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Monica McInerney
Australian-born Monica McInerney is the author of the best-selling novels Those Faraday Girls (The Faraday Girls in the USA), Family Baggage, The Alphabet Sisters, Spin the Bottle (Greetings from Somewhere Else in the USA), Upside Down Inside Out and A Taste for It, and a short story collection All Together Now, published internationally and in translation.
Her articles and short stories have appeared in newspapers, magazines and anthologies in Australia, the UK and Ireland. Her most recent novel, Those Faraday Girls, won the General Fiction Book of the Year at the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards. All Together Now was shortlisted in the same category in the 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards.
Monica, 44, grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley wine region of South Australia, where her father was the railway stationmaster and her mother worked in the local library. Since then Monica has lived all around Australia (in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart) in Ireland (in County Meath and Dublin) and in London and also travelled widely.
For the past eighteen years she and her Irish husband have been moving back and forth between Australia and Ireland. They currently live in Dublin.
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Katrina Webb
Katrina Webb is recognised and acknowledged for her unique athleticism and outstanding success as a Paralympic athlete. She has won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in athletics at three Paralympic Games.
She was the first torch bearer to enter the Olympic Stadium for the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games and in 2006 Katrina was selected to present on behalf of the International Paralympic Committee to the United Nations in New York.
Off the track Katrina is the Director of her own business Kwik Kat Enterprises. As a qualified physiotherapist and a person that knows how to achieve gold medal results more than once, her business specializes in ‘Turning Silver into Gold’ and improving the performance and health of organisations, teams and individuals.
To add to this, she is a business ambassador for the Australian Institute of Management in SA, is cohost of the SA Sports Show on C31 TV, has walked in the Kokoda track and is a mother.
Katrina Webb is a unique and inspiring speaker whose ideas and experiences challenge and motivate her audiences. She has delivered over 500 presentations to over 150,000 people in five different countries.
Please welcome Katrina Webb.
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Sue Chase
Sue Chase is the Managing Director of Cowell Electric Supply Pty Ltd, which designs and constructs powerlines for the mining, defence, pastoral, and land subdivision industries in regional and remote areas of Australia.
Sue together with three others purchased the business when it was in liquidation in 2001 with the prime focus generating business in the region. In 2004 the company struggled due to a contract dispute, requiring Sue to make a significant injection of capital to ensure the businesses survival. With help of the mining boom the company made a full recovery and quadrupled sales over a 3 year period, and now employs over 40 people, was included in the FastMoverSA list twice, and made the top 100 companies in SA index in 2009.
Sue was born at Cowell, leaving to board at Scotch College Adelaide for four years, and then returned to Cowell after working in Adelaide for two years. She is passionate about regional communities, and in particular Cowell and Eyre Penisula. Sue married local farmer, the late Geoff Chase in 1986. They had two daughters, Sarah who returned to Cowell this year to teach after graduating from Uni last year, and Kristy who is in her last year of Physiotherapy at UniSA and hoping to get into post graduate medicine with the aim to become a rural doctor.
Sue is a Churchill Fellow and in 2009 was named Telstra South Australia Business Woman of the Year and Commonwealth Bank Business Owner of the Year. |
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Christine Nixon AMP
As Chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority, Christine Nixon, oversees the largest recovery and rebuilding operation Victoria has ever undertaken.
Under Christine’s leadership, the Authority works with communities, businesses, charities, local councils and other government departments to help people and communities recover and rebuild.
Christine’s priority is to help communities recover and rebuild in a way that is safe, timely, efficient, and respectful of each community’s different needs.
Prior to joining the Authority, Christine was the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police leading 14,000 staff, operating across more than 500 locations, and overseeing an annual budget of $1.7 billion.
She joined Victoria Police in April 2001, after serving with the New South Wales Police from 1972.
Christine is a Fellow of The Australian Institute of Police Management, The Australian Institute of Management and The Institute of Public Administration Australia.
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Christine is a non-Executive Director of the Fosters Group Limited Board. She is also an Advisory Board member for the Alannah & Madeline Foundation and a patron of Onside Soccer – Victorian Soccer Federation Incorporation, Operation Newstart Victoria and Phoenix Club Inc.
Education
• Honorary Doctorate of the University of Ballarat 2009
• Honorary Doctorate of Laws (Monash) 2005
• Honorary Doctorate of Letters (Wollongong) 2003
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office Scholarship to the UK 1989
• Aspen Institute, Executive Management Course 1986
• Harkness Fellowship of the Commonwealth Fund of New York 1984–86
• Research Fellow: Program in Criminal Justice Policy & Management – (Harvard) 1985–86
• Master of Public Administration (Harvard) 1984–85
• Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy and Politics (Macquarie) 1981–83
• Diploma in Labour Relations and Law (Sydney) 1979–80
• Certificate in Personnel Administration 1974-77 |
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Danny Hooper
An enduring Singer Songwriter, Danny Hooper has pursued a career in music for more than 20 years. Regular family sing-a-longs and the gift of his father’s guitar at 10 years of age first sparked Danny’s love of music. Falling in love at 18 inspired his first song and since then he has received numerous accolades, both nationally and internationally, for his song-writing talent. Over the years, Danny has led a successful career in music, performing regularly across the state. He frequents many interstate festivals and is always a favourite of festival goers due to his warm nature and sheer vocal and songwriting quality. His ability to involve his audience also makes him a stand-out performer. Danny is now achieving new levels of success with the release of his debut solo album The Legacy, which to date, boasts three Top 40 radio singles and two Top 40 video clips. His most recent, and rather controversial video clip, released in April 2010 is already becoming a favourite amongst Pay TV goers, currently sitting at #40 on the CMC chart.
