A committed team of...
Social researchers. Evaluators. Project managers. Writers. Visual strategists.
Policy advisors. Program designers. Facilitators.
Natalie Walker
Founder
BA (Psych) LLB MAICD
Natalie has over 16 years experience working in and with the corporate, small business, government and not-for-profit sectors on various social and economic policy.
Her previous roles include:
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founding CEO of Supply Nation
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project manager in KPMG's Health & Human Services Practice
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advisor to the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission
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various policy and program management roles in Queensland Government Department of Communities.
Natalie specialises in assisting Inside Policy clients to understand complex policy problems, identify the core issues and design ways forward.
Merran Morton
General Manager - Operations
Bachelor of Business
Merran has over twenty years working in professional services, specialising in people and business leadership in creative and progressive businesses in Australia and the UK.She has worked for an array of creative businesses, from UK based boutique marketing agency Solutions by Design to ecommerce innovator I Want One of Those.com, and finally advertising agency Agency.com, a pioneer in digital marketing, advertising and communications. In Australia she has worked for advertising agencies including Ogilvy One and TBWA before landing at Holler Australia, where she was Managing Director and worked with clients such as Audi Australia, Blackmores, Heineken and Nestlé.Since leaving Holler in 2018, she worked independently as a strategy consultant before joining Inside Policy in 2020.
Diane Biaggini
General Manager - Advisory
BA Sociology (Hons) LLB
Diane is passionate about social policy and Indigenous Affairs and has over 15 years experience of federal government experience, including working as a Senior Departmental Liaison Officer in the Office of the Minister for Indigenous Australians.
Diane values data-driven and evidence-based practices so that organisations can understand and maximise their impact.
Diane’s key areas of expertise include: family violence, child protection, youth justice, early childhood development, legal assistance, First Nations economic development, human rights, and gender policy (focusing on women’s economic security).
Diane is also skilled in stakeholder consultation and has worked with Indigenous and legal peak bodies, service providers and all levels of government on a range of projects, including: developing legal policy and Indigenous justice initiatives in the legal assistance sector, co-design and program implementation of community safety initiatives (focusing on family violence and child safety), and the design and development of program evaluations in youth justice and family safety.
Phil Tayler
Senior Manager
BSS (Criminology)
Master of Public Health
and Health Management
Philip has 15 years of experience in public health service delivery, project andprogram management within NSW Health, at both a Local Health District andMinistry of Health level. Philip’s experience includes primary care workforce engagement (of government and non-government service providers, including ACCHOs), development of public health campaigns and infectious disease policy development and implementation. For eight years Philip worked within a NSW Health primary care service provider which delivered a range of health andwellbeing services to vulnerable populations, including people with forensic histories, people who inject drugs, at risk young people, sex workers, people experiencing homelessness and people with complex mental health issues.
Philip began his career working in frontline domestic violence and temporary accommodation services in the UK. In Sydney, Philip has worked as a health manager for a primary health care service accessed First Nations people. Philip’s public health experience includes leading NSW Health’s approach to supporting COVID-19 vaccination access for First Nations people in NSW general practice. Phil has led public health programs and projects involving Primary Health Networks, state and federal health department, peak andprofessional bodies and peer organisations.
Gabby Lindsay Smith
Senior Manager
PhD. Public Health; BSc.
Health and Sports Science
Gabby is a passionate post-doctoral researcher and evaluator with subject matter expertise in public health and broad project experience leading large and small research and evaluation projects impacting First Nations People and non-Indigenous people. She has a strong interest in systems design and social research. She has led mixed-methods research and evaluation projects in a range of disciplines including health service management, public health, tourism destination resilience and vulnerability to disaster, ageing and physical activity. She has also provided research quantitative and qualitative analytical expertise in family and domestic violence and child and family services projects.
Emma Robinson
Manager
Bachelor of Social Science
Emma is an experienced researcher, with theoretical and applied knowledge of the design and implementation of mixed-method projects. She enjoys working on complex problems requiring analytical thinking, and is passionate about using evidence-based policy to improve outcomes for vulnerable people.
She has over a decade of experience in both the private and not-for-profit sectors in roles that involved managing projects and undertaking social research at a global and national NGO.
Emma has significant experience leading analysis and reporting across Inside Policy research and evaluation projects. She also oversees the preparation and submission of Inside Policy’s ethics applications and has led the internal refinement of data sovereignty and management protocols.
Emma holds a Bachelor of Social Science in Public Policy, Law and Governance from Macquarie University, as well as a Diploma in the Spanish language
Renee Chan
Manager
BA (International Relations & International Development)
Master of Policy Studies
Graduate Certificate in Evaluation
Renee has joined the Inside Policy team after more than a decade working in international and community development across Asia, Africa, and the Australia-Pacific region. Her diverse experience spans program design, monitoring & evaluation, engagement and facilitation.
Renee’s motivation lies in creating inclusive environments that empower communities and governments to co-design strategies that ultimately enable self-determination. She is particularly interested in identifying innovative ways to ensure community expertise, ways of knowing and lived experience inform evaluation design and delivery.
Tala Abdulhadi
Manager
Master of Development Studies
After completing a master’s degree in development studies from the University of Sydney, Tala had the opportunity to deliver strategic management and planning consultancies as well as design and implement various international and national developmental programmes. Consequently, Tala has developed an interest in utilising a diverse range of tools to design, implement and evaluate programs to empower and support the most vulnerable community groups. Tala has worked on various programmatic and policy areas including family violence prevention, refugee rights, social inclusion, and local development.
