Category Archives: Blog

Residents in 75% of Queensland have been visited by the unimaginable horror of deadly flooding which has claimed the lives of 16 people thus far. The cause of this one in one hundred year event is claimed to be a … More

Like many other people, I was incensed when on Melbourne Cup day, the Commonwealth Bank raised interest rates by 40 basis points when the RBA had lifted the official cash rate by 25 basis points just moments before. I’m acutely … More

Venue: Q1, Surfers ParadiseOrganiser: Peter Johnston & Julie Adams, AIOFP This was the first time the organisation had worked with a professional MC, so it was a steep learning curve for both of us. Q1 is the tallest residential tower … More

Venue: Ex Services Club, Orange, NSWOrganiser: Meg Fisher and team, LGSA NSW I’d not been to Orange before and really liked the place, especially since it threw up some pretty good wines at the welcoming reception at the Orange Regional … More

Venue: Burswood, WAPCO: Colin McLachlan, ACE Conferences The Crane Industry Council of Australia holds an annual conference which rotates between the major centres of Australia. It had been five years since it was last in WA and the local organising … More

August has been a fairly quiet month for me, thank heavens! We were able to grab four days in Bali early in the month, which is my 2010 leave! Plus, we’re doing some big renovations to our house and it … More

Venue: Burswood, WAOrganiser: Esther Price Promotions Over 500 people attended this event; the inaugural coming together of people involved in the many facets of the sheepmeat industry. A local committee began work on this concept over 12 months ago and … More

Saturday, July 10 It’s not often I get to work with Royalty. Come to think of it, I’ve never worked with Royalty!! But I did on this occasion. The function was to honour the King and Queen of Malaysia on … More

Venue: RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold CoastPCO: YRD, Kate Murphy The Australian Summer Grains conference is essentially a new event, which brought together those people involved in five different grains; maize, soybean, sorghum, sunflower and mungbeans. It was a terrific … More

Venue: PCEC PerthPCO: Promaco Conventions This was my first time working with perioperative nurses and I relished the experience! What a great bunch of delegates! For those of us who have successfully avoided having to have an operation in a … More