About Wendy Johnson
Wendy Johnson has a Master’s Degree in Journalism, an Executive Certificate in Event Management and a few other quals under her belt. She has a nose for news and loves writing about the people who make Canberra a very special capital indeed.
Wendy has owned Clarity Communications Australia since 1998 and gives generously to the community through expert pro bono work. She is also the Communications Director for FASHFEST, and loves peeking beneath the seams to stitch up stories on all things fashion.
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Local Leaders
Sheena Ireland says opening her own business, Specialists in Communications, is one of the best decisions she's ever made. Sheena Ireland dreamt of moving into business for a long time. She loved her job but couldn’t shake the feeling that it was time to explore what could be. So one day she jumped from her secure position to opening Specialists...
News
When reality hit and the ACT Down Syndrome Association (ACTDSA) thought it was going to have to close its doors, Alicia Flack-Kone couldn’t describe her despair. The self-help organisation, formed in 1987 by a group of interested parents, was facing a lack of funding. It was at crisis point. "I’ll never forget how stressful it was," says Alicia, now President...
Family Law
Tanya Nadin fell into law in a roundabout way but is glad she did. A friend’s father was a Senior Counsel barrister in Sydney. After leaving school, Tanya worked for him while studying law. She says the exposure to high-calibre legal minds was fantastic and often inspiring. “I’ve never looked back,” says Tanya, a family law specialist and Partner of...
Local Leaders
Paul Corazza is no stranger to real estate. He’s just marked his 26th year in ‘the biz’ and has sold 1508 properties worth close to half a billion dollars. That’s more than one a week, every week, for 26 years on average. Paul, the Principal at Independent Gungahlin, remembers his first sale as clear as if it was yesterday. It...
News
No matter how cold he gets or how much he shivers, Col McIntyre of McIntyre Property won’t be complaining the night of Thursday 20 June. Instead, he’ll be reminding himself that life could be much, much worse. For the third time, Col will rally together with other leaders from business, community and government to help end the pain of poverty...
News
Running a small business is a hard slog. There are ups and downs, winning moments and losing moments. Small business owner Kate Prior says she has experienced the full gamut of emotions running face2face Recruitment, but of late she’s on a mega high. face2face recently won the National Recruitment Services Award, at the Australian Small Business Champion Awards 2019, competing...
Accounting
Chasing unpaid invoices isn’t fun, or an effective use of time for any business. Yet cash flow is king for businesses to grow and be sustainable. Bradley Allen Love (BAL) Lawyers is the legal partner of a new debt recovery website to help businesses get fast payment from debtors. Enforce Recoveries will be officially launched at BAL’s Business Breakfast Club...
Local Leaders
In many ways, Jenny Kitchin feels she’s come full circle. She grew up in Woden and lived in one of the first houses in Chifley, at a time when the countryside was sparse, there were no local shops and the trip into the city was a long one. Today, Jenny has returned to the area but as the new Chief...
News
When Erin Osborne was 32, life looked rosy. She had a bubbly two-year-old and was 13 weeks pregnant with her second child. Then came the news. Erin had breast cancer. She had no idea it was coming. “The initial reaction was fear for my unborn child and I was overwhelmed with so many questions,” says Erin. “Would I have to...
Local Leaders
Life is good for Jason Anasson and Natalie Kokic Schmidt. They’ve been together for 14 years (since high school), love living in Canberra, adore their two Staffies and share professional lives in the competitive and fast-moving world of real estate. Jason and Natalie both work for McGrath Belconnen/Gungahlin here in the capital and are 100 per cent committed to delivering...
News
When businesses support communities, wonderful things happen. Like the cubby house project that raised $1,500 for not-for-profit Communities@Work. It all started when the team at Independent Property Group Tuggeranong (IPG Tuggeranong) decided to raise money for the local community in which they predominantly work. The first step was to pick a charity active in the Tuggeranong area. The second step...
News
The team at Thor’s Hammer is over the moon now that they have a new home. After 23 years at the Brickworks in Yarralumla, Thor Diesendorf received a letter announcing that the site was to be redeveloped by Doma Group into a 380-dwelling residential development and informing him it was time for his business to vacate. The issue for Thor...
Local Leaders
When Holly Komorowski was looking to buy a house, never in her wildest dreams did she think it would lead to opening her own real estate agency. Today, Holly is happily entrenched on the flip side of the property market—selling to clients and managing their properties through home.by holly. And she’s loving every minute of it. "I was trying to...
Local Leaders
When Jasmine Henjak left high school in 2002, she didn’t know what she wanted to do for a living. She decided to take a year off and make some money, while pondering life. Then, out of the blue, she landed a job in real estate and her future became crystal clear. That was in 2003 and Jasmine has been in...
Property
You’ve received your annual rates from the ACT Government but are puzzled by the ‘unimproved value’ figure. What does it mean exactly? How does the government calculate it? How often is it revised? Should you even care? "These are all good questions," says real estate agent Ryan Broadhurst, from Belle Property. "One thing is for sure, you should take note...
Accounting
You’re an executor and are thinking that the easiest and most efficient way to administer a deceased estate is to sell the assets and divide the proceeds among the beneficiaries. You’re also feeling a bit of pressure from the emotions and financial need of beneficiaries. But is selling the assets the way to go? Ellen Bradley, Senior Associate at Bradley...