Novotel Barossa Valley Resort

BAROSSA VALLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

5th- 8th March 5

Step Up & Top Up at the Barossa

5 ALGWA NATIONAL CONFERENCE

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Kathy Bensted, President ALGWA Dip Loc Gov Governance & Administration, Dip. Company Directors

“It is my absolute pleasure on behalf of my executive and members of the Australian Local Government

Women’s Association to welcome you to the beautiful Barossa Valley for the ALGWA Biennial Conference.

I wish you a successful conference – we have a line

up of exceptional speakers, and lots of time to net-

work, and I hope you leave re-invigorated with

strong possibilities of the advancement of Women in

Local Government.

Welcome:

South Australian Conference Organising Committee:

Cr. Betty Gill JP

ALGWA SA President

Elected Member, City of Salisbury

Kristina Barnett

M.Educ, BSoc Sc, Dip Vol

ALGWA SA Secretary

Elected Member, City of Prospect

Judy Partington

Sponsorship Organiser

ALGWA SA Rural Vice President

Former Deputy Mayor, Regional Council of Goyder

Julie Kerr

BA, Dip Ed, MBA, Grad Cert.

Marketing ALGWA SA Conference

Coordinator, Secretariat, Public

Libraries SA & Eastern Region Alliance SA Councils

Cr. Alex Coates JP, B.Int.St

ALGWA SA Conference Budget

Former Deputy Mayor,

City Salisbury

Jenny Loftes

MBA, D.Ad.Art, A.Mus.A. FAIOP

SA ALGWA Treasurer

Managing Director Studio J

Production, Conference graphic design

Mobile Phones Please respect the presenter and members of the audience by ensuring

your mobile phone is switched off or turned to silent while in sessions. Dress Standards Smart casual for Conference sessions Catering

All tea breaks and Friday lunch served in the exhibition area. Thursday lunch served in Harry’s Restaurant. If you have requested a special meal, please make yourself

known to the catering staff so they can ensure you receive your meal. Accommodation Please finalise your accommodation account with the hotel upon departure.

General Information:

Half-day optional tour, Saturday 28th March 8am-2pm This tour will take you to some of the Barossa Valley’s iconic producers of food and wine, one of its quaint towns of German origin, and show you

the wonderful surrounds. (Comfortable walking shoes recommended!)

8:00am Depart Novotel 8:10am Pickup at Tanunda 8:15am Pickup at Barossa Weintal

8:30am Visit Mengler’s Hill lookout 9:00am Barossa Farmers’ Market 10:00am Gully Gardens Fruits 10:35am Visit to Angaston Main Street

11:20am Visit to S.A. Company 12:00 Winery 12:45pm Maggie Beer’s Farm Shop

1:50pm Drop off at Barossa Weintal

1:55pm Drop off in Tanunda 2:00pm Return to Novotel

Purchase Annabel Crabb's book :

The Wife Drought - Why women need wives,

and men need lives

at the special Conference price of

$30 (RRP $34.99) to be signed by Annabel during morning tea on

Thursday 26 March.

Marketing, Markets, Main street 3

Book Signing by Annabel Crabb, Keynote speaker

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ANNABEL CRABB

Australian political journalist, commenta-

tor & the ABC's chief online political writer

A Walkley Award winning journalist with over 15 years covering national politics for 13, Annabel Crabb has worked extensively in radio, television and print media as a political com-

mentator. She is a ten-year veteran of ABC’s Insiders programme, and appeared as one of 5 expert panellists on Gruen Nation during the 2010 election. She is also the host of ABC’s Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb. Annabel is interested in new platforms for political reporting and has established a regular live “Twittercast” of parliamentary question time.

In this keynote presentation Annabel will share her insights into the relationship between the various levels of government and the role of women within the world of politics.