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Recent Achievements
2004 Runner Up Best Male Vocal for MusicAid National Music Awards
Runner Up Best Songwriter for Music Aid National Music Awards 2007 Released debut cd
‘THE LEGACY’ with 12 of his own award winning songs.
Finalist (ASA) Australian Songwriters Awards for ‘Country’ category,
Finalist Gympie Muster Maton Talent Search (Top 3)
Finalist IMA’s Independent Music Awards (US based) Country Song Of The Year
Finalist Musicoz Awards Country Artist Of The Year (Top 10)
Finalist ACRA’s Australian Country Recording Awards for ‘New Talent’ and ‘Male Artist’
2008 Finalist TSA Salute in the Songwriter Awards ‘New Songwriter of the Year’
Finalist Southern Stars Country Music Independent Awards for ‘Rising Male Star’
Finalist TIARA Awards for ‘Male Vocalist Of The Year’
Finalist VIC & National CM Awards for ‘Best New Talent’
Finalist NT Country Songwriting Awards for ‘Best Contemporary Song’
Semi-finalist International Songwriting Competition for ‘Country Song Of The Year’
Finalist (ASA) Australian Songwriters Awards for ‘Country’ category
Winner (ASA) Australian Songwriters Awards for ‘Ballad’ category
Winner SA Achiever Award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Country Music’
2009 Finalist Unisong International Songwriting Contest (Top 20)
Finalist Southern Stars Country Independent Music Awards for ‘Male Vocal’
Finalist (ASA) Australian Songwriters Awards for ‘Country’ category (2 songs)
Winner (ASA) Australian Songwriters Awards for ‘Spiritual’ category
2010 Finalist Musicoz Awards Top 10 for Christian/Spiritual category
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Kehau Jackson
Kehau Jackson is a transplanted Hawaiian comic who moved to South Australia in 2002. She has since made a name for herself on the comedy circuit in Adelaide and tours nationally, performing in comedy clubs and at corporate and charity events around the country. She has appeared on the Comedy Channel’s “ Stand Up Australia” and is a recurring guest on Goers’ Gals with Peter Goers on the ABC 891 evening program.
Kehau was a founding member of the hit international women’s comedy showcase “Titters!” which debuted at the 2007 Adelaide Fringe Festival, winning the coveted People’s Choice Award. In 2010 she presented her solo show “Boom! My Life as a Baby Boomer” to enthusiastic Fringe audiences, consistently rating in the top 50 overall shows on the Talkfringe website where ordinary punters voted for their favourite shows.
Kehau recently formed her own production company, ComedyWorks, which aims to promote comedy shows throughout the state. You can follow her show schedule on her website, www.kehaujackson.com. |
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Wendy Fantasia - Face & Body Artist
Face painting was something suggested to me by my husband in 1995 when a friend and I, with babies and babies on the way, were trying to figure out a job we could do with few strings and lot of freedom – and no boss or office. My friend and I bought some books, some good paints and brushes and drove miles out to some huge freezing Melbourne weekend market in a tin shed and painted for not very much, and really badly. We took so long on one boy he went to sleep. Practised on friends, our kids and husbands; did really cheap or no-charge parties and gradually improved.
Through local painters I met and worked with others and had some formal training sessions at last. Finally began to improve and the influx of information on the internet has also been extremely beneficial.
Returning to Adelaide in 2008 after 14 years away, and it’s full of face painters at every turn - they are everywhere here! There are festivals and events galore and painters at all the major happenings.
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In the last couple of years I have begun belly painting and also body painting and love these genres too. Body painting particularly is such a different challenge – so much more planning and preparation (and some adrenalin and stress with competing) but the rewards are great. The model and the photographer, plus post-production work, also plays a much larger part in the final images with body painting.
I like that you can walk out the door with your kit and earn a reasonable return for good work done. It’s a very pure form of employment, and a real win/win relationship with who you do work for.
Currently my business comprises ‘Feature Faces’ – Face Painting Workshops; ‘The Imagineers’ Body Paint Artists and ‘Face Painting by Wendy Fantasia’. My slogan is ‘not just for kids’ parties’ and that just about sums it up!
Competitions:
2009, April: MBAC, Melbourne, competed
August: Tim Gratton’s SA Body Painting Champs, equal third place
2010, Feb: Australian Body Art Awards (ABAA’s), Melb, Encouragement Award
Mar: Tim Gratton’s first ever World Speed Painting Competition, Adelaide;
first in heat and also in Grand Final
April: Melbourne Body Art Competition (MBAC), Melbourne, Supreme Award (prize is a trip to NZ to compete in early Oct 2010)
Events/Current Media:
‘Enchanted Winterland’, Face & Body Painting Exhibition, SALA Festival, Aug 2009 (creator & director)
‘Brilliant Creatures from Planet Fringe’, Body Painting Open Studio by The Imagineers,
Adelaide Fringe Festival, March 2010 (creator and co-organiser)
Richmond Hotel’s Red Carpet Fridays – The Imagineers as the featured business, Fri 9 April
(co-organiser)
www.kryztoff.com online magazine – cover issue 12 -
http://www.kryztoff.com/issues/012/ Interview issue 13 - http://www.kryztoff.com/issues/013/#/12
Workshops:
Geelong Grammar School, Victoria: Face Painting workshop leader since 1996 for the Year 10 Arts Workshops;
Theatre Costume Shop, Adelaide: currently holding beginner to intermediate face painting classes;
Workshops for private clients, groups and community centres
Professional membership:
Member of FACE, the UK Face Painting Association, since late 2008, also an area Representative.
This is a competency-based membership and members also abide by strict codes of conduct and practice. |
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