GALLERY: How Coast celebrated 2021 Women of Year Awards
The city’s most inspiring women were honoured at the Harvey Norman Gold Coast Women of the Year Awards ceremony at The Star in Broadbeach. See all the photos from the big night.
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Revealed: Harvey Norman Gold Coast Women of Year winners
A common thread runs through the journeys of the finalists and winners of this year’s Harvey Norman Gold Coast Women of the Year. SEE THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS >>>
AS IT HAPPENED: Gold Coast Women of Year winners announced
The winners of the 2021 Harvey Norman Gold Coast Women of the Year Awards were announced on Friday night at a special ceremony. Recap the events of the night from our live blog.
‘My head is always – even 12 years later – like a landmine of stuff’
She’s a Wellness Warrior who is an inspiration to others. But Caroline Bellenger endured years of harrowing abuse, leading to alcohol and drug addiction, before finding the inner strength to turn her life around. This is her incredible story.
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Coast’s pocket rocket an ‘accidental politician’
When she first came into council, Donna Gates was told she was a size six with a size sixteen mouth. Years later, not much has changed, except she’s now the city’s Deputy Mayor.
How education for seniors is saving lives
Learning in retirement is about more than finding new hobbies. It can some times be a life saver, according to this Gold Coast Woman of the Year nominee.
The woman on front line of Coast’s addiction war
Meet Alannah Ryan. She is at the front line of the Gold Coast’s drug scourge, guiding those suffering back to health at one of the city’s largest clinics.
Chance to celebrate our city’s finest
Women don’t shout about their achievements, which is why the Gold Coast Women of the Year Awards is very important, writes Bulletin editor Rachel Hancock.
How Stuckey conquered politics
Long-serving Currumbin Jann Stuckey is regarded as one of the strongest leaders the Gold Coast has ever had. She admits she has been forced to go against the grain during her long career.
Meet one of Coast’s best known doctors
One of the Gold Coast’s best known doctors grew up dreaming her name would be on the admissions list to India’s best medical school, where they only chose 35 people per year. Then one day, it was.
Meet one of Queensland’s first female cops
She was one of Queensland’s first female police officers, surviving sexism and tragedy before working in war torn East Timor. Now Judith De Boer welcomes Glitter Strip developers as her adversary.
Former Ironwoman living firefighter dream
Former Ironwoman Hayley Bateup was so certain she couldn’t win her first professional competition, she didn’t even tell her mum she entered. Now, she looks back on the shift from a nearly two-decade long career to her firefighter dream.
How Amy Shark beat a bear
From a Gold Coast state school to the stages of New York and LA, the city’s own indie-pop sensation Amy Shark has credited the Glitter Strip as her original training ground.
‘I have met the most incredible women on the Gold Coast’
Katie Page explains why the recognition offered by the Gold Coast Women of the Year Awards is long overdue.
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