Community and Lived Experience Advisory Group

Community and Lived Experience Advisory Group

The Justice Health Group benefits from a national Community and Lived Experience Advisory Group (CLEAG), which convenes six times each year to provide expert advice and guidance for our work. CLEAG members come from diverse professional and personal backgrounds. Members of the CLEAG who have lived experience of incarceration are reimbursed for their time in accordance with the National Mental Health Commission’s Paid Participation Policy.

Nothing about us without us

Funding for the CLEAG is generously provided by the enAble Institute, Curtin University. Just like the enAble Institute, the Justice Health Group has a deep commitment to working in partnership with communities and lived experience experts, in all that we do.

The Justice Health Group was officially launched on 19th February 2024. The launch commenced with a Welcome to Country by CLEAG member Aunty Marie Pryor, and featured a brief welcome message from some of our CLEAG members, introduced by CLEAG member Lorraine Pryor, founder of Voice of Hope Aboriginal Corporation.

Community and Lived Experience Advisory Group members

  • Aunty Marie Pryor

    Voice of Hope Aboriginal Corporation

  • Aunty Shirley Harris

    Voice of Hope Aboriginal Corporation

  • Dr Lukas Carey

    Manager — Reintegration
    Outcare

  • Mr Damien Linnane

    University Fellow / PhD Candidate
    University of Newcastle

  • Ms Julie Tongs OAM

    Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services

  • Ms Lorraine Pryor

    Voice of Hope Aboriginal Corporation

  • Ms Margaret Doherty

    Founder / Chairperson
    Mental Health Matters 2 Ltd

  • Mr Patrick McGee

    Churchill Fellow

  • Ms Virginia Catterall

    Director, Mental Health Matter 2 Ltd

  • Ms Kimberley Wilde

    Justice Reform Initiatve

  • Ms Simone Clinch-Moore

    General Manager Programs (AOD, Justice and Housing)
    Wungening Aboriginal Corporation