
2.5 - Brian Walker
Robert Lewandowski
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<p>TW: Suicide</p><br><p>Brian Follett Walker (born 5 September 1954) is an Australian politician and medical practitioner. At the 2021 Western Australian state election, Walker was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Legalise Cannabis WA member for the East Metropolitan Region. His term commenced on 24 May 2021.</p><br><p>Walker was born in Malaysia to Scottish parents, and was educated at Scotch College, Perth, prior to studying medicine at the University of Dundee.</p><br><p>Walker has a longstanding commitment to holistic wellness, which continues to strongly influence his approach to both medicine and politics.</p><br><p>Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA <a href="https://mindmedicineaustralia.org.au/lived-experience-panel/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lived Experience Panel</a> and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.</p><br><p>She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years.</p><br><p>--</p><br><p>Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.</p><br><p><em>In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of menta