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PAUL MAKIN National Reporter & Media Personality

Adelaide’s Today Tonight reporter has more than 40 years experience in the media, including pro-ducing and reporting in television & radio as well as acting in numerous feature films and television series. This includes reporting & presenter roles on Chan-nel 7’s State Affair & Willesee at 7, Today Tonight, Sydney, News Director & announcer on national broadcaster Radio 2, Radio 2GB, 2UE, ABC News Radio and Fiveaa and acting roles in shows such as Cop Shop and Prisoner. Paul was the first reporter on the scene of the Granville train disaster of January 18, 1977. He currently works for Adelaide's Today Tonight where he does the cam-era work, sound and lighting. He also writes the stories and then pre-sents

Master of Ceremonies:

Official Opening of the Conference:

HON. GEOFF BROCK MP

Minister for Local Government

Minister for Regional Development

Member for Frome

Member of the Executive Council

4:00-6:00pm Registration– Foyer outside Shiraz room

6:00-7:30pm Welcome reception– Poolside Welcome Reception with greeting by Mace Bearer for the Barons of Barossa, Baron Aaron Penley, Conference song by Steve Foster with MC Paul Makin. Fashion Parade by Top ‘O’ Town boutique

Draw for opal jewellery donated by Majestic Opals.

8:00-8:45am Registration–Foyer outside Shiraz room

8:45-9:00am Welcome by KATHY BENSTED, ALGWA President

9:00-9:05am Welcome to Country: MANDY BROWN Indigenous Arts Development Officer, Country Arts SA

9:05-9:15am Conference Opening: HON GEOFF BROCK MP,

Minister for Local Government & Regional Development

9:15-9:30 Faith Lutheran College Jazz Ensemble, & teacher Frank Cammans

9:30-10:15am Opening Keynote- ANNABEL CRABB Australian political

journalist, commentator & ABC's chief political writer

KEYNOTE: “I Need a Wife!” At every level of government, the story remains stubbornly the same: Women are un-der-represented, and often require a lot of convincing to get involved. Annabel Crabb argues that if women in politics got the same kinds of spouses that men traditionally do, it might be a different story. Ms Annabel Crabb appears by arrangement with Claxton Speakers International

10:15-10:45am Morning Tea, (book signing & purchase)

Sponsored by The Barossa Valley Council

10:45-11:35am Speaker 1– DR.JACQUELINE BALSTON Adjunct Senior

Research Fellow, UniSA:’Raising the bar on environmental stewardship’ The release of greenhouse gases as a result of human activities over the past 250 years has warmed the land and the oceans, made the sea water more acidic, melted ice and caused global sea levels to rise by almost 20 cm. In South Australia very hot days and nights have increased. Annual rainfall in the Adelaide region has decreased by 20 - 40 mm and evaporation has increased by up to 100 mm per year, a trend that results in less available water for plants, animals and humans. The fire danger season has increased in length and intensity. As greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise the impacts will intensify. The native fauna and flora of the region are highly sensitive to climate changes. In addition, widespread urban, agricultural and industrial development has led to exten-sive vegetation clearance, inappropriate fire regimes, pollution, water extraction, weeds and pest animals. This presentation considers the likely impacts of a changing climate on the environment and discusses how we need to raise the bar on environ-mental stewardship to ensure that the negative impacts are reduced and the environ-ment has the support required to adapt to the coming changes.

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DAY 2– THURSDAY 26TH MARCH 2015

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11:35pm–12:30pm Speaker 2– RICHARD TURNER, Chief Executive Zen

Energy Systems:‘New Renewable Energy technologies, Self-Powered

Homes & Renewable Power Stations for Regional Australia’ ZEN Energy Systems is a world leader in Solar Energy and Energy Storage Technol-ogies. CEO Richard Turner will take you through the company’s latest developments in sustainable On-Grid and Off-Grid living and how our housing developments of the

future may function including highly efficient “self-powered” homes. The ability is now available to take whole townships and communities back off the power grid and re-create community renewable power stations that provide sustainability, local em-ployment and a lower cost of power.

