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Qweekend - Jackie Taranto, CEO of QODE - technology/digital event/fair in Brisbane. Passionate about women in tech, and women being in charge of their financial security. Pic Mark Cranitch.

The only language that everyone speaks

“It is really the only universal language,” says one of Australia’s most senior women in tech. “It doesn’t matter what gender you are, what language you speak or culture you’re from.”

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Lucas Patchett, left, and Nic Marchesi, founders of Orange Sky Laundry, Picture: Mark Cranitch

The men behind Orange Sky charity empire

They’re the two elite school-educated guys who shunned high-flying corporate careers to set up a not-for-profit charity washing the clothes of Brisbane’s homeless. Now Orange Sky has grown to have 29 vans and 1800 volunteers across Australia. Meet the two founders who have big expansion plans.

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Qweekend - Beverly Geronimos, 59, and Vikki Harvey,  50, are honourary paramedics, who are on-call whenever they are home on Coochiemudlo Island. Pic Mark Cranitch.

The women who volunteer to save lives

There is no ambulance service where volunteers Vikki Harvey and Beverly Geronimos live, so they put it all on the line to ensure the health and well-being of their island community

Original URL: https://www.couriermail.com.au/journalists/leanne-edmistone/page/5