In part two of our Mother’s Day series we hear from one of Australia’s most experienced journalists. Senior features writer at The Age Lawrence Money has written four books, won big awards, yet anyone who knows him is equally familiar with his love for two special … Continue reading
WHO: Melissa Jeffcott – Ambassador for Good CAUSE: The Luke Batty Foundation Never Alone Campaign MOVIE: Mother’s Day – starring Jennifer Aniston and Julia Roberts GUESTS: Bayside Melbourne change-makers. Last Friday night another group of change-makers took time out from their busy lives … Continue reading
“At the time I didn’t know it, but it all formed to bring me to where I am now, everything was unrelated but absolutely related.” Beci Orpin. Beci Orpin is a designer of considerable note with a fascinating back story: she spent her … Continue reading
Huge congratulations to author Charlotte Wood for being named the 2016 Stella Prize winner for her novel The Natural Way of Things. The event was held at Sydney’s magnificent Opera House last night. Wood says her novel was inspired by the treatment of … Continue reading
WHO: Natalie Bell CAUSE: The Will Murray Foundation MOVIE: Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot WHY: Ambassadors – raising money for women and children in crisis across Australia GUESTS: Humans of Bayside Melbourne. Natalie Bell is one of life’s good networkers so when she put out … Continue reading
This quote so eloquently puts in words a concept which comes up again and again in my research and through my interviews. The one thing nobody tells a beginner is: your idea will feel stupid to you for a long time. … Continue reading
Candice Wyatt has many reasons to smile, she’s co-anchor of Melbourne’s Eyewitness News and has met the love of her life Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell. It’s hard to imagine that just three years ago, she watched her mother draw her last breath… … Continue reading
“Balance is never handed to us on a plate, it’s really, simply a matter of finding your own internal place of rest in between all the busyness.” Clare Bowditch. Clare Bowditch is a businesswoman, mum-of-three, musician, song writer, appears on the Australian … Continue reading
“I am so focussed during a performance that I can’t tell you what I am feeling. Conducting for ballet, being the facilitator between stage and pit, between dancers and orchestra, whilst simultaneously leading and creating/giving a performance requires total concentration … Continue reading
“I think all businesses and particularly businesses where you’re creating a built legacy are about the customer not about the building. Great businesses are created when they’re serving their customers in a really powerful way, not when they’re thinking about … Continue reading