Dr Alicia Veasey, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman, is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist with a subspeciality fellowship in Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology, with over twenty years experience working throughout the health system from aged care to paediatric nursing, medicine and leadership. Recognising early on in her medical career the need for health system reform to address the racism and inequity in Australia’s health system towards First Nations People, Alicia completed a Master of Public Health and a Master of Health Management. In 2023, Alicia was awarded a Fellowship with the prestigious Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, where she completed a Master of (Indigenous) Social Change Leadership, culminating in a dissertation exploring opportunities to embed Indigenous self-determination and sovereignty within the acute care health systems.

Alicia is an experienced and sought after health leader, providing input into local, state and national health policy, strategies and reform, as well as being a senior advisor to media, research and non-government organisations. She is currently a non-executive Director for the Australian Commission for Safety & Quality in Health Care, and Advisory Board member for the Australian Health Review journal. She has previously served as a non-executive Director for the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association, a founding member of Health Workforce Australis Future Health Leaders Council and was a delegate with the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples.