Real Rural Women's Leadership

In this conversation, Sarah Southern joins Dr Sarah Casey in a chat about rural life. Sarah Southern has lived in St George Qld for over a decade after growing up in rural NSW and travelling around with her family. She  is a woman who wears many hats. Sarah is a wife, a mother of five sons, she works in community development with Care Balonne St George, and she also works with her husband doi...

Connecting Communities Liz Hill has worked has a bush nurse, radiographer, arts worker, community development coordinator and a grazier in the Thallon region in South West Queensland. In 2005 she established Connect South West, an online portal advertising jobs, events, and local businesses as a way of mediating the tyranny of distance and the technological divide. Liz taught herself the skills to...

In this conversation Dr Sarah Casey is joined by Donna Stewart. If you mention the South West of Queensland, someone will mention Donna Stewart’s name. She spent thirty-four years in local government as a Mayor and Councillor, and an extra three years as a Local Government Grants Commissioner. Born and bred in the South West of Qld,  Donna was inspired to enter local government to make change...

In this conversation, Dr Sarah Casey is joined by Sally Rigney, a strong, articulate, and seriously clever rural woman. Sally lives on a property called Myall Plains which is eight kms from Nindigully in the Balonne Shire. Nindigully is a name synonymous with the South West. It’s the home of an iconic pub. And film featuring Hugh Jackman! Sally and her family live on grazing country with Angus cow...

In this episode, Dr Sarah Casey chats with Robyn Fuhrmeister. Robyn Fuhrmeister is the Chairperson and Manager at Care Balonne, St George. Care Balonne Association Inc. is primarily an information and referral service covering the whole of the Balonne Shire. Care Balonne was established by Balonne Shire Council in 1994 in the middle of a drought. Within the first twelve months management was offer...