Annalise holds a Bachelor of Laws and Psychological Science from Griffith University, and has experience working in the care and protection sector, both as a therapeutic care worker supporting young people in out of home care, and as a solicitor with the Aboriginal Legal Service.
Annalise also has also worked in the family law sector, victims compensation, and civil law sector, particularly supporting women experiencing domestic violence.
Annalise holds a Bachelor of Laws and Psychological Science from Griffith University, and has experience working in the care and protection sector, both as a therapeutic care worker supporting young people in out of home care, and as a solicitor with the Aboriginal Legal Service.
Annalise also has also worked in the family law sector, victims compensation, and civil law sector, particularly supporting women experiencing domestic violence.
Annalise joined Inside Policy in August 2021. Holding a Bachelor of Laws and Psychological Science from Griffith University, she has experience working in the care and protection sector, both as a therapeutic care worker supporting young people in out of home care, and as a solicitor with the Aboriginal Legal Service.
Annalise also has also worked in the family law sector, victims compensation, and civil law sector, particularly supporting women experiencing domestic violence.
Dr Georgia Coe
Senior Consultant
BA in communications and
media, Honours in Sociology,
PHD, Social Sciences
Dr Georgia Coe is a social scientist with over 7 years interdisciplinary
research experience, which includes qualitative and mixed methods
social and policy research, and market research consultancy. Georgia
specialises in empirical qualitative social and policy research and collaborative
community projects with vulnerable populations and difficult-to-reach
groups. Her research has been published nationally and internationally in
reports, the media, peer-reviewed scientific journals and as book
chapters, and she has presented research insights at conferences,
research events and to college students.
Annalise holds a Bachelor of Laws and Psychological Science from Griffith University, and has experience working in the care and protection sector, both as a therapeutic care worker supporting young people in out of home care, and as a solicitor with the Aboriginal Legal Service.
Annalise also has also worked in the family law sector, victims compensation, and civil law sector, particularly supporting women experiencing domestic violence.
Sarah Doyle
Senior Consultant
Bachelor of International Studies, Bachelor of Communication, Social and Political Science
Annalise holds a Bachelor of Laws and Psychological Science from Griffith University, and has experience working in the care and protection sector, both as a therapeutic care worker supporting young people in out of home care, and as a solicitor with the Aboriginal Legal Service.
Annalise also has also worked in the family law sector, victims compensation, and civil law sector, particularly supporting women experiencing domestic violence.
Sarah joined Inside Policy after beginning her career in First Nations policy, working in the NGO sector. She has experience working in First Nations land rights, community-led economic development of First Nations communities, community consultations on culture & heritage, native title and land rights, renewable energy and just transitions, and facilitating strategies surrounding Indigenous human rights in Australia.
Sarah has experience advising on strategic policy design and implementation, and strongly believes in the power of strengths-based, community-centred policy design.
Grace Scott
Consultant
Bachelor of Arts majoring in International Relations and Politics
Grace has focused extensively
on Indigenous advocacy, international relations and gender politics
throughout her degree. Her strong sense of social justice guides her work
at Inside Policy.
Grace has collaborated with a range of vulnerable people and communities
and contributed to the evaluation of multiple government programs,
partnering with organisations delivering critical services to these groups.
Cara McGoldrick
Consultant
Bachelor of Communications
Cara studied Social and Political Science at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Following her degree, Cara gained experience as a mentor for First Nations university students at the beginning of their careers at CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship Program. Cara has worked with a diverse range of vulnerable communities across different social justice initiatives, including at a women's shelter in Nepal, an NGO that provides education to disadvantaged families in Peru, and a homelessness food service in Sydney. At Inside Policy, Cara has gained experience working with state and federal governance agencies on the evaluation of policies and programs to advance the health and wellbeing of First Nations people.
Pauline Tayler
Team Manager
Pauline has over 7 years’ experience working in the advertising and marketing space.
Predominantly working business to business, she has assisted her clients to look at the way their business is portrayed to their customer and implements plan to improve their presence.
In her role as Account Manager, she has run of a team of 9 sales representatives. With her team, they were able to transform the areas that had previously been underperforming to a top performing area.
Due to this role, she has experience in policy and procedures, recruitment, performance management, system training, product training, complaint handling. Pauline enjoys the challenge of thinking outside the box and problem solving.
Dilini Gamage
Project Executive Officer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics
Dilini is an extremely competent, versatile and results-oriented Project Executive Officer with 14 years of experience providing high-quality outcomes across the Travel, Construction, Food and Public Sectors performing general administration support to high-level executives.
She specialises in Schedule Planning, Documentation and Reporting, Invoicing and Accounts Management utilising excellent technical skills. Dilini is experienced in guiding teams towards achieving goals through combining robust leadership and management skills creating an optimistic workplace culture that allowed growth, and cultivated training, whilst encouraging motivation
Tamzin McCue
Researcher
Bachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Social Science
Tamzin is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Social Science (Criminology) at the University of Wollongong. With previous experience in auditing, I have developed strong skills in research, policy analysis, and stakeholder engagement. Passionate about expanding their knowledge and expertise, I am eager to contribute to the sector and gain valuable hands-on experience to complement their academic studies.