Leadership Competition Top 40

Our 2023 Leadership COMP WINNERS!

We are so excited to showcase the 15 winners of Country to Canberra’s 2023 Leadership Competition! Our winners are amazing young people who are such strong advocates for gender equality, empowerment and regional Australia. Check out their entries below! 


NSW: Milly McGrath of Port Macquarie, Esther Cummins of Port Macquarie and Gwen Rumbel of Dungog. 

VICDenise McCarthy of Tatura East and Oliva Hedge of Newham. 

WA: Hannah Muchamore of Geraldton and Jessica Chant of Cunderdin.

SA: Leighla Brown of Riverton and Ella Smith of Clare. 

NT: Sophie Bedggood of Girraween/Humpty Doo, Darwin and Shanaya McAdam-Bray of Alice Springs. 

TAS: Nikki Howard of Devonport and Hayley Carpenter of South Spreyton.

QLD: Ava Roche of Rockhampton and Bianca Duong of Gladstone. 

Photos for the top 40 winners

Our 2023 Leadership Top 40!

Thank you to everyone who entered the competition. We received a huge number of entries, making it incredibly difficult to select finalists and winners. If you weren’t successful – we encourage you to enter in 2024 and to stay in touch, as we have multiple new opportunities coming soon! We want to do everything we can to help all young rural women and non binary people achieve their goals.