Paula is a Patron and the immediate past Deputy Chair of the Stella Prize; a Board Member of the Country Education Foundation of Australia; Patron of Pop In, a domestic violence day centre in the Southern Highlands of NSW; Patron of The Charlotte Project, an initiative of the Wingecarribee Women Writers to recognize the achievements of women in the Southern Highlands community and celebrate their voices.
She is a founding trustee of McLean Foundation which supports Australian conservation, education, domestic and family violence and literature. She began the Nature Writing Prize for Australian writers in 2011, administered by The Nature Conservancy Australia and awarded biennially.
In 2021 Paula was a recipient of Philanthropy Australia’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
A former fiction and educational publishing editor, Paula is also the author of Good Foods for Babies and Toddlers and two parenting books PlayPower: Birth to One Year and PlayPower: One to Three Years.
Supporting the voices of women has been at the forefront of Paula’s work throughout her career.
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She Gives acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
