ben bjarnesen

Ben Bjarnesen is a passionate educator and campaigner who advocates for improved services for LGBTQ+ victims and survivors of Domestic Violence. 

Ben is a Churchill Fellow and has travelled internationally to explore best practice solutions for Police Departments to enhance the way in which they respond to DV in LGBTQ+ communities.

He has since been actively involved in advising government and non-government organisations internationally on a range of initiatives designed to improve service delivery to LGBTQ+ communities.

Ben is an operational Police officer, a Board Director of DVConnect and was recently appointed by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to the Queensland Government Domestic & Family Violence Prevention Council.

He is an awarded educator and campaigner and has previously been named as a ‘Human Rights Hero’ by the Australian Human Rights Commission and as one of Australia’s Outstanding 50 LGBTI+ Leaders by Deloitte & Google.