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2025-12-2100 min
VLGA ConnectVLGA Connect - Friday 6 June 2025This week on VLGA Connect, Chris Eddy chats to Mayor of Murrindindi Shire Council, Cr Damien Gallagher about what he sees are the opportunities and challenges unique to the region, and to the sector as a whole. Leonie Martens, Manager Family and Children's Services at Baw Baw Shire Council joins Chris to discuss council's partnership with Casey and Cardinia Councils in maternal and child health to deliver immunisation services to the region. Sponsored by Hunt & Hunt LawyersSupport the showTo learn more about the events, programs, and training offered by th...
2025-06-0636 min
Queering The AirUp Close and Personal with Kavitha"Queering the Air" on 3CR recently aired an insightful episode with our lovely guest, the gorgeous Kavitha Sivasamy, a beautiful yet powerful lawyer with a big heart who advocates for the LGBTIQA+ and CALD communities.Kavitha is a proud transgender woman of colour of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. She had been working as a lawyer for five years and in the legal sector for nearly nine years, with extensive experience in the community and not-for-profit sectors. Her work focused particularly on family violence, refugee law, asylum seeker experiences, LGBTIQA+ justice (especially the rights and freedoms of trans and gender-diverse people), a...
2024-11-2400 min
Book Matters16 Days of Activism Special EpisodeWelcome to this very special episode of Book Matters to coincide with the 16 Days of Activism. Casey Cardinia Libraries is proud to support the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender based Violence campaign. And what better way to contribute to the conversation than with books. We have an interview with Manjula Datta O'Connor about her enlightening book, Daughters of Durga: Dowries, Gender Violence and Family in Australia. We also have some special book reviews from our staff here at Casey Cardinia Libraries.Connected Libraries WebsiteConnected Libraries Facebook Pag...
2022-11-2537 minBook MattersMinnie Darke & Tom BaragwanathWe talk to two authors about their very different novels. Courtney chats to Tom Baragwanath about his crime novel Paper Cage set in Masterton New Zealand about a small community where children have gone missing which is a nail-biting thriller and a beautifully written, acutely observed portrait of a community. Janine then chats to Tasmanian author Minnie Darke about her new novel With Love from Wish & Co a heartwarming novel about what we are prepared to give--and give up--in the name of love, and such a timely novel with Christmas on the horizon...
2022-11-1255 minBook MattersEpisode 2 2021: Alli SinclairIn our second episode for 2021 Janine chats to author Alli Sinclair about her new novel The Code Breakers, a novel inspired by the real world efforts of Australian Women in WW2. We also have some great recommendations for you including: Michael Connelly's new thriller Law of Innocence Kim Liggett's gripping dystopian novel The Grace Year Louise Candlish's domestic suspense story, Those People And the emotional When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbra O'Neal. We also speak to Casey Cardinia Libraries CEO and former Libraries Victoria CEO, Chris Buckingham...
2021-03-3040 minBook MattersEpisode 5: Ber CarrollIn this episode Janine has the pleasure of chatting to author Ber Carroll about her latest thriller Who We Were - a story that will make you think twice about attending your school reunion! Sue shares a lovely review of the 2020 Miles Franklin award winning novel The Yield, by Tara June Winch. Our staff have been loving biographies this month - in case you are looking for two true stories to get you started - Lynda reviews Magda Szubanski's Reckoning and Carol enjoys Damian Barr's Maggie and Me. Finally our local Casey Cardinia Libraries Historian, Heather shares her passion...
2020-07-2733 min
MindAim Academy005: From 1-200 Clients, Developing Apps, Winning Business Awards & Building Databases Of Raving Fans with Ricky VerkaikiTunes | Stitcher
Hello listeners and welcome to episode 5 of the White Pony Network Podcast! In this episode I had the opportunity to catch up with and ask Ricky Verkaik a bunch of questions that I wanted to know the answers to. I went to school with Ricky and since then his professional career has flourished. Ricky worked his way up through experience to launch Zain Digital (a digital marketing and app building agency) and grow it to over 200 clients.
Examples of Ricky’s brilliance are highlighted by his Casey Cardinia Business Award for an App that...
2017-09-0457 min