2025 Conference Program
Day One – Thursday, 8 May 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session Title | Speaker | CPD |
| 8:30am | Doors Open – registrations (Tea/Coffee) | ||
| 9:00am | Welcome to Country & Smoking Ceremony | Jayden Boundry, Ngalak Nidja | |
| 9:15am | Conference Overview | Mandy Drommer, Master of Ceremonies | |
| 9:30am | Official Opening | Stacey Wellings, Magistrate Family Court of Western Australia | CA 2 0.5 |
| 9:50am | Family Court of WA | Samantha Craig, Magistrate Stacey Wellings, Magistrate Leonie Forrest, Principal Registrar Maddalyn Smith-Silcock, Manager, Customer Service | CA 4 1.0 |
| 11:20am | Morning Tea and Group Photo | ||
| 11:50am | Under the Umbrella of Services Australia | Sal Truscello, Program Manager, Financial Information Service Ekua Abaka, Social Worker, Child Support & Tailored Services Division Karen Meehan, Social Worker, Child Support & Tailored Services Division | CA 2 1.5 |
| 1:20pm | Lunch | ||
| 2:20pm | Financial Counselling in Separation: why it matters and how it helps | Melanie Hopkinson, CEO, Financial Counsellors’ Association of WA | CA 2 0.5 |
| 2:50pm | Short-term financial support services & longer-term change strategies | Malachy O’Donnell, Program Coordinator Central Support Unit Financial Wellbeing Collection | CA 2 0.5 |
| 3:20pm | Financial Abuse: perpetrator tactics post separation | Merlene Price, Accredited Financial Counsellor, Women’s Legal Service WA | CA 2 0.5 |
| 4:00pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 4:30pm | CCLS: Financial Abuse Legal Service – assisting clients through integrated practice | Laura Daisley, Case Worker, Consumer Credit Legal Service Georgia Turco, Senior Solicitor, Consumer Credit Legal Service | CA 4 0.5 |
| 5:00pm | Close |
Day Two – Friday, 9 May 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session Title | Speaker | CPD |
| 8:30am | Doors Open – registrations (Tea/Coffee) | ||
| 9:00am | Conference Opening and Day 2 Overview | Mandy Drommer, Master of Ceremonies | |
| 9:10am | The Joy of Financial Discovery: money talks, are you listening? | Trisha Culver, Principal, Discovery Accounting Danielle Wilson, Associate, Lavan | CA 3 1.5 |
| 10:40am | Morning Tea | ||
| 11:10am | Knowmore Legal First Nations Support | Esther Nambiar, Senior Lawyer | CA 1 0.5 |
| 11:50am | Understanding Economic Abuse: complexities, context & consequences | Rebecca Glenn, Founder & CEO, Centre for Women’s Economic Safety | CA 2 1.5 |
| 1:20pm | Lunch | ||
| 2:20pm | Cash Course: helping clients find support | Allison Sampson, Financial Counsellor, Money Mentors Deborah Laidler, Financial Counsellor, Communicare | CA 2 0.5 |
| 3:00pm | Mediator interventions in financial mediations | Mandy Drommer, Director, WA Family Mediation Services Vincent Tan, Partner, Clairs Keeley Lawyers | CA 2 1.0 |
| 4:20pm | Conference Closing | Tucker Christou, Chair, WA Family Law Pathways Network | |
| 4:30pm | Sundowner | ||
| 5:30pm | Close |
