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VICTORIAN 2016 INSPIRATIONAL HONOUR ROLL WOMEN FROM ALL OF WOMEN WALKS OF LIFE VICTORIAN HONOUR ROLL OF WOMEN PUBLISHED BY AUTHORISED BY Women and Royal Commission Branch The Victorian Government, Melbourne 2016 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne VIC 3000 ISBN 978-0-7311-6655-8 (online) Telephone: (03) 9651 2148 978-0-7311-6656-5 (print) — March 2016. ©Copyright State of ACCESSIBILITY Victoria 2015. This publication is copyright. If you would like to receive this publication in No part may be reproduced by any process another format, please phone (03) 9651 2148 except in accordance with provisions using the National Relay Service 13 36 77 of the Copyright Act 1968. if required, or email [email protected]. 2016 CONTENTS VICTORIAN HONOUR ROLL OF WOMEN 2016 Minister’s Foreword Inductee Profiles 2001–2016 Fiona Richardson MP Ms Simone Carson/10 Victorian Honour Roll of Women Minister for Women Ms Lisa Darmanin/26 Inductees Minister for the Prevention Ms Noeleen Dix/13 of Family Violence Mrs Doseena Fergie (nee Bin Garape)/19 Ms Sherryl Garbutt/14 Ms Virginia Geddes/09 Ms Sally Goldner/22 Mrs Be Ha/21 Ms Joanna Hayter/16 Prof Catherine Humphreys/25 Sr Catherine Mary Kelly/20 Ms Mary Kenneally/15 Ms Ingeborg King AM/08 Ms Patti Manolis/23 Dr Georgia Paxton/11 Ms Michelle Payne/27 Ms Colleen Pearce/17 Mrs Fay Patricia Richards/18 Ms Patricia Toop OAM/24 Aunty Joan Agnes Vickery AO/12 08 28 05 —27 —34 05 MINISTER’S FOREWORD VICTORIAN HONOUR ROLL OF WOMEN 2016 MINISTER’S FOREWORD Each and every day in my role as the Victoria has a rich and captivating Minister for Women and the Minister history of women’s achievements for the Prevention of Family Violence, through struggle and perseverance. I have the great pleasure of meeting It is important that we continue to and working with dynamic, intelligent, publically celebrate and recognise compassionate and fearsome women the achievements of women in our doing incredible work in their fields. society. By doing so, we inspire future generations of young women to realise This year I am privileged to be inducting their potential and we build a society 20 of these remarkable Victorian women based on respect and non-violence, onto the 2016 Victorian Honour Roll where women and girls can participate of Women. equally in the economy, their community and civic life. The Victorian Honour Roll of Women acknowledges and celebrates the The Honour Roll is a reminder of the wide-ranging and lasting contributions strength of women in Victoria. These of women in our community who have women join a growing list of more than demonstrated outstanding leadership 500 women who have been inducted and excellence in their fields of onto the Honour Roll since it began expertise, interest and endeavour. in 2001. I hope you will join me in congratulating the new inductees. The 2016 inductees demonstrate the diversity of contributions made by I encourage you to read the personal women across all sectors of our society. stories of this extraordinary group From champions of gender equality, of Victorian women and hope you human rights and family violence will find inspiration in their many prevention, to leaders and innovators accomplishments. making great strides in education, health, law, arts and media, these inspirational women have contributed countless hours to making a significant and lasting difference within Victoria and beyond. Many are dedicated social justice activists who are committing their time to addressing disadvantage and reaching out to those in need. Fiona Richardson MP Minister for Women Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence 07 2016 INDUCTEES VICTORIAN HONOUR ROLL OF WOMEN 2016 As a registered nurse with a keen Profoundly, Simone has been central interest in children’s health, Simone has to developing a food rescue model been a long time passionate supporter that is scalable, collaborative, and of medical research and the work of can be adapted to meet local needs. institutes such as St Vincent’s Institute Reflecting Simone’s strong belief in of Medical Research. The primary focus collaboration, SecondBite works with of Simone’s career has been focused on other organisations, such as Rotary and advocating for an end to food insecurity. the Australian Red Cross, to deliver She has been instrumental in leading Community Connect—SecondBite’s the growth of SecondBite, expanding innovative food rescue model—in a wide its scope from redistributing high quality variety of communities across Victoria. surplus fresh food to the community, to also building community skills in food Simone’s dedication to making healthy preparation and nutrition. food available to every individual was recognised earlier this year An extraordinarily sustainable way