It’s Sunday night. 10.57pm. I’m sitting on the steps of my office waiting for my husband to come and get me. I’ve been training all weekend. Last night I didn’t get home until after midnight as I had to edit videos. I have to be in the city at 8.30am, then I have to go straight to the airport to deliver more training. Continue reading It’s late.
Finished work at 9 tonight, and broke my own self-imposed moratorium on take-away food and headed to Asia Canteen at Arana Hills. Continue reading Diary of a micro-business owner: crisis of confidence
So tomorrow I’m off to Cairns for a weekend. I’m going to a cousin’s 50th birthday on Saturday night and it’s going to be lovely – kapmauri, family catch ups. But. But. Continue reading Time off for the weekend, do I take the laptop or not?
For the past two months I’ve had the pleasure of working with Emma Kerslake of Yolla Consulting delivering mentoring and training to Indigenous small business based on the Gold Coast. Continue reading Building Indigenous small business through training and mentoring
In response to the Barambah <> Cherbourg <> Art <> Craft exhibition, we worked with the the kuril dhagun team at the State Library of Queensland to create a series of three workshops that focused on the development of Indigenous arts and business. Continue reading Indigenous arts | business workshops at Kuril Dhagun at the State Library of Queensland
After today’s Indigenous arts | business workshop I found myself in an impromptu catch up with Nancy, Alice and Damien, all of whom are Murra Indigenous business alumni. Continue reading Murra catch up at the SLQ
Tonight’s International Women’s Day Women in Business event at Pine Rivers was inspiring. After some informal networking with Nikki Boyd MP, member for Pine Rivers, there was a Welcome to Country by Aunty Maroochy Barambah. Continue reading Pine Rivers Women in Business event at International Women’s Day
This evening I had the pleasure of attending the first Brisbane event for Indigenous Women in Business. It was a fantastic opportunity for women to get together in a relaxed atmosphere. Continue reading Inaugural Indigenous Women in Business Brisbane event
Today, as President of the South East Queensland Indigenous Chamber of Commerce, I attended the Queensland Government’s Small Business Industry Roundtable, convened by the Office of Small Business. Continue reading Queensland Small Business Industry Roundtable
It’s been two weeks since I was in Sydney, and a week since we returned from Canberra for the Fake Art Harms campaign. I was originally heading there to participate in the Indigenous Professionals Closing the Gap event with the Prime Minister. But, as a representative on Viscopy and FACCI, I headed to Canberra to participate in a day of lobbying as part of the Fake Art Harms Culture campaign. Other members of the delegation included Indigenous Art Code, ArtsLaw, and ANKAA. Continue reading Fake Art Harms Aboriginal Culture Campaign