12:30-1:30pm Lunch- Harry’s Restaurant Sponsored by

1:30-2:15pm Speaker 3– KEVIN OSBORN, Director AICD SA ‘Getting women on board’

Gender diverse boards are integral to better financial performance and improved governance, align with Australia’s economic imperatives and satisfy community and shareholder expectations. The global business case for more women on boards and in leadership roles is overwhelming. It no longer needs to be proven and debated, but believed and acted upon. This will require a significant shift in corporate culture and in the attitudes and behaviors of many who occupy positions of power. Kevin will talk about how and why women should ‘get on board’.

2:15-3:00pm Speaker 4- ELAINE BENSTED, Chief Executive, Zoos SA

‘Stepping up to the Challenge’ Elaine commenced as the Chief Executive of Zoos South Australia in September

2012. This was after a period of very significant infrastructure expansion and much

publicised financial difficulty. The debt was restructured and a period of rebuilding

the organisation’s finances commenced. Elaine has a career background that in-cludes the private finance sector, local and state government but had no experience

in managing a zoo. She will give an overview of her career path and then discuss

the steps that were taken to drive improvements in Zoos SA’s finances. This will focus on both revenue and expenditure management as well as governance and

management practices.

3:00-3:30pm Afternoon Tea, Sponsored by IAP2 Supplied by Vili Milisits

3:30-4:15pm Speaker 5– VILI MILISITS OAM, Proprietor Vili’s Pies ‘Daring to be Different’ (Samples of Vili’s bakery supplied!)

Vili’s Pies, a SA institution & the story of owner Vili Milisits and his wife, Rosemary is an inspirational one. “Daring to be different” has set Vili’s apart from the rest. The story of Vili & his wife, who were awarded Orders of Australia in 2005 for service to the food industry & the community through support for a range of charitable, community & sporting organisations, will fascinate & entertain you.

4:15-4:20pm Close of Day One

6:00-11pm GALA DINNER

6:00-6:30pm Welcome drinks Background music by duo

'Sounds Like A Story' with John Bienvenue & Sophia MacRae

7:00pm MC Paul Makin, draw of dinner ticket prize

7:15pm Dinner Served *Drinks are available for purchase from the bar

8:30pm Betty Gill, President ALGWA SA, Entertainment: Gino the Gypsy

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9:00-9:05am Welcome by ALGWA President

9:05-10:00am Speaker 6– SUE DOYLE, Executive General Manager People and

Culture, Adelaide Airport Ltd : ‘From minute taker to decision maker’ Sue will speak about challenges and opportunities in her career, and address the importance of: overcoming a lack of confidence; taking opportunities; putting yourself out there; taking ownership; and assuming equality and a personal brand.

10:00-10:45am Speaker 7- JULIE SLOAN, Chief Executive, Workforce Planning

Global: ‘Workforce Planning and Human Governance – hot items on the

international and Australian business agenda

Julie will present on the topic of Workforce Planning, outlining national & international

developments in Standards in Human Governance & Workforce Planning & the impact of

these on the way we identify & mitigate workforce risk: locally regionally, nationally &

internationally. Julie will provide tips on quality strategic workforce planning & answer

questions about challenges & opportunities.

10:45-11:15am Morning Tea– Sponsored by National

Women’s Coalition

11:15-12:15pm Speaker 8– JANET GILES, Director, Campaigns, ASU:

‘Fighting the good fight – a better life for all’ Janet will explore what makes

up the Australian way of life, what threatens it and what we can do to protect it

12:15-1:15pm Speaker 9– ALLISON ASHBY, Director, AME Recruitment:

‘Networking your way up the ladder of success’ This is an interactive session discussing the importance of networking. Drawing on her

experiences in the industry Allison will discuss how she uses networking as a key tool and

give relevant scenarios & examples to show just how easy it is to get yourself out there.

Being good at what you do is not always enough to get you where you want to go. An

important part of managing your career is to build a network. This session will give you

answers to the following: why would you network; why you should network; how

to network; where to network; and the do’s & don’ts of networking.

