Elevating complex needs lived experience with Maggie Toko AM

About this episode

Maggie Toko discusses her extensive experience advocating for those with mental health issues at the Complex Needs Conference.

Send us Fan Mail Maggie Toko has spent decades raising the voice of those who live with mental heath issues and emotional distress, using her own living experience of mental illness and professional work in homelessness, sexual assault, and youth services. At the time of recording this chat with Maggie at the Complex Needs Conference in 2025, she was the consumer commissioner for the Victorian Government's Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Now, she is the Chair Commissioner. The ...

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Guest: Maggie Toko AM

Topics covered

• mental health
• lived experience
• complex needs
• homelessness
• youth services

Keywords

• consumer commissioner
• Victorian Government
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission

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