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100 stories of giving

Every woman’s experience of giving is different so what could be better than sitting down for a chat with women from all over Australia to hear their story? These incredible women open their hearts and share their personal experiences with giving and hopes for the future with us. We ask the same four questions each time. Each woman’s answers are surprising, inspiring and uniquely hers.
Tania Austin
Tania Austin
As soon as people know more, they want to do more. A big part of our work is this story-telling component and involves not just our internal team but our broader teams across our entire store network.
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Georgina Byron AM
Georgina Byron AM
When I first came into this giving sector, I had so much to learn. I came from the corporate world, so I did a lot of listening and learnt more about humility and the power imbalance of a funder.
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Rebecca Cuthill & Nichola Harris
What’s interesting about intergenerational learning around giving is that the way that our parents give and their thinking around it, is different to what Rebecca and I would be doing. And now we're being challenged by our children about how we do it.
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Professor Larissa Behrendt AO
Prof. Larissa Behrendt AO
Giving means different things in different areas of my life. My husband and I give to our extended family.
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Natalie Egleton CEO Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal
Natalie Egleton
The motivation behind giving in regional communities is connected to place. It’s connected to a collective desire to make it the best place possible and create the most opportunities for people.
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Caitriona Fay Managing Partner Community & Social Investment - Perpetual
Cat Fay
 We hear a lot of big dollars bandied about in terms of what the intergenerational wealth transfer would look like. I think we should be talking about what we want our communities to look like off the back of that wealth transfer.
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Camilla Freeman-Tropper
Camilla Freeman-Topper
Passion, equality, a bleeding heart and an overwhelming desire to give back.
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Kerin Hayden
Kerin Hayden
The role I play within my family is that I'm that person pushing the envelope, reminding them and finding opportunities where we can give and share the impact.
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Michelle Lin CEO Vermilion Foundation
Michelle Lin
I'd like to think that setting up a structured way of giving was inevitable at some point in my life.
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Tanya Hosch Executive General Manager Inclusion & Social Policy Australian Football League
Tanya Hosch
It’s always been the same things: fairness, social justice, the idea of looking after supporting others, as part of being in a community, as part of a healthy society.
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Penny Mapp
Penny Mapp
I want my girls to know they can engage with the world and make a difference.
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Paula McLean Founding Trustee McLean Foundation
Paula McLean
Empathy is an enabler, and you take away with you much, much more than you give.
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