Congratulations to Prof Nickie Newton and Dr Marlee Bower for receiving awards at #SMHR2024!

Join me to work on improving the mental health of Australians. Its an incredible project with an amazing team !

NEW | We are proud to share a new report to prioritise social connection in UK and Australian policy. Together, UCL Policy Lab and @TheMatilda_USYD reflected on the best available academic and community evidence. Our findings: bit.ly/40NICop

In a time of major social divisions, social connection is vital. Really proud of this report, based on The Matilda Centre Prof Maree Teesson AC collab with the UCL Policy Lab - and incredible minds Sonia Johnson @PeterFonagy Anthony Costello Campaign to End Loneliness Marc Stears Local Trust and many others!

An incredible report on what we can do to build social connection. Led by Marlee Bower bringing together thought leaders across UK.. so important at this time The Matilda Centre

New report from UCL Policy Lab and The Matilda Centre brings together leading thinkers to call for a greater focus on an epidemic of loneliness. The report marks the launch of a new programme from the UCL Policy Lab and partners on social connection. ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/new…

Great to be involved in this exciting new report which brings together leading experts across research, policy and practice to understand the key drivers of loneliness + propose innovative solutions to build a more socially connected world The Matilda Centre Marlee Bower

An incredible day at USD meeting new friends and research collaborators across the mental health and substance use space. Grateful to be in sunny California as part of the USYD-UCSD Priority Partnership! The Matilda Centre 🧠

TWTR is: Placing social connection at the heart of public policy in the United Kingdom and Australia ➡️apo.org.au/node/329025 The Matilda Centre UCL Policy Lab An evidence-based charting of sustainable interventions to strengthen connection at the structural level. #loneliness

We're proud to share a new report on the Future of Social Connection in UK & Australian Policy. The report ties together current evidence & outcomes of a Roundtable led by Australia's Mental Health Think Tank Chair Prof Maree Teesson AC, Member Marc Stears & Academic Lead Marlee Bower. doi.org/10.25910/3eb2-….

Universities have long been at the centre of struggles for social justice. But the proposed “civility rule” would make Sydney University one of the most restrictive campuses in the country for peaceful protest and academic freedom Sarah Schwartz smh.com.au/national/sydne…

It’s deeply distressing the Attorney General has approved extraditing Dan Duggan to the US. He has chosen to send this Australian father of 6 to a politicised prosecution and done so just before Christmas hoping everyone has switched off from the news. This is so wrong.

Help defend the Jewish Council's anti-racism work against Murdoch press smear campaign Over the last week, our Executive Officer, Sarah Schwartz, has been subjected to a strategic, coordinated and racist campaign by the Murdoch press, far-right social media accounts and

“I don’t believe that Trump and the far right could care less about the threat these groups pose to actual Jewish people, because they’re not really interested in us, they’re interested in the avatars they have created to replace us.” Brilliant

Just re-upping this again because the Temu Trumps in the LNP insist on bringing every culture war here: the Morrison govt spent $20.8bn on consultants in its final year - the equivalent of 54,000 FT public servants. The private sector benefits with govt cuts. No one else.

The relentless attacks on courageous Sarah Schwartz from Jewish Council of Australia are predictable and a common tactic to silence/intimidate critics of state violence/power by Murdoch thugs and the pro-colonisation Zionist lobby. They deserve utter contempt. It's a tactic that's been

“ In the history of News Corp holy wars … rarely has there been one with less basis in reality than that being conducted against Human Rights Law Centre legal director and Jewish Council of Australia executive officer Sarah Schwartz” - great article!

Opinion | Sarah Schwartz pointed out that Peter Dutton is exploiting Jews for political purposes. News Corp and the right now want to destroy her for it, writes @bernardkeane. crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/sar…

“The attempt to cancel Sarah Schwartz transcends any one individual. It is a fundamental threat to free speech and liberal democracy. Social cohesion is impossible in a liberal democracy unless we embrace the right to disagree with one another.” smh.com.au/national/when-…