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3 Inspiring Stories of Diversity in the Workplace
Workplace diversity is a hot topic. Learn the stories of emerging indigenous leader Carly O’Brien, leadership coach and gay rights advocate Harold Hilman, and advocate for the deaf Drisana Levitzke-Gray.
BY CAMERON COOPER
CARLY O’BRIEN AIMM, RELATIONSHIP BUILDER
“For me, it’s really comforting to know that there is a genuine interest in connecting and collaborating and seeking alternative ideas.”
Carly O’Brien AIMM is an emerging indigenous leader. A descendant of the Mandandanji people in south-west Queensland who now lives on the Sunshine Coast, O’Brien juggles roles as an indigenous employment coordinator and team leader in the Oodgeroo Unit at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The unit’s goal is to create better access to university education and employment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
“It’s a real passion for me and I hope that throughout my work life I will continue to fight for that,” O’Brien says.
Named on the AIM30 list, which is made up of 30 outstanding managers aged under 30, O’Brien’s résumé includes working in the recruitment and oil and gas industries in London. Now back on home soil, she is pleased that institutions such as QUT are
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The Hon. Cheryl Davenport AM was the driving force to ensure women and their medical practitioners in Western Australia were free of fear and prosecution if they chose to terminate their pregnancy. While in Opposition, Cheryl introduced a private members bill in the WA Parliament negotiating with sensitivity and respect to deliver the women of Western Australia safe and healthy reproductive choice.
Ms Davenport was born in Pinjarra Western Australia and educated at North Dandalup Parimary School and Pinjarra Senior High School. She joined the Labor party in and was Secretary of the Mandurah branch from In Cheryl was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as Labor member for South Metropolitan area. She was subsequently re-elected in & and has a substantial record of Standing Committee and party room service She was Shadow Minister for Seniors from to and with the late Victorian Premier Mrs Joan Kirner, was a founding members of EMILY’s List Australia.
More recently, Cheryl was Past Secretary to Norfolk Island Government, advising the Norfolk Government on all legislative and governance matters. It’s wonderful that Cheryl appeared in the film we just saw as she could not be with us this evening. Collecting her pin and certificate is Ms Patricia Tassell.