Jane Dickensen PSM

With a background in economics and education, Jane has worked in the Australian Public Service since the early 1990s across a range of social policy areas. Jane has worked extensively in family policy and was part of the team that developed, implemented and evaluated Australia’s Paid Parental Leave scheme. Jane has an ongoing interest in policies related to the workforce participation of parents.

More recently Jane worked collaboratively with the Brave to establish the Supporting Expecting and Parenting Teens program as part of the Try, Test and Learn Fund, a fund testing innovative approaches to assist some of the most vulnerable in society onto a path towards stable, sustainable independence.