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, Comp...
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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Edwina Sharrock OAM and her business learnings from Birth Beat
Edwina Sharrock OAM is an extreme extrovert - its true she's done the tests - and rather than trying to quieten her spirit she's run with it - and achieved a LOOOOTT.
Edwina grew up in Tamworth, went away and returned. Now she lives with her husband, two children and fave child-dog Daryl on five acres in a house her husband build just outside of town.
This story is not really about Edwina's life but about her growth as an incredible business woman in rural Australia.
Her business Birth Beat - started as a birthing course for locals in her living room and segued into a recognised and respected anti-natal course utilised by most of the large hospitals in Sydney and big corporate employers such as SalesForce. There was a little run for her money on Shark Tank also thrown in there and now the business has been sold to Device Technologies, an Australian based Med -Tech company.
She the Deputy Chair of the Hunter New England Central Coast Primary Health Network and the Co-Chair of the Telstra Regional Council.
She was the National winner of the Commonwealth Bank 21-day Challenge Innovation Award,
a Google Regional Online Hero, Nominated for Hesta Nurse/Midwife of the Year, winner of NSW Telstra small business award, Oceana alumni of the Cartier Women's Initiative and listed in the AFR 100 women influence.
So I guess you can imagine that the last 18 months since selling Birth Beat have been a challenging transition - but she's back in the fold - and here to share her learnings.
This is a Manson Podcasting Production in partnership with Rabobank Australia.
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A new era for Georgie Robertson of the Regional PR and Co
Today's guest is well known to rural Australian's and every media outlet in the country,
If you see an innovative rural story written up in the Australian or a regional woman in Country Style or someone cool on the Today show - chances are Georgie Robertson has had a hand in getting the story there.
Georgie is the Regional PR Co which will now become the Regional PR and Co - because this years she's scaling up.
I often sit and wonder how she does all she does, her work championing the best and most innovative and impactful businesses outside of the cities seems endless and her own impact is not to be underestimated.
This chat is about just that - how she manages it all - but let's start at the most exciting part and that is - what will be new for her in 2025.
This is a Manson Podcasting production in partnership with Rabobank Australia - join our weekly conversation via the Company on Sunday newsletter at companyonsundays.substack.com
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Olympic Gold Medallist Giaan Rooney has her husband Sam Levett to thank for her love of farming
Hello and welcome back to Company for 2025 - it feel like about 3 years since I was last talking with you.
We've got an exciting year of stories lined up for you in 2025 as well as some live events in the works as well. Make sure you subscribe or follow the podcast to keep abreast of these things.
To start off the year - our podcast is sounding a bit different today - as we have not one but two guests - and for the first time ever we have a male interviewee on the airwaves.
So grab your husbands - and get them on board too because I know they will love both the male and the female in this chat.
Today we hear from Olympic Gold Medallist, commentator, professional speaker and farmer, Giaan Rooney and her fifth generation cattle farmer husband Sam Levett who also runs the livestock buying and selling platform: The Herd Online.
These guys led a *hectic* life that juggles farming, children, an innovative agricultural platform, TV gigs and just for good measure a huge house renovation too.
Giaan Rooney knew nothing about farming or agriculture for most of her life until she met Sam - and now she could hold her own amongst most of the farming greats - she's an excellent advocate for our industry -
We talked for literally hours to record this podcast, that's just the nature of their story so without further ado - let's hear it .
This is a Manson Podcasting production in partnership with Rabobank Australia.
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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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