1:15-2:15pm Lunch

2:15-3:30pm PETER SALERNO, Laughter Therapist :

‘Fun with Team Building: attitude vs skill’ (Book signing) We hire on Skills & fire on Attitude. Teambuilding should be FUN. As an international au-

thor of the book “Laugh With Me”, & founder of the Laughter Clubs across the world, Peter explains how to reduce stress, learn to laugh more often & have more fun in your life

3:30-4:15pm ‘On the Couch’ with female vignerons:

STEPHANIE TOOLE Mount Horrocks Winery, LOUISA ROSE

Yalumba Winery, FIONA DONALD Seppeltsfield Winery.

Facilitator WENDY CAMPANA Executive Director, LGA SA.

3 very successful wine makers talk about their careers.

4:15-4:30pm Raffle prizes draw & wine tasting

Conference Close by ALGWA President

5:30-7:00pm ALGWA National AGM Shiraz room. All welcome

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DAY 4– SATURDAY 28TH MARCH 2013-OPTIONAL½ DAY

DAY 3– FRIDAY 27TH MARCH 2015

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SPEAKER biographies:

Sue Doyle, Executive General Manager People and Cul-

ture of Adelaide and Parafield Airports

Sue is responsible for the development and implementation of inno-vative people management strategies that maximise individual and team performance. Key accountabilities: Human Resources Management, Recruitment, Induction, Training & Development, Marketing & Brand. Sue’s career, spanning 35 years, has been spent entirely in aviation and tourism where her knowledge and experience has been broad and ‘hands on’. She has performed a variety of roles within airline sales, customer service, airport operations, customer relationship management, human resource management and executive leader-ship. Sue is passionate about people, performance, communication and a strong Adelaide Airport brand.

Janet Giles, Director Campaigns, ASU

Janet was until recently the Director of the Campaigns Centre at the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the national peak council for the trade union movement in Australia. Prior to this she headed up the state peak body in South Australia, SA Unions. She started her working life as a teacher in country South Australia, was a union rep and regional delegate for the teachers’ union, becom-ing Vice President then President of the SA branch of the Australian Education Union from 1992- 2002 and Federal Vice President of the AEU. In 2003 she was elected secretary of SA Unions, a position she held for 12 years. Janet was a member of the ACTU Executive and actively involved at state and national level in a number of policy areas such as OHS, Workers Compensation, Industrial relations and training and skills. Her boards and committees included Statewide Superannuation Board and the Training and Skills commission. In 2009 she was appointed a Reconciliation Ambassador for SA. She has a strong interest in issues facing Aboriginal people, young workers and women.

Vili Milisits OAM, Proprietor Vili’s Pies Vili Milisits migrated to Australia after living in refugee camps for 2 years, escaping the 1956 uprising and Revolution in Hungary. He went to work at age14, to bring in money, leaving school at the end of year 8. Whilst his schooling had finished, he had not stopped learning! His bakery, started at age 18, now has factories employing more than 300 in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, and exports to 23 countries, including Halal to Muslim communities. He expanded his business into real estate, cafes, spring water and interstate trucking. Awards in-clude: Telstra Business Awards, National Bank Business of the year, Youth Employment Awards, Mature Employment Awards, and Marketer of the Year. Vili has world accreditation for Halal products, USFDA and EU accreditation, the highest of any bakery in Australia. He served on Government Advisory Boards for export, marketing, health and hygiene standards, and as an advisor to the Reserve Bank on the economy of Australia. He is active in community affairs, and a sponsor of, or donor to, many sporting and com-munity events and charities for 47 years. Vili was honoured to be awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2005 and a Knighthood of Grace in the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in 2006

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Kevin Osborn, Director AICD SA & Professional Director

Kevin has been a full time non-executive director since 2003. Currently he is a Director of the Australian Institute of Company Direc-tors, the Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board (APESB), Deputy Chairman of the AFL Football Club Port Adelaide, Chairman of VUCA a specialist advisory company on all things involving corporate leadership. Kevin also manages his own advisory business that advises major Australian and International firms involved in the defence, emer-gency services and large property transactions. In recent years Kevin has mentored selected women in the Chairman's ASX 200 Women's mentoring program.

