From very early on in her career, Elise Petty was a go getter who wanted to make life better for rural people, no matter what role she was in. From working as Telstra Country Life’s General Manager in Armidale NSW, to being a Senior Advisor in Kununurra for Argyle Diamonds, whatever Elise has had a crack at,she’s excelled.  Which is why she thought she’d excel when she had a baby. But as we know, things don’t always go to plan. And very soon Elise found herself living on a property in the New England region of NSW, with a baby who wasn’t sleeping or putting on weight. That came following an emergency cesarean and 11 days in hospital. Because on reflection, Elise realised at that time in her life, she did need help.

That was 20 years ago. Elise now also has three adult step daughters. She’s  an Executive Manager at NBN, who are the current sponsor of Motherland’s Summer podcast season, and has been with NBN for the past five years. Today she joins me on this special episode to share her story in a way she’s not done before whilst also covering the critical topic of connectivity.. And the type of tech that’s available now that she could only dream of when she was growing up on the land doing distance ed through HF radio. This is her story.

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