BN Health Forum Melbourne: Mind Matters – The Intersection between Mental Health and the Law

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Mental health has become one of the defining challenges across the healthcare, legal, and insurance sectors. As clinical presentations grow more complex and psychological injury claims rise, professionals are being called upon to navigate new demands with greater sensitivity, clarity, and collaboration.

This year’s Health Forum will explore the shifting intersection of mental health, medicine, and the law. In a powerful and personal highlight, we’ll hear from a high profile mental health advocate who will share their lived experience of navigating a long-term mental health crisis - offering a vital perspective on the human realities behind our systems and policies. Building on this, our expert-led panel session will explore the complexities of mental health claims, legal and regulatory responses, and the wider impacts on workforce wellbeing, claim volumes, and risk management.

Together, our speakers will offer deep insights into what’s working, what needs to change, and how different parts of the sector can collaborate to deliver more compassionate, sustainable mental health outcomes.

BN’s Health Forum is a must-attend event for professionals working in or alongside healthcare and life sciences who want to stay up-to-date on the trends and issues affecting the sector. But be quick, registration is free and places are limited.

Following the final session, attendees are invited to join us for drinks and canapés to continue the conversation with their industry colleagues.

Stay tuned as we reveal this year’s incredible line-up of speakers over the coming weeks!

Attend with Purpose

Help Us Support Women on Their Recovery Journey

BN is proud to partner with Two Good Co., an organisation dedicated to empowering and employing women with lived experience of homelessness, domestic violence, and complex trauma.

For every guest in attendance, BN will donate a nutritious and delicious Two Good meal for women and children seeking refuge in local shelters. Two Good isn’t just about meals - it’s about dignity, empowerment, and rebuilding lives. Their programs provide employment pathways, skills training, and a supportive community that plays a vital role in mental health recovery and long-term wellbeing.

By joining us, you’re not just attending an event, you’re helping provide nourishment and hope to someone who needs it.

BN proudly supports our community through donations, volunteering, and partnerships. Our main partner, Two Good Co., helps women impacted by trauma rebuild their lives through connection, skills, and employment.

About Two Good Co.

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Program

The Walking Waitlists: Surviving a Mental Health Apocalypse

Keynote session presented by one of Australia’s most recognised media personalities and mental health advocates Osher Günsberg.

Mental health is more than a professional challenge – it is a deeply personal journey. Behind every statistic and policy discussion lies a human experience: the struggle, the resilience, the small victories. Beyond the frameworks and diagnoses, our keynote session will reveal what it truly feels like to navigate mental health conditions, both as a patient and an advocate.

Osher will offer a deeply personal account of navigating a severe and protracted period of mental ill-health while maintaining a high-profile public role, illustrating the invisible risks many individuals manage in private. His keynote will open a critical conversation on how avoidant behaviours, stigma, and systemic barriers to care can contribute to underreporting, delayed claims, and ineffective recovery outcomes.

Through his first-hand experience with mental health struggles, Osher will draw a direct line between the delay in seeking help and long-term psychological injury, particularly in roles attracting public scrutiny or leadership responsibility. He will offer practical insights into how individuals and organisations, including those advising or representing them, can mitigate risk by fostering environments where early intervention is not only encouraged but supported.

In this keynote, Osher will provide effective strategies for identifying cultural and procedural gaps that prolong injury and increase liability and explore how industry professionals can play a proactive role in shifting workplace norms towards better outcomes.

Join us as we delve into the critical topic of mental health – a universal concern that touches everyone.

Meet our speakers

Osher Günsberg

Osher Günsberg is one of Australia’s most recognisable media personalities and has been a guest in Australian living rooms for over 25 years.

From his work on Channel [V] in the early 2000’s to seven seasons on Australian Idol, Osher became the first (and still the only) Australian to host a live, prime time network TV show in the USA when he fronted CBS’ Live to Dance.

Osher celebrated his 30th year in broadcasting with a Gold Logie nomination for hosting The Masked Singer, The Bachelor, and The Bachelorette on Network 10. In 2023, Osher returned to radio with his long-time collaborator, Yumi Stynes, bringing to life the world’s first 24/7 Music Trivia station on ARN. Osher can also be heard on his podcast ‘Osher Günsberg: Better Than Yesterday’.

Aside from his broadcast work, Osher is a passionate advocate for positive conversations around mental health and climate action. The release of his memoir ‘Back, After the Break’ became an instant best-seller and was nominated at the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards for Best Biography Book of the Year, which was accompanied by a live show of the same name that sold out a national tour.

Beyond his regular TV work, Osher recently moved into hosting and producing documentaries, with spectacular success. His first film ‘Osher Günsberg: A Matter of Life and Death’ (produced with Lune Media) was met with enormous acclaim and won the coveted ‘Golden Goddess’ for Best Documentary (one-off) at the 2022 Asian Academy Awards. His upcoming film, ‘My journey into a world of pain’ explores the treatment of chronic and persistent pain.

In the live space, Osher recently completed a second season at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with the acclaimed satirical news show he created, ‘NTNNNNN’, where he and his talented cast created an entirely new hour of comedy every night.

Off-air, Osher is a regular columnist for Men’s Health and an in-demand keynote speaker. He currently serves on the board of We Ride Australia after having previously served on the board of SANE Australia, and is a proud ambassador for Movember.