Award winning journalist Pip Courtney will be the guest speaker at the Queensland Rural, Remote and Regional Women’s Network’s (RRR Women) Annual Brisbane Long Lunch this August.
The event brings together rural, regional and remote members with city-based women to celebrate the opening weekend of the Ekka.
ABC Landline presenter Pip Courtney said she was looking forward to discussing the passion and innovation of rural Queenslanders.
“I get to meet a lot clever people in my job and Queenslanders have been inspiring me and our audience since I moved here in 2001,” Ms Courtney said.
Ms Courtney has reported for Australia’s only national agricultural television program since 1993 and has been the host since 2012.
“I’ve both watched and experienced the opportunities afforded to women change dramatically since I became an agricultural reporter,” she said.
“The QRRRWN is a vitally important organisation which I’ve seen empower, upskill and connect thousands of rural women in Queensland.
“It’s provided long lasting and valuable connections helping women contribute to their communities, family and industry, while building their own careers.”
Ms Courtney was a general news reporter before she chose to specialise in telling the stories of people outside of Australia’s cities.
“I was told specialising in ag would ruin my career suicide but it’s been the opposite,” she said.
Her job has taken her around the world and introduced her to her cameraman husband the late John Bean.
She’s watched the media industry transform and to keep up, has become a multi-platform communicator.
“When I started we had landline phones, typewriters, and two-way radios in the camera cars… no smart phones, no google, no email,” she said.
“Like farmers, technological advances have made my job easier, but the fundamentals of story hunting and storytelling have not changed.
“My dad told me journalism was ‘the best seat in the house’, and he was right.”
The RRR Women annual Brisbane Long Lunch 2025 will be held at Blackbird Brisbane on August 9 from 12pm. It’s the longest running event on the RRR Women calendar and brings country and city together.
Enjoy a two-course long lunch, two hour drinks package and live auction alongside the Brisbane River.
Tickets are available here.
Editor’s note
About RRR Women
The Queensland Rural, Regional and Remote Women’s Network (RRR Women) connects, empowers, and supports women living and working in rural, regional, and remote areas of Queensland. Our purpose is to foster personal and professional growth, leadership, and community engagement among women, while advocating for issues that matter to them. Founded in 1993, we are an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation.
