Ballina Gee Speaking Topics and Talking Points

Ballina Gee, internationally acclaimed as the Pacific Diva, has spent over a decade using her award-winning platform to drive transformative change in restorative justice and safeguarding. Her fearless advocacy has reshaped socio-economic frameworks and statutory regulations, challenging entrenched injustices in the financial and insurance sectors. “Financial services and insurance behaviors morally injure people through structured violence and it doesn’t need to be this way,” she asserts, aiming to infuse care back into these powerful industries. 

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Her personal experiences have deeply informed her work. A landmark seven-year court case led to the expansion of working-with-children checks in Australia, now covering tutors and mentors beyond traditional education. Her subsequent eight-year legal battle against domestic and family violence demonstrated the limitations of punitive approaches and advocated for health-led restorative justice, inspired by Nordic restorative justice models. 

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Ballina's advocacy extends to reforming legal frameworks and insurance practices, working closely with leaders across various sectors, including international bodies like the United Nations. Her current campaign, #2FingerIME, highlights the systemic issues in medical assessments and the insurance industry’s neglect of patient health. 

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Through her tireless efforts and personal resilience, Ballina Gee remains a pivotal force in advancing justice and creating systemic change.