Host: Carly Brooks
Location: All over Australia… and South East Asia!
G’day Central Station,
We’re currently on-board a flying Toyota north bound to Broome with a dozen Indonesian farming women in-tow. Now would be an opportune time for introductions. Influential Women is owned and operated by Catherine Marriott, the WA 2012 RIRDC Women of the Year award winner. Catherine, more commonly known as Mazz, previously worked as a ruminant nutritionist throughout South East Asia in the live export and feedlot industry.
As you are all well aware, the live trade ban sent shockwaves through the Northern cattle industry and left Australia’s relationship with Indonesia in disarray. If you ever want to offend a developing nation, put a stop to their food supply. This crippling turn of events demonstrated that the hard working men and women dedicating their lives to producing Aussie beef were not being well represented to consumers at home and abroad. Cue the establishment of Influential Women.
The primary purpose of Influential Women is to give rural women the confidence and capacity to communicate on behalf of rural Australia and the agricultural industry. In a nutshell, get women doing what women do best, talking! Nearly 800 women have attended workshops across numerous remote and ridiculously great locations including; Mt Surprise, Alice Springs, Cloncurry, Katherine, Broome, Barooga and Benalla. These workshops are made possible by the unwavering support of Meat and Livestock Australia, local community groups, farmer support networks and hard working hosts. In just over two years, the face and the voice of agriculture has become more present and more vocal than ever. Food producers are now proudly telling their story and the role they play in the ‘paddock to plate’ journey.
Influential Women was at the right place at the right time and has recently begun working with the Department of Agriculture and Food WA, managing the ‘Empowering Women in Agriculture – Australia and Indonesia’ project. Hence the jaunt to sunny Broome with our East Javan gal pals. This week we will take you for a look-see into what happens at Influential Women (in outback towns and bushwhacked East Javan villages) and why Miss Mazz has earned herself Qantas Platinum Frequent Flyer status. By the way, my name is Carly Brooks and I am in the engine room of this freight train.
Holy Hatbox!
Host: Influential Women Written by Catherine Marriot – Founder and Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. IW is handing the reins over to Mazz to throw her two bobs worth into the Central Station ring. Her time starts now! 1) What is your full name? Catherine “The great” Marriott (Disclaimer: the answer is Catherine Agnes […]
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Workshop Hazards
Host: Influential Women Written by Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. Welcome to an Influential Women (IW) workshop, watch your step, this tangle of extension leads is powering secret women’s business. Whether there are 20 beef producers in a frosty showground pavilion or a dozen grain growers in a stifling town hall, IW workshops are tonic […]
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Wild West
Host: Influential Women Written by Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. Saddle up Central Station, The forecast for Western Australia is blue skies, clean air, and a large chance of high pressure photo taking. A dozen East Javanese businesswomen arrive in Perth to begin Part Two of the ‘Empowering Women in Agriculture – Australia and Indonesia’ project. […]
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Outback East Java
Host: Influential Women Written by Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. Selamat Pagi Central Station, Hang onto your hat – IW is going to take you where no man has gone before; on a mission to empower women in agriculture in East Java and WA. We’ve taken the leg work out of it so you don’t […]
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Standard Operating Procedure
Host: Influential Women Written by Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. Let’s cover off on some Day One stuff and attempt to articulate ‘a day in the life of Influential Women (IW).’ I will do my best to paint a picture, however it is hard to define this travelling roadshow. IW is now based in the […]
