David Facer
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David Facer is a respected community leader, advocate, and the founder and Managing Director of Brave Brothers Ltd, a Bundaberg-based organisation dedicated to men’s mental health, suicide prevention, and community connection. Known for his grassroots and relationship-driven approach, David has helped build Brave Brothers into a recognised regional movement focused on creating safe spaces for conversation, support, and hope. Under David’s leadership, Brave Brothers was named Community Group of the Year at the 2025 Bundaberg Regional Council Australia Day Awards, recognising the organisation’s growing impact across the Wide Bay–Burnett region. David was the recipient of the AMHF's Men's Health Champion 2025 David also serves as Chair of the headspace Bundaberg Consortia, Director of Partners in Care Together (PiCT), an initiative of the Bundaberg Health Services Foundation and sits on the Bundaberg Neighbourhood Centre board, contributing to stronger community and health partnerships.

Dan Foster
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Dan Foster is the CEO of the Centre for Men and Families Australia (CFMF), a national harm-prevention charity helping men reconnect with themselves, their families, and their communities through emotional honesty, brotherhood, and transformational experiences. Drawing on years of lived experience in men’s work, leadership, and community building, Dan speaks passionately about the deeper challenges facing modern men — loneliness, emotional disconnection, fatherlessness, addiction, shame, and the quiet crisis many men carry behind outward success. His work focuses on creating spaces where men can be deeply seen, heard, and known without judgment.

Under Dan’s leadership, CFMF has expanded its reach across Australia through men’s circles, counselling, rites of passage programs, retreats, and community initiatives designed to foster emotional maturity, healing, and healthy masculinity. He is particularly passionate about helping men move beyond performance and isolation into lives marked by authenticity, courage, responsibility, and connection.

Known for his honest storytelling, grounded wisdom, and emotionally resonant communication style, Dan brings together contemporary insight, ancient wisdom traditions, and practical experience in a way that is both accessible and deeply human.

Dan regularly speaks on topics including men’s mental health, rites of passage, emotional resilience, masculinity, belonging, grief, leadership, spirituality, and the importance of community in healing and transformation.

Paul Litwin
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Paul Litwin is the Founder of Mens Talk WA, one of Western Australia's leading men's mental wellbeing charities, dedicated to creating safe spaces where men can connect, share, and support one another. Through community events, peer support initiatives, and advocacy, Paul has helped foster meaningful conversations around mental health, resilience, and social connection across diverse communities.

Drawing on his lived experience and passion for preventative mental wellbeing, Paul delivers engaging presentations that challenge stigma, encourage help-seeking behaviours, and highlight the importance of belonging and purpose. His authentic, relatable approach resonates with audiences ranging from community groups, sporting clubs to corporate, inspiring practical action to improve men's mental health and strengthen community wellbeing.

John Rich
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John has had 12 years’ experience in the social services sector including counselling and group work in drug and alcohol (Holyoake), domestic violence survivors and perpetrators (Relationships Australia), Family Mental Health (Relationships Australia), Aboriginal emotional wellbeing in Wiluna (Nganganawilli Aboriginal Health Services), CEO of Community Centre Ottey, re-entry and parenting men’s groups and counselling in Perth prisons (Centrecare and Wungening), and Lifeline (volunteer).

John has also had 30 years’ experience in the chemical process industries, environmental management, business and project development, project and engineering management, contracting, consulting, and management systems with companies including Worley Parson, Clough Engineering, Thiess, John Holland, Cleanaway, BHP Engineering, and URS.

Melissa Hadley Barrett
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Melissa Hadley Barrett is a Nurse Practitioner, Sexologist, and Director of Restorative Health Clinic in Western Australia, where she leads a team providing face-to-face care, and of Make Hard Easy, an online men’s health clinic delivering evidence-based telehealth worldwide. With more than 20 years’ experience, she specialises in men’s sexual health, particularly recovery after prostate cancer and pelvic surgery.

Melissa is a sought-after public speaker and educator, regularly presenting to health professionals, researchers, and community groups on men’s sexual health, intimacy, and survivorship. She has developed accessible online programs for men and their partners covering prostate cancer rehabilitation, Peyronie’s disease, and erectile dysfunction.

Melissa is a member of the Movember Sexual Health and Wellbeing Advisory Group and the BEAT Bladder Cancer Health Advisory Team, and is the host of The Penis Project podcast, an international platform breaking down stigma and sharing lived experiences. Her passion is improving access to care for people in rural and remote areas. Melissa’s dual qualifications allow her to treat both the physical and psychological aspects of sexual health, helping men and their partners restore confidence, intimacy, and quality of life.

