DOT(WA) Bi-Monthly PD SEPTEMBER 2025
Topic: Culturally Safe Practices Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and their Families: Learnings from the Bullwinkel Scholarship Aboriginal Child Development Trip
Date: Tuesday 2 September 2025
Time: 6.30pm
Presenter: Mel Robinson, Director Aboriginal Health Strategy, Child and Adolescent Health Service
We are very excited to announce that Mel Robinson, Director Aboriginal Health Strategy, Child and Adolescent Health Service, will be presenting to the DOT(WA) community.
Mel is the recipient of the inaugural Lt Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel Scholarship from the Australian College of Nursing. As part of her scholarship funding she has travelled to Winnepeg, Canada, Sydney and Melbourne to expand her knowledge around Aboriginal child development and best practice to overcome disparity in inequity in child health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in WA.
Her presentation provides an overview of the key lessons she has learnt and how they link into her work at the Child and Adolescent Health Service.
Mel is an Aboriginal woman with connections to Gidja and Ngarinyin Aboriginal people of the Kimberley. Mel has achieved a Post Graduate Diploma of Nursing and a Masters in Nursing Research.
2025 DOT(WA) AGM
Following the professional development presentation, we will be holding our Annual General Meeting. This is your opportunity to hear about what DOT(WA) has been up to over the last year, look at our financial position and put your hand up to be on the committee. It is also your opportunity to ask the committee questions, or raise thoughts and ideas you have.