Community Roadshow and Listening Tour Capstone Event

PLACE’s 2025 Community Roadshow and Listening Tour was a national journey where we heard directly from communities about what’s working, what’s holding them back and opportunities for change. Over 12 weeks, we visited 53 communities across Australia, engaging deeply with place-based initiatives.

Now we’re bringing it all together with a vibrant, hybrid event, bringing community together both online and in-person, to reflect, celebrate, and look ahead together.

On Wednesday, 2 July 2025, we will hear key insights from the tour, as well as voices from across the country in a discussion moderated by journalist and presenter, Brooke Boney.

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We are excited to announce our panellists below:

  • Brooke Boney

    Moderator

    Brooke Boney is Today’s Entertainment Presenter and a Gamilaroi Gomeroi woman, known for her vibrant and informed opinion and reportage on everything from entertainment to politics.

    Formerly a journalist on triple j, ABC News, NITV and SBS, Brooke is an ambassador for UNICEF Australia, The GO Foundation and a member of the Indigenous Advisory Panel for the Museum of Contemporary Art.

    As the first Indigenous person on commercial breakfast television, Brooke believes we have arrived at a significant time in Australia.

    We are ready, as a nation, to start accepting and acknowledging our past – and perhaps re-evaluating who our national heroes are.

  • Sean Gordon

    PLACE Board Chair

    Sean is a Wangkumarra and Barkindji man, raised on the Brewarrina Mission. Sean is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Yadha Muru Foundation and Director of Gidgee Group Consulting and Partnerships Pty Ltd.

    Sean is applying his considerable leadership skills to drive place-based development and support Indigenous communities in establishing decision-making governance structures to drive positive social change.

    Sean is a strong advocate of self-determination for Indigenous communities, as well as for social, cultural, and economic empowerment.

    Sean serves on numerous boards and advisory committees/councils.

  • Luke Craven

    PLACE CEO

    Luke has played a leadership role in the design, delivery and evaluation of place-based approaches, and in partnership models that bring together government, philanthropic and community stakeholders around shared purpose.

    Luke developed the System Effects methodology, which is widely used to analyse complex causal relationships in participatory and qualitative data.

  • Karyn Walsh

    Micah Projects CEO

    Karyn is a social justice advocate and the CEO of Micah Projects, a not-for-profit organisation which she established in 1995.

    For 30 years, Karyn has been working tirelessly to break down barriers, create justice and respond to injustice in the lives of individuals, women, children and families. Karyn has a strong focus on working with people, communities, organisations and services to end the cycle of homelessness.

    Karyn is passionate about creating an equitable and inclusive housing system that is affordable, secure, safe and designed to meet the health and wellbeing needs of individuals and families.

  • Rowena Mouda

    Ngunga Group Womens Aboriginal Corportation CEO

    Rowena is an Aboriginal leader born and raised in the West Kimberley and CEO of Ngunga Group Women’s AC.

    Delivering several Early years programs in the Derby region, her commitment to early years education and strong family networks has spanned over 30 years in place-based initiatives.

    She is committed to supporting her Aboriginal people in working on community development projects, collaborative engagements between sectors and has supported her people as they reclaim access and stewardship of their ancestral homelands through native title including marine areas.

  • Daniel Daylight

    Just Reinvest NSW Manager

    Daniel is a proud Gamilaraay man who has family ties to the Gubi Gubi nation.

    Daniel has a passion for helping Aboriginal children and youth caught in the criminal justice system and has spent his working life in the justice sector.

    He worked on the development of the Youth Koori Court and believes if the appropriate support mechanisms are placed around our young Aboriginal people in the Justice system and we can empower them, then they can and will be among our leaders in the future.

    He is currently the Manger of Just Reinvest NSW, having served many leadership roles in organisations that have been set up to work with Aboriginal young people involved in both the criminal justice and the out of home care systems.

  • Joselle Griffin

    Tasmania Aboriginal Legal Service Project Officer

    Joselle is a proud Palawa woman and Project Officer at the Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service. In her work, she gathers stories like seeds that hold the strength of her community.

    A practitioner of asset based community development, Joselle listens for what is already strong, already growing.

    She believes in walking alongside others, creating spaces where community voice, especially youth voice, leads the way in shaping a future entrenched in resilience and collective strength.