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Carla Wilshire

Carla Wilshire OAM is the founding CEO of The Social Policy Group (SPG) and Director of the Centre for Digital Wellbeing, a not-for-profit policy research and design centre focusing on technology’s impact on health, safety and social cohesion in the Australian community. Carla has a background in public policy development and impact strategy, corporate governance, and tertiary research. Before establishing SPG, she worked in senior roles in the public service and as a government adviser, principally in migration and settlement, including as chief of staff to the minister for multicultural affairs. She has also held academic and consulting positions in Australia and abroad. Carla is the co-founder and Deputy Chair of the Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership, and the Judicial Council on Diversity & Inclusion, as well as a member of the Council of Harmony Alliance, the national migrant and refugee women’s alliance.

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Events

  • Harvest Festival ’26 Dinner with Lucy Ridge

    Scrumpers Kitchen 23 Malbon Street, Bungendore, NSW

    Featuring Lucy Ridge in conversation with Emma McDonald Join us for a special evening at Scrumpers Kitchen, Bungendore, as we officially launch the 2026 Bungendore Harvest Festival with a seasonal dinner celebrating the...

  • Professor Lelia Green discusses The Digital Child (Readings, Hawthorn)

    Readings Hawthorn Woi Wurrung Country, 701 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia

    Join us to hear Professor Lelia Green discussing The Digital Child: Creating Confident Children. For almost all parents, most of the time, digital parenting is a recipe for uncertainty and concern....