Olivia Killeen has been the Social Policy Project Officer at Sacred Heart Mission since April 2019. In her role, Olivia prepares internal social policy advice for the Senior Management team and keeps abreast of social policy changes at local, state and federal levels. She represents the Mission at external consultations held by peak bodies and other organisations seeking to gain representative evidence from stakeholders on key social issues. Olivia has prepared external submissions to public inquiries such as the Parliamentary Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria (2020), and the Royal Commission into Aged Care, Quality and Safety (2019).
The global COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and widened the inequality gap in our society. People without a home, older people, people on low incomes, and people living with a disability are being hit the hardest ...