Women for Election In Conversation: Kristy McBain, Labor Candidate Eden-Monaro by-election :: Recording

We recently ran our inaugural Women for Election In Conversation with Kristy McBain, Labor Candidate Eden-Monaro by-election. Kristy is also the former Bega Valley Shire mayor and 2018 alumni of Women for Election.

Licia Heath, our CEO, interviewed Kristy via Zoom. Just in case you missed it, we recorded the session. Watch it here.

We will be conducting more In Conversation sessions in the coming weeks including conversations with Dai Le (Independent Councillor, DAWN network), Fiona Kotvojs (LNP Candidate for Eden-Monaro) and Nadia Saleh (ALP Councillor, first hijab-wearing Councillor in Aust).

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