In the past five years Kevin has concluded long term Director appointments with the follow-ing organisations; Deputy Chairman of the Economic Development Board of South Australia; Deputy Chairman of Bendigo Adelaide Bank; Director of SA Water, and Chaired the $1.8 billion Desalination plant build; Calgary based Viterra Inc., until sold to Glencore for US$6.25 billion In his 25 year executive career Kevin was a Global Senior Vice President and Chief Execu-

tive for Bank One (now part of J P Morgan Chase) managing the bank's business in Austral-ia, New Zealand and Singapore. He is currently a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Fellow Professional of the Institute of Public Accountants.

Richard Turner, Chief Executive, ZEN Energy Systems

Richard founded the multi award winning ZEN Energy Systems in 2004 and was awarded the 2010 Ernst & Young “Australian Entrepreneur of the Year” for the Cleantech sector. He graduated from the University of South Australia in 1984 with a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) and has founded four successful companies across four completely different industry sectors. ZEN has been noted as the fastest growing company in South Australia for two consecutive years and the fourth fastest growing company in Australia and is now a world leader in Intelligent Distributed Solar Energy and Energy Storage Solutions.

Mandy Brown, Indigenous Arts & Cultural Engagement Officer, Country Arts SA

A woman of Ngarrindjeri /Peramangk/Kokotha/ Indian and Greek ances-try. Her role is to empower the South Australian Indigenous arts and culture sector, by demonstrating improvement through the capacity of workshops, skills development opportunities, etc to Indigenous artists and communities for greater contribution to the art industry and their holistic wellbeing. Her wide Voluntary work includes: Chair of the Tji Tji Tjuta – Colebrook Home (former children’s home for Stolen Genera-tions), SA State secretary 2000 – 2005 for the National Sorry Day Com-

mittee. Only Australian on the International Indigenous Gambling Committee, Nominated for Australian of the Year 2010 by Aboriginal community in SA.

Wendy Campana, Chief Executive Officer of LGA SA

Wendy has an extensive background in public sector management, or-ganisational development, education and training, industrial relations, intergovernmental relations, governance and political lobbying. Wendy has worked in the public and private sectors and has been the CEO of the LGA since 2003.

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Dr. Jacqueline Balston (BA. App. Sc.; PhD. Env. Sc.) Ap-plied Climatologist and Consultant, Adjunct Senior Re-

search Fellow, Barbara Hardy Institute, Sessional Lec-turer, University South Australia

Jacqueline is an applied climatologist and has researched the impacts of climate variability and climate change on agriculture, natural re-sources, ecosystems and the built environment in WA, SA and QLD for over 15 years. She is currently Senior Research Fellow at UniSA and director of Jacqueline Balston & Associates, climate change impact consultants.

Allison Ashby, BA (Hons), FAICD, Founder of AME Re-cruitment Pty Ltd

A recognised and respected Executive Recruitment Consultant with over 25 years experience in Adelaide. She is the Deputy Chair of the Council for Lincoln College, she Chairs the Audit and Risk Committee of Lincoln College and is also a mem-ber of the Uniting Church Investment Committee. She previously held Board positions for local organisations including The Adelaide Enter-tainment Centre, The Land Management Corporation and the North Western Adelaide Health Service. Allison’s Recruitment experience is broad and within the AME team she is the lead consultant for Board Director Recruitment, CEO and

General Management roles as well as being recognised as having significant expertise in Local Government Accounting and Finance, HR and Sales and Marketing. Likewise she is the lead consultant for the HR consulting area which undertakes 360 degree performance

reviews, CEO Performance Review, Coaching, Salary Benchmarking, Climate Surveys and Organisational Reviews.

