Julian O'Brien

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Julian O’Brien is a founding member and Secretary of Healthier Illawarra Men (HIM), a community-driven initiative dedicated to improving the physical, mental and social wellbeing of men and boys in the Illawarra region. With a background in journalism and strategic communications, Julian brings a storyteller’s instinct and a deep commitment to social impact. He has played a key role in shaping HIM’s regional campaigns, including the It Starts With Me. Today. domestic violence prevention initiative and the organisation’s long-running partnership with Tomorrow Man, delivering mental fitness workshops in local schools and sporting clubs. Julian’s passion lies in building connections — between business and community, sport and wellbeing, lived experience and leadership — to help create a better way to be a man. He is also the founder of South Break Media, a consultancy supporting organisations across health, education, and clean energy to tell their stories with purpose.

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Inspiring change building a local movement for a better way to be a man In a time of growing urgency around men’s mental health and the rising tide of domestic, family and sexual violence, Healthier Illawarra Men is building something rare: a local movement that’s genuinely shifting the conversation — and culture — around what it means to be a man. — Stream: Men and Violence - Preventing Family and Domestic Violence

Julian O'Brien National Men's Health Gathering 2025

Julian O'Brien

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