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Women in Automotive - WinA Women in Automotive provides a platform to recruit, celebrate & support women & non binary people in the automotive industry in Australia.

This national community is independently run by women for women. Email us for more info or visit our website. WinA is essentially a Network for all Women working in any aspect of the Automotive Industry. Our Network will connect like-minded Women who share common work roles, interests, hobbies and most importantly female specific issues and concerns. This is a positive Network that will celebrate the valuable and ever- increasing role that Women play in the Automotive Industry.

09/10/2026

Knowing your worth? Iconic. Knowing you belong in the room? Unstoppable. 💅🚗✨

Professional, confident, approachable AND respected. Turns out you can have it all.

Huge thanks to intraffic, our National Pre-Delivery & Logistics Partner for the Melbourne Signature Event, for backing women who are driving this industry forward. 🚗

See you in the room. 🎟️ Link in bio.

08/10/2026

🚨 CLEAR YOUR SCHEDULE AFTER OUR OCT 16 LUNCH 🚨

Soz, don’t mean to yell, but YOU’RE ALL COMING TO KICK ONS WITH Carbiz Replacement Cars ✨🥂😊

Because we never want the networking to stop! Keep the conversation going, grab a drink and join us for Kick Ons immediately after the event, just a short walk away.

We can’t wait to see you there! 💫

✨We are SO EXCITED to ANNOUNCE your 2026 Barbara Cox Woman of the Year Award finalists! 🏆Four women, walking four very d...
08/10/2026

✨We are SO EXCITED to ANNOUNCE your 2026 Barbara Cox Woman of the Year Award finalists! 🏆

Four women, walking four very different paths and one industry better for all of them!

👉 Monica Monteleone, Founder, For The Girls Events FOR THE GIRLS
What started as a meet-up in her local library carpark is now a thriving community creating events, opportunities and connection for women in automotive. Run solo, powered by community.

👉 Colette Kirby, CEO, Logicar
Built a 40:40:20 gender-balanced business, sits on the AAAA board and mentors the next generation of industry leaders.

👉 Katherine Anderson, Senior Product Manager, Safety & Security, Intelematics
Has taken eCall crash response technology into more than a million vehicles across Australia and NZ, getting help to people faster when it matters most.

👉 Caitlyn Hayes, Diesel Fitter & Automotive Electrician Cait 👩🏼‍🔧🇦🇺
Dual trade qualified and working FIFO on heavy mining equipment in the Pilbara. Award-winning advocate and apprentice mentor making the trades visible and achievable for young women.

Community builders. Leaders. Mentors. Game changers.

Swipe to meet them, then join us at the WinA Luncheon on 16 October where the winner will be crowned, proudly presented with Cox Automotive.

Show them some love below. 👇

Meet Fran Dall’Alba, the driving force behind novated leasing at Inside Edge! 🚗From alluvial gold dealing to money marke...
07/10/2026

Meet Fran Dall’Alba, the driving force behind novated leasing at Inside Edge! 🚗

From alluvial gold dealing to money market trading, Fran’s career has taken every turn except a predictable one before landing in automotive finance. She talks candidly about demystifying novated leasing for employers, the myth she’s on a mission to bust for good, and why she was championing EVs decades before the rest of the market caught up, a passion sparked by her dad.

“I don’t care what you do in life, you could sweep streets if you want; just do whatever you do well.”

06/10/2026

Melbourne, meet our wheels 🛞✨

We’re proud to welcome BYD as our official Melbourne event car partner, bringing the BYD Sealion 7 and BYD Atto 2 DM-i along for you to get up close with.

The Sealion 7. Sleek, electric, and seriously head-turning.The Atto 2 DM-i. Smart, efficient, and ready for anything.
Thank you BYD for backing women in automotive and helping us make this one unforgettable!

See you there, Melbourne.

