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Louise Newman

Louise Newman AM is a Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Newcastle University and Monash University. She has held senior leadership positions in mental health training and research, including director of the NSW Institute of Psychiatry, and director of the Monash University Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology, and she is currently Director of the Melbourne University BEAR (Building Early Attachment and Resilience) research unit. She is recognised as Australia’s leading researcher in the areas of infant and early child development, disturbances of early parenting, and parent–infant interventions. Louise’s publications focus on developmental psychopathology and early risk factors for mental disorder, clinical intervention models, and the developmental impact of parental psychopathology. Her clinical work focuses on trauma-related conditions and the impact of child abuse on development. She is an advocate for the rights of women and asylum seekers and Convenor of the rights organisation Doctors for Justice.

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Events

Fearless Beatrice Faust (Willy Lit Fest)

Williamstown Town Hall: THE SUPPER ROOM 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

Judith Brett (Fearless Beatrice Faust) and Iola Mathews (Race Mathews) discuss the origins of the Women’s Electoral Lobby and the powerhouse Beatrice Faust with The Hon Steve Bracks AC. ----...

Rewilding (Willy Lit Fest)

Williamstown Town Hall: CHAMBER 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

  Dominique Hes (The Stories of Newport Lakes) and Lesley Head (Beyond Green) discuss the importance of nature for our urban environments and souls with Dave Witty (What the Trees...

From Yirrkala Bark Petitions to Treaty (Willy Lit Fest)

Williamstown Town Hall: CHAMBER 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

  Clare Wright (Naku Dharuk) and Inala Cooper (Marrul) discuss the impact of First Nations activism. ---- CLARE WRIGHT OAM is an award-winning historian, author, broadcaster and public commentator who has worked...

Meet the author: Graeme Turner (ANU, Canberra)

ANU Cinema 153 Tangney Rd, Kambri Cinema (Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre), Acton, ACT

Graeme Turner will be in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on his new book Broken: Universities, Politics and the Public Good. A strong higher education system is fundamental to civil society. The...