Townhalls
Townhall sessions will be held throughout November and December.
Please note, we use the Eventbrite platform for the registration process. If you register, Eventbrite will handle your personal information on our behalf. Please refer to our Privacy policy and Eventbrite privacy policy for more information about how we and Eventbrite will handle your personal information.
In-person townhalls
We ask that there is only one representative attending per organisation due to venue capacity restrictions.
If you would like multiple people from your organisation to attend, please register for one of the online townhall events.
| Townhall | Date | Time (Local time) | Location | Registration link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | 11 November 2025 | 1:00pm-2:30pm | Department of Social Services Level 2 99 Bathurst Street Hobart, TAS |
Finished |
| Sydney | 13 November 2025 | 1:30pm-3:00pm | Department of Social Services Tower B – Level 9 280 Elizabeth Street Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW |
Finished |
| Perth | 17 November 2025 | 9:30am-11:00am | City of Melville EcoHub (Binjar room) Piney Lakes Reserve 555 Leach Highway Winthrop, WA |
Finished |
| Darwin* | 19 November 2025 | 9:30am-11:00am | Novotel Darwin Airport 2 Henry Wrigley Drive Eaton, NT |
Register for Darwin Townhall |
| Canberra | 24 November 2025 | 11:00am-12:30pm | Department of Social Services Enid Lyons Building Greenway, ACT |
Register for Canberra Townhall |
| Melbourne | 26 November 2025 | 1:30pm-3:00pm | Department of Social Services Level 10 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne, VIC |
Register for Melbourne Townhall |
| Adelaide | 27 November 2025 | 9:30am-11:00am | State Library of South Australia (Hetzel Lecture Theatre) North Terrace Adelaide, SA |
Register for Adelaide Townhall |
| Brisbane | 4 December 2025 | 1:30pm-3:00pm | UQ Brisbane City (Room 1M16) 308 Queen Street Brisbane City, QLD |
Register for Brisbane Townhall |
*Cancelled due to cyclone warning.
Online townhalls
| Townhall | Date | Time (AEDT) | Location | Registration link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webinar | 6 November 2025 | 1:30pm-2:00pm | Online | Finished |
| Online (First Nations)* | 12 November 2025 | 1:30pm-3:00pm | Online | Finished |
| Online | 14 November 2025 | 1:00pm-2:30pm | Online | Finished |
| Online (Regional & Remote)** | 25 November 2025 | 1:30pm-3:00pm | Online | Register for Online (Regional & Remote)** 25 November Townhall |
| Online (First Nations)* | 28 November 2025 | 1:30pm-3:00pm | Online | Register for Online (First Nations)* 28 November Townhall |
| Online | 1 December 2025 | 1:30pm-3:00pm | Online | Register for Online 1 December Townhall |
* First Nations: Session for Indigenous organisations who deliver services predominately for First Nations participants, including for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations.
** Regional/remote: Session for organisations who predominately deliver services in regional and remote locations, outside of capital cities.
The webinar and online townhalls will be hosted on the Vimeo platform, and you can make comments in real time in Slido. However, your audio and video will be turned off.
The department will record and use the transcription function on the Vimeo platform for the online sessions to help efficiently summarise outcomes from each session.
The department may utilise the Artificial Intelligence (AI) function on Microsoft Copilot (isolated in the GovTEAMS controlled environment) to help analyse the transcription and outcomes of the sessions.
