Focus Enviro is supporting the machinery requirements of Suez’s Green Waste Processing site at Eastern Creek, in New South Wales. Site Supervisor Teri Te Whiu explains the immediate impact the machines have had. The incorrect disposal and storage of green waste is a widespread issue in the waste sector, requiring alternative forms of processing and […]
Following two and half years as the CEO of Sustainability Victoria (SV) Claire Ferres Miles has resigned to run as a candidate in the upcoming federal election. After joined SV in 2019, Miles has announced that she will run as an independent candidate for the seat of Casey. From leading a co-designed restructure, to delivering […]
Material testing is one of the most male-dominant sectors in the civil construction space. Roads & Infrastructure speaks to five women working in leadership positions at Coffey Testing, including Chief Executive Officer Dawn Watt, about how the company is bucking the trend. When Dawn Watt graduated from Lethbridge College in Alberta, Canada with an Associate’s […]
Over the weekend, some of Australia’s top female distillers travelled to Sydney to launch a mentoring program that supports the growing pool of female talent in the spirits industry – Women of Australian Distilling. Women of Australian Distilling founder, Kathleen Davies, said long-term trends in alcohol consumption showed Australians overall were drinking less but better-quality products, […]
“Supplier diversity” is not a new concept, however, this term became a nearly universal priority last year when diversity and inclusion rose to the forefront of conversations across the U.S. The significance of supplier diversity prompted much of the corporate world to propose action on numerous fronts, from hiring to procurement to sourcing goods and […]
Three female state managers at CouriersPlease (CP) are leading the company throughout the pandemic, during which time it has seen a 15 per cent increase in year-on-year parcel deliveries since March 2020. Tracey Baldwin, Queensland State Manager, Lisa Tedstone, South Australia State Manger and Kristy Wright, Western Australian State Manager are in an industry where […]
It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of the passing of a true industry icon Nadia Soutar who passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on February 18, aged 75. I would like to share a few words with you that will always conjure up images of […]
Having grown up around trucks and motorbikes, dirt bike racer Belinda Fonda is kicking goals as she embarks on a four-year dual trade apprenticeship as a diesel technician and auto electrician. Fonda’s passion for engines started early on. She got into dirt bikes at around 11 and more recently has been competing in the Women’s […]
Leading refrigerated logistics company Chill has been given the green light to run a female-only training program for budding truck drivers – one of the first in NSW. The Sydney-based headquarters has been given an exemption to the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act, allowing them to advertise and run a female-only trucking training and education program. Chill […]
Following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother, father and grandfathers, MC driver Jessie Freeman is keeping her family’s trucking tradition alive. Jessie Freeman was just three weeks old when she made her first trip across the Nullarbor, and it was in a road train with her parents, Daryl and Karen. It was the […]