Ben Brien National Suicide Prevention Conference 2026

Ben Brien

Ben Brien is a passionate lived experience advocate with professional experience in mental health, suicide prevention, and lived experience practice across community, inpatient, and education settings. With lived experience of mental ill-health, suicidality, and addiction, alongside the loss of many loved ones to suicide, Ben is deeply committed to meaningful reform. Living on Wiradjuri Country, Ben serves as Suicide Prevention Regional Coordinator at Western NSW Primary Health Network, leading regional initiatives focused on community leadership and capacity building. His work prioritises lived experience and community-led approaches to suicide prevention and postvention. Ben has dedicated his career to ensuring the inclusion of lived experience across all aspects of suicide prevention and mental health systems. In addition to his primary role, Ben also holds various strategic advisory roles, including Co-Chair of the National Suicide Prevention Office Lived Experience Partnership Group and Councillor of the NSW Mental Health Commission Community Advisory Council.