Stories of Country Women

16/03/2026

This event posted by the National Rural Women's Coalition and Network may be of real interest and value to you!

⚖️🌏 Webinar: Justice Where Every Woman Lives

Women living in rural, regional, remote and maritime communities often face unique barriers when seeking justice. Distance, limited services, culturally unsafe systems and urban-centred policies can stand in the way of fair and equitable access.

Join National Rural Women’s Coalition and the National Regional, Remote and Very Remote Community Legal Network for an important national conversation on the forms of justice and injustice experienced by women in geographically isolated places.

Women, young women and girls in non-urban communities must have justice systems that reflect our realities, cultures, diversity and lived experiences. When justice systems are blocked by distance, designed for cities, culturally unsafe, or shaped by unequal power relations — access to justice fails.

This webinar calls on all allies, advocates and duty bearers to ensure human rights commitments — from international frameworks through to national systems — are visible, accountable, intersectional and enforceable in the lives of rural women.

🎤 Speakers

Lisa Pruitt, Distinguished Professor, UC Davis School of Law – who grew up in a remote corner of rural Arkansas, USA, bringing global expertise on rural justice and inequality.

Noelene Nabulivou, Chair of the Regional Steering Committee for Oceania and the Pacific for Women Deliver 2026 Conference.

Judy Harrison, Co-convener of the Australian National Rural, Regional, Remote and Very Remote Community Legal Network.

🗓 Wednesday 18 March 2026
⏰ 8:30 AM (AEDT)
💻 Online Webinar https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lvlZSMX1Qea6gmvL3JPzkA

What we’ll explore:

Barriers to justice for women in geographically isolated communities

Why access to justice must reflect place, culture and lived experience

How systems can be strengthened to support women beyond metropolitan areas

📢 If you care about human rights, equity and justice beyond the cities — this conversation matters.

👉 Join us and help advocate for justice where every woman lives.

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18/02/2026

Stories of Country Women lead researcher Sarah Casey wrote this little piece on the Beckham family saga. Hard to work out why we 'care' about celebrity drama when there are more important issues in the world, but here we are if anyone wants to read some of Sarah's side-hustle research area in a blog post.

As world leaders gather and global tensions escalate, Brooklyn Beckham's Instagram reveals family turmoil that is captur

19/01/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2026-01-14/lychee-fruit-farm-harvest-value-adding-horticulture/106225068

‘Creative farmers diversify

The family has diversified to ensure Landsborough Lychees' survival in a booming region where farms are being swallowed up by subdivisions.

Despite selling out of fresh lychees, they are using frozen fruit to help keep their farm shop open for longer.’

Brilliant!

ABC Sunshine Coast

Freeze-dried desserts, lychee ice cream, sorbets, and frozen juice are keeping family owned farms open to the public longer, despite a dramatic drop in the Sunshine Coast lychee harvest.

17/01/2026

What can we do to help flood-affected producers? Santa youth weigh in:
https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/9153360/

28/12/2025

We love this article by Courtney of Charlotte’s Nest in Charleville.
Shop there! Go there. A little oasis and a shop. What a vibe!

https://www.charlottesnest.com.au/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio

Small business vs big business: the battle we don't talk about

28/12/2025

Dr Sarah Cooper of Dirranbandi - bridging gap between agriculture & healthcare.

10/11/2025

Job!

Join our team.👋

We’re looking for four passionate people to help us deliver the new Future Drought Fund’s Communities Program.

The roles are:
- Community Engagement Coordinator
- Grants & Administration Support Officers (x3)

🔗 Check out the PD's and apply: https://frrr.org.au/about-frrr/work-with-us/

24/10/2025

We love Murweh!
Well done Shaun "Zoro" Radnedge - Mayor of Murweh & all

🌟 Huge News for Murweh Shire Council! 🌟

🏆 Murweh Shire Council has taken out the 2025 Butch Lenton Memorial Bush Council Innovation Award! (The Award recognises innovation by Bush Councils and pays tribute to the late Mayor of Winton Shire, Graham ‘Butch’ Lenton)..

Mayor Shaun Radnedge and Director of Engineering Services Jacob Barton proudly accepted the award from Peak Services Group Chair, Julie-Anne Schafer, at the Local Government Association of Queensland’s annual conference on the Gold Coast this week.

💡 The winning innovation? Jacob’s clever, low-cost solution that uses the narrowband IoT network to read and transmit flood water data — straight to a mobile phone 📱!

This project is a shining example of homegrown innovation delivering smart, affordable tech to help remote communities monitor flood levels and vital data.

👏 Congratulations to Jacob, a fantastic achievement for Murweh!

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24/09/2025

Vale Sam x x x

A "true blue" farmer, pilot, and pioneer for accessibility in agriculture has been honoured after his sudden death.

09/08/2025

🌾✨ *An unforgettable afternoon at the RRR Women Ekka Lunch!* ✨🌾

What a privilege to listen in as the incredible Pip Courtney sat down in conversation with Meg Boulton, reflecting on decades of storytelling, truth-telling, and championing women in rural communities 💬💪

📺 From covering the *very first* rural women's conference back in 1994, to her trailblazing work on Landline profiling the lives and struggles of women on the land. Pip continues to listen deeply, tell it straight, and speak up when it matters most.

🎙 “A lot of journos do stories where you’re not welcome… on Landline, it’s lovely — sometimes people even want to give you a horse.” 🐴💕

Held at the beautiful Blackbird restaurant on the Brisbane River 🌊, this lunch was a celebration of strength, resilience, and the ongoing fight for gender equality in rural Australia.

🚨 "The fight’s still on — we *don’t* have equality."
💥 Her advice to her 18-year-old self?
“Don’t put up with sexism. You *can* stand up for yourself in a workplace.”

🙌 With social media and 24-hour news changing the game, Pip’s voice remains a powerful reminder: real stories matter — and so do the women behind them.

💜 Thank you Pip & Meg, and to all the women walking the walk in rural, regional & remote communities. We see you. We celebrate you.

Thank you President Emma Clarke for the invite & leading! 🌸

Landlineing 💪🌾💬