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Start Time & Date: |
15/05/2026, 9:00 am |
End Time & Date: |
15/05/2026, 12:00 pm |
Location: |
Pacific Pines Community Centre, Pacific Pines Boulevard, Pacific Pines QLD, Australia |
Contact Info: |
GCPHN Events Team Registration from 8:30am |
This is a disaster recovery and resilience event for health professionals and those who work in the recovery space.
Natural disasters don’t just disrupt communities, they can increase the risk of domestic and family violence.
In times of crisis, stress, displacement, financial pressure, and isolation can create conditions where violence escalates behind closed doors. Yet this is often the part of disaster response that remains unseen and under-discussed.
This session explores the critical connection between disasters and domestic violence, and what we can do, as professionals, community members, and bystanders, to recognise risk early and respond safely.
Together, we will:
This is not about having all the answers. It’s about building a community that notices, cares, and acts. Because prevention doesn’t start with services, it starts with people.
Kirsty Tschirpig
Kirsty is a strategist and culture leader with more than two decades’ experience across justice, leadership and community development. As Co-Founder of The Be There Group, she partners with executives, boards and leadership teams to strengthen accountability, shift entrenched behavioural patterns and build safer, more respectful workplace cultures.
Her experience spans government, corporate and grassroots sectors, providing her with a broad systems perspective and a deep understanding of how culture is shaped at both operational and governance levels. Kirsty is known for her ability to engage people at every level of an organisation and to navigate complex, high-stakes conversations with clarity, steadiness and care.
Her work focuses on aligning values with everyday leadership behaviours — ensuring that respect, equity and psychological safety are not simply articulated, but embedded into decision-making, systems and practice. She is deeply committed to equipping organisations with the confidence and capability to sustain meaningful cultural change long after formal programs conclude.
Shaan Ross-smith
Shaan is a psychologist, accredited mediator and organisational culture specialist with more than 25 years’ experience leading behaviour change and the prevention of harm across complex systems.
Her experience spans Director and Board Chair roles across corporate, government, higher education and community sectors, providing deep governance insight and a system-level perspective on culture, risk and accountability.
As Co-Founder of The Be There Group, Shaan is passionate about strengthening psychosocial safety, embedding accountability and building enduring cultural maturity. Working across corporate, government, education and community sectors, she brings strategic clarity and behavioural expertise to complex environments.
Shaan is known for her ability to navigate difficult conversations with both compassion and precision. She supports organisations to confront challenging issues constructively — translating values into practical leadership behaviours that endure beyond programs, policy statements or compliance requirements.
Her work sits at the intersection of organisational psychology, governance and culture strategy, ensuring that change is not only initiated, but sustained.
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If you are unable to attend for any reason, please let us know immediately by emailing rsvp@gcphn.com.au to CANCEL your registration, as we may have time to offer your place to someone else.
CANCELLATIONS: Online registrations will be confirmed immediately in our booking system. This is our preferred method of RSVP. To cancel your RSVP please use the email link or call the GCPHN events team (PH. 07 5635 2455). In recent months a number of registrants to our events have failed to attend and have not provided cancellation advice. This often results in others, often on wait lists, being unable to attend. In addition, GCPHN resources are wasted as costs for catering and support staff are still incurred. Each event therefore incurs a cost per person ranging from $65 – $120. GCPHN wishes to continue to provide training and education at no cost to primary care providers, however for these reasons we may have to consider implementing fees to offset our costs in the future. Please ensure you provide at least 2 days’ notice if you need to cancel your registration
COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION: GCPHN collects personal information for the purpose of assisting its activities and functions in the primary health care sector. Your contact details may be used to forward information and notifications from GCPHN. In some circumstances we may provide your information to our funding agency (Dept of Health) or to service providers that enter into legal contracts with us which are bound by confidentiality. For further information on how we manage your personal information see our privacy policy.
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