Elaine Bensted, Chief Executive Zoos SA

Prior to being appointed as Chief Executive, Zoos South Australia Elaine held the position of Chief Executive, Office of TAFE SA. Previously, Elaine held Senior roles in both State and Local Govern-ment and has had previous roles in the private finance sector – in-cluding human resource and training management, operation and project management and running a branch of a bank. Elaine’s qualifications include an MBA and a Masters in Public Policy and Management.

Stephanie Toole, Owner/Winemaker, Mount Horrocks

Winery

Started in the 1980’s Mount Horrocks Wines was purchased by Steph-anie Toole in 1993. In April 1998, Stephanie re-opened the Auburn Railway station following substantial renovation, as Mount Horrocks’ cellar door. Stephanie Toole produces outstanding quality grapes from her own vineyards. Her persistence with classic, no-compromise winemaking and a fully integrated organic approach to growing and making sets Mount Horrocks wines apart, and has ensured that Mount

Horrocks has achieved Australian Organic Certification. In 2007 Stephanie became one of just 120 Australian Winemakers in the history of Gour-met Traveller WINE magazine to be nominated for the Australian Winemaker of the Year Award.

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Peter Salerno, ‘The Man With The Magic Message’ A masterful presenter, trainer, keynote speaker, author and magician

who helps individuals and teams to think and move forward powerfully. With an approach that mingles Laughter Therapy and Magic, this inter-national presenter creates a fun environment for learning simple strat-egies that help business leaders to grow and develop different dimen-sions. A top insurance agent and financial planner, Peter qualified for 14 con-secutive years as a member of the Million Dollar Round Table. Ap-peared in many films and television commercials, including a TV soapie in New York. As an international author of the book “Laugh With Me”, Peter explains how to reduce stress, learn to laugh more often and have more fun in your life.

Fiona Donald, Senior Winemaker Seppeltsfield Wines.

Fiona Donald graduated from Roseworthy Agricultural College and Ade-laide University with qualifications in Oenology and Management. Fiona started her career at Thomas Hardy and Sons' Tintara Winery, McLaren Vale in 1991 and continued working in red wine winemaking roles at Renmano, Domaine de la Baume and Barossa Valley Estate. In 1997 she was appointed as Senior Red Winemaker at Southcorp

Wines, Penfolds, returning to the part time role of Winemaker -Vineyard Liaison after parental leave in 2002. Fiona is currently Senior Winemaker at Seppeltsfield Wines in the Bar-ossa Valley where she has worked since 2009 and is part of the team resurrecting the fa-mous 1888 Gravity Flow Winery

Louisa Rose, Chief Winemaker Yalumba

After completing a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in physics, from Melbourne University Louisa relocated to Roseworthy College, to study winemaking, graduating as dux in 1992. While studying she worked the 1992 vintage at Yalumba and returned to join the team permanently in January 1993. Twenty two vintages later, Louisa has worked alongside many legends of Yalumba, being involved in almost every facet of wine-making and cellar management including the role of chief winemaker in 2006. In 1999 Louisa was named Barossa Winemaker of the Year, and in 2004 she was named International Woman in Wine by the London based In-ternational Wine and Spirit Competition.

In 2008 Louisa was named ‘Winemaker of the Year’ by the prestigious Gourmet Traveller WINE Magazine. In August 2014 she was voted the best winemaker in Australia by 100 of her peers

Julie Sloan, Chief Executive, Workforce Planning Global

Recognised as an international expert in strategic and operational Work-force Planning. She is a member of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) TC260 committee and convener of the ISO international Working Group on Workforce Planning. Julie was the lead writer of the inaugural Aus-tralian Standard in Workforce Planning (2014). Julie has more than 35 years work experience in Government and in the Private Sector in Australia and has led the development of the discipline of Workforce Planning in Australia since the mid 1990s.

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