Might 05, 2025
by Kim Trengove
The Australian Males’s Well being Discussion board (AMHF) is mourning the lack of one in all its most influential figures, Greg Millan, who handed away final week.
Greg’s impression on males’s well being in Australia spans almost three a long time, and his legacy will proceed to form the sphere for generations to come back.
Greg was a founding power within the improvement of a coordinated males’s well being sector in Australia. His management was instrumental within the formation of the Coalition of Males’s Organisations and later the Australian Males’s Well being Discussion board itself. His involvement with AMHF stretched again to the primary Nationwide Males’s Well being Gathering in Melbourne in 1995- a milestone occasion that helped spark a nationwide dialog in regards to the distinctive well being challenges confronted by males and boys.
Few individuals have formed AMHF’s course greater than Greg. Serving for extra years on the Board than anybody else, Greg held quite a few management roles, together with President and Vice President. Even after formally retiring from the Board earlier this yr, his presence and steerage remained deeply felt.
“Greg was an indomitable power in driving higher outcomes for males’s well being,” AMHF CEO Glen Poole stated. “There was nobody higher knowledgeable or extra dedicated to the trigger.
“A lot of what Greg has accomplished for males’s well being over time has been a selfless act of generosity. We can not put a price on the hundreds of hours of time, data and knowledge he has given to AMHF and the broader males’s well being sector.”
Greg, a meditation instructor, ran workshops and coaching on males’s well being and put collectively a free quarterly bulletin known as emale protecting a broad vary of worldwide and native matters. “Greg had a outstanding ardour for serving to males and boys, and of bringing individuals collectively and supporting new voices within the area. That is an particularly unhappy time,” stated AMHF President, Gillian Hunt.
Greg performed a key function in guiding AMHF via its transition right into a Commonwealth-funded peak physique in 2017, serving as one in all 9 administrators entrusted with steering the organisation into a brand new period. With Greg’s retirement from the Board final December, he was the final of these authentic administrators to step down, marking the top of an necessary chapter within the Discussion board’s historical past.
In recognition of Greg’s profound impression, AMHF has introduced it should create a brand new nationwide award in his honour. The Greg Millan Males’s Well being Award will rejoice people who present excellent dedication to advancing the well being and wellbeing of males and boys throughout Australia. The Award will likely be made on the 30th anniversary of the Nationwide Males’s Well being Gathering in October.
Greg Millan is remembered not simply as a colleague, however as a mentor, a pal, and a tireless advocate. We lengthen our heartfelt condolences to Greg’s household, pals, and all those that knew and liked him. His legacy will reside on within the lives he touched and the work he impressed.
