45am
Morning tea
Australian Centre for Christianity & Culture
11.15am
Concurrent sessions
SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015
1.30pm
Network meetings
6.30-7.30pm Welcome reception
Australian Centre for Christianity & Culture
MONDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2015
8.30am
Morning Worship
9.00am
Welcome to Country
Housekeeping
9.30am
Plenary session 1
Dr Andrew Leigh
Dr Delwyn Goodrick
11.00am
Morning tea
11.30am
Concurrent sessions
1.00pmLunch
12.45pmLunch
1.45pm
Concurrent sessions
3.15pm
Afternoon tea
3.45pm
John Roffey Lecture
Right Reverend
Professor Stephen Pickard
4.45pm
Evening reflection
6.30pm-late Awards Ceremony
Floriade (including private evening
viewing prior to Awards ceremony)
WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2015
8.30 am
Morning Worship
9.00 am
Housekeeping
9.15 am
Plenary session 4
Emeritus Professor Dorothy Scott OAM
Plenary session 2
10.45 am
Morning tea
Panel of national journalists
and commentators
11.15 am
Concurrent sessions
5.15pm
Evening reflection
12.45 pm
Closing session
6.30-late
Conference dinner
1.15 pm
Lunch
Australian War Memorial
(guided tours prior to dinner available)
2.00 pm
Masterclass
Emeritus Professor Dorothy Scott OAM
The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson
Network meetings
Newcomer’s reception
2.00pm
Network meetings
3.15pm
Afternoon tea
3.45pm
Cancellations and Refunds
Registration Desk
In the case of cancellation, participants must inform the
Office Manager at Anglicare Australia, in writing, of their
inability to attend. A refund of registration fees, less a
cancellation fee of $60, will be made to any participant
cancelling by 31 August 2015. Cancellations within 14
days of arrival date are non-refundable. Substitutions will
be accepted.
The Registration Desk will be located on the first floor
at QT Canberra and will be open from 12.00pm —
4.30pm, Sunday 13 September 2015 and throughout the
conference.
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Conference Details
Alternative Accommodation
Alternatively, you may wish to choose your own
accommodation in Canberra. You will find a range of options on
the internet or through your local travel agent.
Suggested Accommodation
This accommodation section is for your reference only.
Accommodation is to be booked by individuals directly
with their preferred hotel. September is a very busy time
in Canberra; we advise you book accommodation early
to ensure availability and lower prices.
Hotel Deposits and Cancellations
Please check your preferred accommodation preference for
their policy on deposits and cancellations.
Disclaimer
This information is correct at the time of publishing and, in the
event of unforeseen circumstances, Anglicare Australia reserves
the right to alter or delete items from the conference program.
QT CANBERRA
QT Canberra
www.qtcanberra.com.au
1 London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2601
P: 02 6247 6244 | E: [email protected]
Standard Room (1 queen bed): $219 per night
Free wifi, breakfast included, parking at additional cost
Quote group code: R-1309AAC
To book please email or phone the hotel directly
Please note: although we have a special rate there are no rooms held
and booking is on a first come first serve basis so get in quick!
BREAKFREE CAPITAL TOWER
BreakFree Capital Tower
www.breakfree.com.au/capital-tower
2 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT 2612
Less than 1 minute walk to QT Canberra
P: 02 6276 3483 | E: [email protected]
Quote group code: Anglicare
To book please email or phone the hotel directly
2 Bedroom Apartment: $219 per night
3 Bedroom Apartment: $289 per night
Parking available at additional cost
20 rooms (10 of each type) are being held under the group booking
name Anglicare.
THE REX HOTEL
The Canberra Rex Hotel
www.canberrarexhotel.com.au
150 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon ACT 2612
5 minute taxi to QT Canberra
P:02 6248 5311 | E:[email protected]
Quote group code: ANGL15
To book please email or phone the hotel directly
Executive Room (1 king bed): $128 per night
Executive Twin Room (2 single beds): $149 per night
1 Bedroom Apartment: $159 per night
2 Bedroom Apartment: $184 per night
Complimentary parking (subject to availability)
Please note: although we have a special rate there are no rooms held and booking is on a first come first serve basis so get in quick!
PEPPERS GALLERY HOTEL
Peppers Gallery Hotel Canberra
www.peppers.com.au
15 Edinburgh Avenue, Canberra ACT 2601
Short 3 minute walk to QT Canberra
P: Tegan or Sara 02 6175 2222 (select option 1)
E: [email protected]
Quote group code: Anglicare Australia
To book please email or phone the hotel directly
Deluxe Room (1 queen bed): $219 per night
Premier Room (1 king or 2 singles): $249 per night
Italian Style Continental Buffet Breakfast for discounted rate
of $15pp if prebooked
Parking available at additional cost
40 rooms (20 of each type) are being held under the group booking
name Anglicare Australia.
CLIFTON SUITES
Clifton Suites on Northbourne
www.capitalhotelgroup.com/clifton
100 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon ACT 2612
4 minute taxi to QT Canberra
P: 1800 828 000 or 02 6262 6266
E: [email protected]
Quote group code: Anglicare
To book please go through the website and enter the promo code in the
top right hand corner of the booking page
2 Bedroom Apartment: $229 per night
Hot Buffet Breakfast for 2 for additional $38 per night
Complimentary parking (subject to availability)
20 rooms are being held under the group booking name Anglicare.