Emerging Minds Podcast
1) From rhetoric to reality: Celebrating 30 years of advancing children’s mental health
In this episode, Emerging Minds’ Phil Robinson (Founder and Chair) and Brad Morgan (Director) reflect on how our understanding of and approach to children’s mental health has changed over the past 30 ...Show More
From rhetoric to reality: Celebrating 30 years of advancing children’s mental health
27:14 | Dec 22nd, 2025
2) Organisational allyship: A non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander view
In the second episode of this two-part series, Lisa Hillan, a non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social worker, talks about her experience in working with and alongside Aboriginal and Torres St...Show More
3) Perfectly imperfect: Navigating new parenthood and perinatal mental health
In recognition of Perinatal Mental Health Week, Amy Mathews joins us to share wisdom gained from her lived experience of perinatal mental health struggles and her subsequent work as a peer support wor...Show More
Perfectly imperfect: Navigating new parenthood and perinatal mental health
28:29 | Nov 24th, 2025
4) Organisational allyship: An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander view
In the first episode of this two-part series, Grant Sarra, a Goreng Goreng man from Queensland, joins us to share an Aboriginal perspective on what organisational allyship looks like for individuals, ...Show More
5) How can we do better? Supporting children’s mental health in Australia
In this episode, practitioners, researchers, parents and young people explore strategies and shifts to better support infant, child and adolescent mental health in Australia. They discuss the need for...Show More
6) What does the future hold for children's mental health in Australia?
To mark the 200th episode of the Emerging Minds podcast, we wanted to look to the future of infant and child mental health in Australia. Practitioners, researchers, parents and young people discuss th...Show More
7) Talking to children and young people about consent
In this episode from our Emerging Minds Families podcast, Kirsty (Schools Coordinator, Shine SA) discusses ways to equip children with the knowledge and skills to make informed and empowered decisions...Show More
8) The Australian Child Maltreatment Study: What do the findings tell us?
In this podcast episode, Professor Daryl Higgins shares his research insights on child-safe organisational strategies and public health approaches to protecting children. Daryl was involved in the 202...Show More
9) Child-centred practice in child protection – part two
In the second episode of this two-part series, Dr Carmela Bastian talks with child protection specialists Dr Amy Bromley, Arabella Stravolemos and Chloe Henderson about their approaches to child-centr...Show More
10) Child-centred practice in child protection – part one
In the first episode of this two-part series, Dr Carmela Bastian talks with child protection specialists Dr Amy Bromley, Arabella Stravolemos and Chloe Henderson about their approaches to child-centre...Show More