A simple box of chocolates offered as a prize for the winning team ensured that competition was fierce (but friendly) between the teams of new recruits at the Australian Federal Police training college in Canberra, and the recent Fortem Australia

Fortem’s Mark Kennedy caught up with Gen Lindsay, one of the organisation’s amazing Community Engagement Coordinators, to chat about her recent couples cooking retreat in the relaxing and scenic Wee Jasper Valley 

Hi Gen, tell me a little bit about the group you took along

Two simple words have had a real and powerful impact this week as Australian’s everywhere embraced Thank a First Responder Day. 

From mining communities in remote Western Australia to Admiralty House on the shores of Sydney Harbour, people and agencies at the front line of our

Tomorrow (9 June) is Thank a First Responder Day – and Australians everywhere are stepping up to express gratitude to those who care for us, protect us, and respond to our calls for help. 

We live in extraordinary times and together we face those challenges. The Victorian community is feeling that weight at the moment.