Getting Heard: Influence, Networks and Advocacy for Small Business
A lunchtime session with Anne Pleash, former Chief of Staff to a Federal MP and now a Cairns government relations consultant, on how to build a network and make your case to the people who decide.
Time & Location
13 Oct 2026, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Tropic Tech & Innovation Network, 254 Mulgrave Rd, Westcourt QLD 4870, Australia
About the event
A lunchtime session with Anne Pleash, Mission Consulting Solutions
Tuesday 13 October 2026 · 11:30am to 12:30pm
U8 Jabiru Events Space, Upstairs @ Tropic Tech & Innovation Network, 254 Mulgrave Road, Westcourt
$35 GA, Free for members (check the app for your discount code)
Most people who want something changed, whether it's a council rule, a funding decision or a supplier's attitude, do one of two things. They complain to people who can't fix it, or they send one email to someone who can and never follow up. Anne Pleash has spent 20 years doing the bit in between.
Anne spent six and a half years as Chief of Staff to Bob Katter during the Gillard minority government, when a single crossbench vote could decide legislation. Before that she was a communications consultant with AECOM and held management roles in Queensland local government. She now runs Mission Consulting Solutions from…
Tickets
General Admission
$35.00
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