Confidence! Were we born with it? NO. You become confident, we learn confidence and that’s why we loved these tips from ...
05/10/2026

Confidence! Were we born with it? NO. You become confident, we learn confidence and that’s why we loved these tips from Megan Dalla-Camina CEO and Founder of

01/10/2026

✨Have you seen who our next WinA in Conversation guest is?? It’s , our 2026 Heavy Vehicle Change Maker Ambassador!! 🚛

CJ has spent a decade on the road, working her way from concrete agitators and truck and dog tippers to mining, harvest and fuel haulage. Today she hauls the Scott Taylor Motorsport race transporter to Supercars and Porsche events around the country. Through Trucking with CJ, she’s built a community of more than 300,000 people across the globe, and her children’s book, Is That My Aunty?, shows kids that trucking is a career anyone can grow into.

CJ has also recently been announced as an Australian Trucking Associations ‘Future Leader’ and inroads diversity and inclusion champion. CJ is setting her sights on how to help her industry at every level!

In her own words: “My goal has always been to uplift others, raise awareness and education, and inspire more people, particularly women, to consider the diverse and rewarding career pathways this industry offers.”

Join Kate Peck as CJ shares her journey from a corporate career to some of the largest road trains in the world, and why her purpose goes far beyond social media.

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📅 Oct 13th Tuesday 2pm
📍 Link in bio

Nominations for the 2026 Barbara Cox Award are closed and three very qualified humans now have the very tough job of pic...
01/10/2026

Nominations for the 2026 Barbara Cox Award are closed and three very qualified humans now have the very tough job of picking a winner. Say hi to the panel 👋

🎙️ Kate Peck, Co-Owner & Director, Women in Automotive

Journalist. Motorsport presenter. Professional talker. Kate’s been cheering on women in this industry for years and she’s ready to celebrate the ones making waves.

💻 Elissa McKendry, Head of IT, Cox Automotive Australia

Tech whiz and transformation pro. Elissa is all about leadership, resilience and keeping it real.

📈 Mike Costello, Corporate Affairs Manager & Analyst, Cox Automotive Australia

Storyteller by trade, numbers guy by nature. Mike’s got his eye out for women who lead, shake things up and lift others as they go.

Three judges. So many incredible nominees.

Someone please bring snacks to the deliberation room 🍪😉

Winner revealed at the WinA Luncheon on 16 October 🏁

In 1919, at just 22 years old, Alice Anderson opened Australia’s first all-women’s garage in Kew, Victoria. 🔧Alice Ander...
30/09/2026

In 1919, at just 22 years old, Alice Anderson opened Australia’s first all-women’s garage in Kew, Victoria. 🔧

Alice Anderson Memorial Project trained over 30 women as mechanics at a time when they weren’t even allowed inside a mechanics’ institute. She invented a rolling trolley that mechanics still use today. She drove a Baby Austin to Alice Springs on dirt tracks, after building the car’s body herself.

Alice died at just 29, but her legacy never really left. Now, the City of Boroondara and the Alice Anderson Memorial Project are bringing her home with a full-sized bronze statue, to stand in Petrie Square, just steps from where her garage once stood.

Read her full story - link in bio. 🚗

“You’re never really ready for anything, you just do it, and that makes you ready.” 🚗Meet Carolyn Ong, Head of Product a...
29/09/2026

“You’re never really ready for anything, you just do it, and that makes you ready.” 🚗

Meet Carolyn Ong, Head of Product at Karmo APAC.

From Technology Consulting to HSBC, Flight Centre, RACQ and now leading product for a car subscription disruptor, Carolyn has built a career on walking into rooms she didn’t feel ready for. She talks about what it actually takes to build a product team from the ground up, how she’s seen women show up differently in male-dominated rooms over the years, and the advice from her first ever team leader that still guides how she works today - “Remember the human behind the work.”

This article is a MUST READ, it’s full of so many incredible words of wisdom.

Full feature via the link in our bio.

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