Justice for Her
Dinner for Change 2026
Your generosity and support helped make the evening a meaningful and successful part of our Justice For Her campaign.
Funds raised through Justice for Her and Dinner for Change will help Tasmanian women overcome practical barriers that can stand between them and safety, stability and access to justice.
Your contributions will help make possible:
securing a home so a woman and her children can remain safe
transport to court, legal appointments, and support services
childcare costs that enable women to participate in legal processes
accommodation costs for women and their children who need to travel to attend court
Dinner For Change might be over, but you can still be a part of change. Make your pledge to say how you will help address gendered violence.
Find out more about our special guests
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Tarang is an award-winning keynote speaker, writer, and advocate. He is the co-founder of Not One More Niki, a grassroots non-profit working to end men’s violence against women named in memory of his younger sister Nikita, who was murdered by her partner in 2015. As Commissioner at the Victorian Multicultural Commission, Tarang works to bring the voices and lived experiences of culturally diverse people to policymakers.Tarang is also a sessional academic at The University of Melbourne and Monash University, a former Young Australian of the Year Finalist, and was a founding board member of the Victim Survivors’ Advisory Council (VSAC).
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Carolyn is a respected leader and advocate across the Tasmanian family violence sector, dedicated to preventing family violence and strengthening community responses needed to combat this issue. With extensive experience in the field, she brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work. Carolyn is passionate about amplifying survivor voices, driving systemic change, and creating safer, more compassionate communities through collaboration, education, and courageous conversations.
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Dewayne Everettsmith is a proud palawa man, acclaimed singer-songwriter and cultural storyteller from lutruwita/Tasmania. Known for his deeply moving music and strong connection to Country, culture and community, Dewayne’s work has played an important role in sharing Tasmanian Aboriginal stories through song and performance. His presence brings depth, respect and a powerful sense of place to any gathering
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Shakira Robertson is a courageous young advocate using her voice to drive change in the response to domestic and family violence. Following the loss of her mother, she stepped into the role of carer for her younger brothers and has since become a passionate campaigner for justice, awareness and reform. Her advocacy has been recognised through major youth and human rights awards, and she continues to speak with strength, honesty and purpose.
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Track + Field knows dance music inside out, with a heavyweight back-catalogue spanning decades. A solid player of the Tassie club circuit, she's known for her seamless blends of House, Deep Cuts and Dance Pop anthems that just hit right. Her headline at this year's Taste of Summer NYE show saw her drawing a record crowd, and her recent debut performance at Party In the Paddock has proven that Track + Field gets the crowd HYPED.
Spinning refined selections, she has mastered the art of crafting unforgettable moments on the dancefloor, guaranteed to take you on an epic journey in every set.
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Eternal Performing Arts is a Hobart-based movement studio and creative hub, bringing together dance, fitness, and mindful movement in an inclusive, community-driven space. Built on the values to educate, empower, and elevate, Eternal creates opportunities for people of all backgrounds to grow in confidence, develop their skills, and experience the power of movement.
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Brandi Salmon is a proud Wiradjuri Artist living and working on Palawa Country in Lutruwita (Tasmania). Brandi explores her Culture within her creative practice as well as blending contemporary techniques with storytelling and Blaktivism.
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Emily is an innovative contemporary harpist, vocalist, violinist & electronic loop artist based in Launceston, Tasmania. Emily performs across a wide range of musical genres, embracing the full versatility of the harp and combining it with her other instruments. She delights in subverting expectations—venturing well beyond the traditional harp repertoire while still weaving in touches of the familiar. Her work spans original compositions, contemporary arrangements with a twist, and experimental improvisations. Unconfined by genre, Emily moves fluidly between jazz, Celtic traditional, classical and contemporary influences, inviting audiences to arrive with an open mind and leave their assumptions at the door.
Emily is a versatile performer, with experience in numerous solo and collaborative performance contexts within Tasmania and beyond. Emily has completed durational solo creative residencies at MONA over three consecutive years and will complete another in 2026; a performance art project involving Emily sleeping alone in the museum gallery, then composing and performing new original works each day inspired by her behavioural sleep disorder. Emily has performed by invitation at TedXHobart and released her debut album of original music in 2021 to 5 sold out shows at MONA FOMA festival in 2022. Emily is a regular on the Tasmanian music festival scene and is a regular collaborator with Tasdance. She is a long term member of MONA’s music cluster ensemble and embarked on her first solo tour in 2025 with the support of Carter Harps Australia and Arts Tasmania. During 2026, Emily will perform and present at the World Harp Congress in Toronto.
Emily is also a visual artist and registered Occupational Therapist in her spare time.
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