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Mind Your Melon Mental Health Resilience Program
September 3, 2026Building connectedness doesn’t require a big intervention. Our latest Mind Your Melon session with Tom from Healthy Minds explored how small, intentional actions can build rapport, strengthen relationships and create more connected, productive workplaces. -
Pave the Way Mentoring Walk
September 2, 2026A beautiful Darwin morning, a walk in nature and some wonderful conversations with an inspiring group of women. The September Pave the Way Mentoring Walk was a great reminder of the value of mentoring — creating space to share experiences, learn from each other, build confidence and take away new ideas to apply in our own lives and work. -
Networking Coffee
August 26, 2026A small group, a great conversation and plenty of ideas to take away. This networking coffee created space for thoughtful discussion, new connections and possibilities for future collaboration. -
Mentoring Training Kick Off!
August 28, 2026Our 2026 Mentoring Program is underway! Mentors and mentees have come together for their first training sessions, setting the foundations for six months of learning, connection and shared experience. With plenty of energy, enthusiasm and great ideas in the room, it’s been a fantastic start to the program. -
Breakfast with Yvette Roe
August 21, 2026A powerful conversation with Yvette Roe about leadership, resilience and the experiences that shape us — with a reminder that we are often our own harshest critics. From knowing ourselves and practising our values, to building genuine networks and cheering others on, Yvette shared plenty of little gems to reflect on. -
Think Tank with Bonny Cumming
August 19, 2026What makes surveillance sustainable? Dr Bonny Cumming from AMRRIC shared a powerful principle: “no survey without service.” When communities contribute their knowledge, time and participation, they should also see tangible local value. The AMRRIC Biosecurity Pilot Project demonstrates how community benefit and biosecurity outcomes can be designed together — rather than treated as competing priorities. -
Breakfast with Ruth Marcec-Greaves
August 14, 2026One Health recognises the interconnected health of people, animals, plants and the environment. In a recent session, Ruth Marcec-Greaves shared inspiring examples from Honduras and Peru, demonstrating how collaboration, community engagement and understanding what motivates people can turn conservation goals into lasting action — lessons that have important implications for biosecurity. -
Mind Your Melon Check In Session
August 6, 2026This month’s Mind Your Melon check-in welcomed Suzie Whitfield, who shared her lived experience with mental health and practical ways to start meaningful conversations. Participants explored simple tools to support wellbeing and reflected on the power of listening, validation and creating safe spaces where people feel truly heard. -
Breakfast with Suzie Whitfield
August 4, 2026What does it really mean to thrive? At our latest Breakfast with Leaders, Suzie Whitfield explored the science and practice of thriving, sharing practical strategies to better understand our emotions, take control of our thinking, and prioritise rest and recovery. It was an inspiring morning filled with simple, evidence-based ideas that remind us thriving isn’t about avoiding life’s challenges—it’s about becoming stronger through them. -
Lunch with Andrew Bishop
July 31, 2026What does effective leadership look like when certainty is impossible? At the latest Lunch with Leaders session, Andrew Bishop drew on almost four decades of experience to share practical lessons on decision-making, judgement, supporting people and leading with confidence in the complex world of biosecurity.