From the small Queensland town of Yarrabah to the lawns of the White House in Washington DC, Daniel Joinbee has packed a lot into the first thirty-five years of his life. He’s a proud Guggandji man, the first Airforce officer to receive his navy diving and demolitions qualifications, the founder of Australia’s first and only 100% Aboriginal-owned aerospace consultancy and Indigenous youth program, and a devoted father of soon-to-be-four. 

Throughout his life, Daniel’s resilience and entrepreneurial spirit have taking him from diving into pitch-black water under naval boats at night, to launching his aerospace venture in Gunggandji country in Far North Queensland, and to working with the highest levels of government and business. 

Join Daniel for an evening in conversation and story. He’ll share his journey from the challenges of his early childhood to his groundbreaking military service, and now his social entrepreneurship as a founder and leader in aerospace. Daniel and host ABC's Jonathan Webb will also have a conversation about enabling Indigenous communities to blaze their own trails through empowering programs like Raising Horizons.

LIVE EVENT & VENUE INFORMATION

The UNSW Health Translation Hub is located on the corner of High Street and Botany Street, Randwick. Please note this is a live event only, and will not be available via livestream.

TICKETS

ACCESS

Wheelchair Access
The Health Translation Hub Seminar Room is located on the ground floor and is wheelchair accessible.

Assisted Listening
The Health Translation Hub Seminar Room has hearing assistive technology available. Patrons wishing to utilise this service must collect an IR receiver from the venue staff, and this system can be used with a hearing aid or cochlear implant with a T-coil, or with headphones.

Auslan & Captioning 
Auslan interpreting services and/or live captioning can be provided for selected talks upon request.

Contact
To book and discuss access services, please call the Centre for Ideas on 02 9065 0485 or email centreforideas@unsw.edu.au. 

PUBLIC TRANSPORT & PARKING

The UNSW Health Translation Hub is easily accessible via public transport. The closest light rail stop is the UNSW High Street (L2 line) and the closest bus stop is UNSW Gate 8, High Street (348, 370, 390X). For more information please call the Transport Infoline on 131 500 or visit transportnsw.info.

Free parking is also available in the Botany St Car Park (Gate 11) from 5.30pm. For access to free parking, event patrons must park in the UNSW Permit Holder bays, available on all levels. The Botany St Car Park (Gate 11) parking station is located here.

Paid casual and visitor parking is offered via the CellOPark App and ‘pay by plate meters’ in all other UNSW car parks. For more information head here.

PROGRESS FOR ALL

In 2025, Australia faces multifaceted challenges including critical skills shortages, productivity challenges, income and intergenerational inequality, health and education inequities, the cost of living and housing affordability. Recent years have accelerated the increasing wealth gap across the globe.

UNSW’s ultimate objective of Progress for All is born of our founding purpose to advance the economic and social prosperity of NSW and Australia. We carry that objective into this Strategy and recognise that one of the most direct ways that a university can advance prosperity is through the teaching and learning activities we provide alongside our research and innovation. We are unconditionally committed to increasing higher education access and success for groups that are traditionally underrepresented at university.

We will continue to develop relationships with industry, the not-for-profit sector, governments and the broader community that deepen our understanding and enable evidence-based, robust and viable solutions to the current economic and social challenges our society faces. We reaffirm our role as a university for the whole of NSW, just as we embrace the unique challenges and opportunities of being a world-leading university in a global operating environment.

You can read more about our objectives in our UNSW Strategy: Progress for All.

CONTACT 

For all enquiries, please email centreforideas@unsw.edu.au or call the Centre for Ideas on 02 9065 0485.

The Centre for Ideas is happy to receive phone calls via the National Relay Service. TTY users, phone 133 677, then ask for 02 9065 0485. Speak and Listen users, phone 1300 555 727 then ask for 02 9065 0485. For more information on all other relay calls visit here.