Nic is a Senior Researcher within the Institute of Public Policy and works on a range of issues relating to children, women, foreign aid, human rights, recreation, and disability. Her professional background includes work in central and local government, with non-government organisations, and as an independent consultant. Broadly, this work has had a social development focus and has included youth, health, mental health, suicide prevention, sustainability and wellbeing issues. Primarily, Nic has utilised advocacy, communication, training and policy development instruments to achieve favourable outcomes in local, regional and national contexts.