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1 week ago | 
womensagenda.com.au | Caterina Giorgi
As I walk around my neighbourhood, I see many signs that people care about others. It’s in the street libraries outside of houses, the community pantry sitting in the open space near the local shops and the growing microforest that was crowdfunded by the community. It’s not just in physical structures where these acts of kindness are apparent. At our local shops, our café donates food at the end of each day to local charities and the grocer is always providing gifts to community events.
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2 months ago | 
fare.org.au | Caterina Giorgi
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before this Committee and thank you for holding this Inquiry. My name is Caterina Giorgi and I’m the CEO of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education or FARE. I want to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the lands that we are meeting on today – the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people and I also want to acknowledge the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders who are driving change across the country.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
fare.org.au | Caterina Giorgi
This opinion piece was originally published in the Canberra Times. I’ve always been a believer in progress. But we can’t advance if we keep doing the same things expecting different results. The commercial television industry’s latest proposal to extend the times that alcohol can be advertised would be a significant step backwards in protecting children from alcohol harm.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Caterina Giorgi
I've always been a believer in progress. But we can't advance if we keep doing the same things expecting different results.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
newcastleherald.com.au | Caterina Giorgi
I've always been a believer in progress. But we can't advance if we keep doing the same things expecting different results.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
womensagenda.com.au | Caterina Giorgi
Over the years, I’ve been told many things about leadership. The least helpful guidance I’ve had…? “You could go far if your hemlines were longer and you didn’t sound so much like a child.”As I prepared to deliver a keynote recently for a national symposium on the future of health promotion, I decided to crowd source the worst and the best advice women in our sector have been given. The responses simultaneously saddened and inspired me.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
fare.org.au | Caterina Giorgi
People often share with me the impact that alcohol has had on their lives and the lives of their families. These experiences are as varied as we are as humans. Many people share their experiences because they have ideas on how services can be strengthened, how systems can be reimagined and the various actions that governments can take to prevent further harm. Between now and the end of September, the Parliament will hold an Inquiry into the health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
fare.org.au | Caterina Giorgi
At the City2Surf start line, my daughter and I spotted James and his family. I walked over and met James’ wife Nicole and daughters Bella and Zara. All four family members were participating in the event – the youngest being seven years young!I was so excited to see James for the first time in person, because he is the person who inspired us to form a team for this year’s event. He reached out to me last year and asked if he could fundraise for FARE for his run with his friend Dylan.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
fare.org.au | Caterina Giorgi
This article was first published on Women’s Agenda. More than two-and-a-half years after the Jenkins Review was released, there are two outstanding recommendations from the 28 handed down by former Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins. One is a policy on alcohol. The other is the establishment of an Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission to enforce a behavioural code of conduct for all staff, with consequences for breaches.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
womensagenda.com.au | Caterina Giorgi
More than two-and-a-half years after the Jenkins Review was released, there are two outstanding recommendations from the 28 handed down by former Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins. One is a policy on alcohol. The other is the establishment of an Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission to enforce a behavioural code of conduct for all staff, with consequences for breaches.
