Stephanie Trethewey's had some *huge* life changes in the last 12 months.
Stephanie Trethewey is the Founder and CEO of Motherland a non-for -profit organisation on a mission to reduce isolation for Mum's living in rural Australia.
I'm always a-gog at the pace in which Motherland has grown, from the outside looking in it seems they are always celebrating new and exciting big wins.
But in the last 12 months - life outside of Motherland - has changed dramatically for Steph and her family.
They've sold half the farm. Moved houses. She's scaled back the stress - and upped the happiness.
So if you think you already know the story of Motherland and Steph Trethewey I suggest you keep listening because this one is not what you're expecting.
Company is a Manson Podcasting production in partnership with Rabobank Australia.
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Georgie Poole: Community woman, storyteller and Rabobank's in-house journalist
Today, for our last episode for Season 1, 2025 I down with Georgie Poole; someone I've always wanted to get to know better.
I feel like our career paths have been running parallel for years.
Like me, Georgie is a Mum to three children, she lives in a regional community and works remotely for Rabobank.
We are both storytellers - who love where we live - and want nothing more than the awesome people and partnerships that exist there to be shown off to a wider audience.
She's actually referred to as an in-house journalist with Rabobank which I couldn't love more.
This is her story ....
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Two magazine editors: one city, one country come together for the Galah Regional Photography Prize
For as long as I can remember I have been obsessed with magazines - seriously - from the age of about 8,9 or 10 - I used to save all my pennies to buy hoards of magazines, it started as Australian geographic and then morphed into Girlfriend and Dolly, then Cosmopolitan, the Harpers Bazaar and Country Style and Vogue and now Graziher and Galah and UK Homes and Garden - and on the weekends i always buy the SMH for the Good Weekend and the Spectrum.
So to sit down with two women who have edited two of my favourite publications to talk about the world of magazine writing and story selection - is pure indulgence.
Katrina Strickland is the former editor of the Good Weekend Magazine and Annabelle Hickson is the editor of Galah.
The reason we came together was to to speak about Galah's Regional Photography Prize of which Katrina is a judge - and which is cued up to feature in Good Weekend magazine this weekend. Keep a look out.
But wow - this conversation is so much than that.
It paddles from conversation to masterclass to part counselling session and back again -
it's a long episode and I dont take that lightly I know your time is [resciosu but I really struggled to cut it down.
For you - I hope you're able to sense the intensity of commitment to getting stories from your lives into the mainstream.
Company is a Manson Podcasting production in partnership with Rabobank Australia.
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Bronnie Taylor on the brilliance of rural women
Bronnie Taylor used to be a Politician.
In the NSW Parliament.
In Cabinet as a Minister for Mental Health, Regional Health and Women.
She's not a politician any more.
But still holds the same vivacious energy to celebrate, elevate and advocate.
Particularly for regional women and regional health services.
This is a Manson Podcasting podcast in partnership with Rabobank Australia.
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Lou Crawford's farm is the ultimate city getaway
Are you looking for a girls getaway - that's truely a girls getaway.
As in no phone service, beautiful surroundings, the chance to fully recharge and properly catch up with your nearest and dearest.
Rove Numby - run by Lou Crawford at Reid's Flat near Cowra and Boorowa in the NSW southern tablelands - is all that an more
Cocktail Bars are replaced with a wood fire in a ramshackle old stone homestead, there hiking in place of shopping and glamping tents replace overprices hotels.
What's more Rove Numby is part of a commercial modern day farm operation and Lou thinks this is part of its draw - the people who come there also get the chance to have a full, open and relaxed conversation about the details of farming that get glossed over in TV shows or newspaper articles.
This is a Manson Podcasting production in partnership with Rabobank Australia.
You can find Rove Numby here online or @rovenumby on Instagram.
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A podcast, produced in rural Australia, bringing together ambitious women from the bush, the city and all over the world. As a former ABC Rural journalist, Company host Skye Manson loves to shine the spotlight on rural people doing amazing things. Each series will include a hand picked mix of stories from well known and inspirational women in our cities, international friends and colleagues and of course - country women who're killing it in business.
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