Sam Parker
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Darren Templeton
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Darren Templeton is the Founder of Run the Tan and Chairperson of Run for Mental Health Ltd. Following his own lived experience with adversity and mental health challenges, Darren established Run the Tan to create meaningful opportunities for connection, physical activity and community engagement. Since its inception, Run the Tan has become one of Australia's most recognised community running events and has helped raise more than $300,000 for mental health initiatives. Darren is a passionate advocate for men's mental health, resilience and the importance of creating spaces where people feel connected, supported and able to seek help when needed.

Tim Hewson
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Tim is a passionate mental health advocate, keynote speaker, Manbassador for men's mental health and Mental Health educator. He is also the CEO and founder of the award-winning Mongrels Men Health and Wellbeing, a men's mental health and suicide prevention charity. Tim successfully combines decades of experience in the corporate environment with his passion for better mental health to help create mentally healthier workplaces, communities and human beings.

Sam Parker
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Sam Parker is the founder of Grab Life By The Balls, a grassroots movement dedicated to improving men’s health through fostering mateship and social connection. With eight years of experience, Sam has delivered approachable, data-informed workshops in industries like construction, mining, automotive, and retail, making tough topics accessible and relevant. He’s committed to creating real impact in communities, empowering people to live healthier lives through regular workshops, presentations, and events, all delivered in his laidback, conversational style.

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Glen Poole is an international speaker and media commentator on men's issues and founder of the Stop Male Suicide project. He is currently the CEO of the Australian Men's Health Forum, and is responsible for AMHF's work to increase awareness, knowledge and understanding of men's health issues among the health sector, policty-makers, the media and the general public. Having worked in the world of men’s issues in the UK and Australia for 20 years, his primary concern is closing the gender suicide gap.

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Site: www.dadsgroup.org

A visionary leader and advocate for equitable relationships and paternal involvement in perinatal mental health, Thomas Docking has dedicated over a decade to pioneering research-informed programs that enhance the well-being of fathers, mothers, and infants. As the founder of Dads Group and the Man with a Pram movement, Thomas has influenced policy and practise both at a state level and nationally. His work through the National Perinatal Fatherhood Roundtable has set benchmarks in father-inclusive approaches within the healthcare system. Thomas founded the not for profit organisation ‘Dads Group’ to be the Research Translation Centre for Perinatal Fatherhood Research. Over the past 10 years this vision has come to fruition through the
co-design collaborative development of the Perinatal Integrated Model of Care for Fathers.

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For more than 20 years, Jonathan Bedloe has worked with communities, businesses and people in the areas of suicide prevention, men’s health and wellbeing, and community development. He specialises in training, facilitation, collaboration and coaching services, including accredited Mental Health First Aid and Suicide Intervention training. In 2022, Jonathan was presented with the 2022 LiFE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Suicide Prevention.

Jonathan founded Men's Resources Tasmania, a not-for-profit organisation advocating for and developing support to improve men's health.  He was also a founding member of the Tasmanian Men’s Shed Association and a past board member with TasMen.

Phone: 1800 334 625
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Anthony Hart tells his story it's like a sucker-punch to the senses that stays with you long after you leave the room. With a no nonsense, gloves off approach, Anthony take you behind closed doors to the journey to and from suicide, how he drastically turned his life around to help outhers save theirs, and how you can to.

Speaking candidly about mental health, Anthony shares the signs to look for in someone who may be struggling and shares tools he developed to address, manage and overcome debilitating mental health challenges.

Anthony is doggedly determined to bring about change in the way Aussie men deal with health issues of the mind.

Why? Because if a bloke broke his leg, he'd get help. He'd be honest with his doctor about his leg injury and it would be treated effectively. Anthony wants us to reach a point in Australia where if we have a 'broken mind', we seek and get the same help.

Having shared his story with more than 20,000 people across Australia, Anthony captivates, informs and empowers audiences with a powerful and unforgettable message that could save lives.

It is Anthony's mission in life to share his story so that others don't go down the same path he did.   

Phone: 1800 334 625
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Much loved Australia television and radio host, and passionate advocate for Building the Mental Fitness of all Australians, Gus Worland wants all Australians to have their Gotcha4Life mate.

Gus founded Gotcha4Life in 2017, following the success of the ABC series Man Up and losing a very close friend and life mentor to suicide, as he realised he had the ability and networks to make a real difference.

Gus simply does not accept the alarming statistics surrounding suicide in Australia and that eight beautiful people take their life every day. Gotcha4Life believes in the power of prevention through connection and champions the idea of proactively building mental fitness and the resilience required to deal better with the challenges that life throws at us.

To drive real change, Gotcha4Life funds educational workshops and innovative training programs throughout Australia that build mental fitness in individuals, organisations and communities to activate strong, open and binding relationships.