Christine Castley is a nationally recognised leader in social impact, belonging, and cultural inclusion. Until recently the CEO of Multicultural Australia, she has led complex reform across government and community, including in housing, domestic and family violence, youth justice, and social cohesion. A former senior public servant and now Chair of the Australian Multicultural Council, Christine also serves as a Board Member of Queensland Theatre and the Residential Tenancies Authority. She brings deep experience in how policy and systems can both empower and exclude, and how we build for equity across gender, culture and class.

A mother, a migrant and the first in her family to go to university, Christine is passionate about creating pathways to opportunity—particularly for women and communities sidelined by structural inequality. She brings a practical, grounded lens to leadership and believes that economic empowerment is not just about jobs—it’s about dignity, agency and justice.

For information on financial services:

https://www.multiculturalaustralia.org.au/

Key resources and lifeskills education, including, financial literacy. For example, a range of lifeskills resources like SBS Life in Australia resources - https://www.sbs.com.au/audio/collection/life-in-australia/s3qcrlyn0

Information, support and access to address financial hardship – example, through micro-credit and finance and no interest loans – e.g., https://goodshep.org.au/services/nils/