when Simone and her colleagues of reducing the rising problem of received a global award as 2015 food insecurity, Simone’s work with Social Entrepreneur of the Year from SecondBite has since paved the way the Schwab Foundation—the sister for the introduction of many other organisation of the World Economic successful community programs, such Forum. Simone and her colleagues were as FoodMate and Fresh NED. Over the the only Australians to be recognised. years Simone has demonstrated that by providing practical skills and knowledge, and demonstrating that cooking and healthy eating can be enjoyable, the community can help to break the cycle of disadvantage. Ms Simone Carson Simone Carson took action eleven years ago to address the growing problem of food insecurity and waste in Victoria, founding SecondBite—a sustainable food rescue charity that has since grown to become a successful national operation. 010 VICTORIAN HONOUR ROLL OF WOMEN 2016 Throughout her career Lisa has devoted Under Lisa’s leadership in 2010, her time to consistently advocate for world-first entitlements in an the development of a more progressive Enterprise Agreement for leave and national agenda for women. She has other workplace supports for workers actively campaigned for workplace experiencing family violence were equality for women by lobbying for more achieved, recognising that the workplace flexible work arrangements; structural can play a major role in reducing improvements to the superannuation violence against women. Since then, system; and mentoring women into Lisa has campaigned to extend similar leadership positions. enforceable workplace entitlements, which now cover more than 1 million Lisa has a Bachelor of Business in Australian workers. Industrial Relations, a Diploma of Community Development and is a proud In 2014, in recognition of Lisa’s member of various boards including outstanding contribution to, and HESTA; the Community Services and leadership on, the Social and Health Industry Training Board; and the Community Services Equal Pay case, National Committee of EMILY’s List. Lisa became the inaugural recipient of the Zelda D’Aprano Activist Award. As the first female executive president of the Australian Services Union’s Victorian and Tasmanian Authorities and Services Branch, Lisa has made exceptional contributions in her field of work. One of her most noteworthy achievements was her outstanding leadership during a landmark campaign to achieve equal pay for social and community services workers. Significantly, this important work secured pay rises for many female workers. Ms Lisa Darmanin Lisa Darmanin has a long and proud career as an activist for women’s equality. With more than 17 years experience campaigning for women’s rights, Lisa’s work has made a significant impact on social and community services and has generated long-term benefits for women across the nation. 011 VICTORIAN HONOUR ROLL OF WOMEN 2016 A former Australian netball Noeleen is respected within the representative, Noeleen has since sector for her honesty, integrity and held senior management positions transparency, and her contribution across a range of sports and sporting has led to significant cultural change events, including netball and the in netball. Melbourne Commonwealth Games. She sets an outstanding example for In 2006 Noeleen was elected women across the nation and beyond, President and Chair of Netball as a successful leader, representing Australia. During this period she has her state and country both on and been instrumental in leading governance off the court. reform in netball, establishing the Netball Australia Nomination and Noeleen’s commitment to mentoring Remuneration Committee. Her vision and supporting young women to and commitment to reform has also thrive in Australia’s sporting sector played a major role in the establishment is a result of her strong belief in the of the successful ANZ Championship, need for young women to be given which continues to build momentum the same opportunities as their male as the world’s best netball league. counterparts—to be their best and achieve every success on the Australian and international sporting stages. Throughout her career, Noeleen’s achievements and contributions have changed the destiny of Australia’s highest female-participant sport. Netball is now well-regarded at local, national and international levels, with Australia sharing its expertise, knowledge and resources worldwide. Ms Noeleen Dix One of Australia’s leading and most highly respected sports administrators, Noeleen Dix is a proud Victorian who has dedicated her career to serving the community through sport. 12 VICTORIAN HONOUR ROLL OF WOMEN 2016 Throughout her career, Doseena has A particularly inspiring and remarkable demonstrated great leadership and achievement