Wendy has had extensive experience in the field of management and communications within a wide range of business and government locations. Wendy began teaching in the Technical and Further Education ( TAFE ) field in New South Wales and Victoria, and as a Senior Lecturer in Management at Monash University in Melbourne specialising in Business and Cross Cultural Communication, Human Resource Management and the Management of Change. After completing a Doctoral qualification on the impact of satellite technology on remote indigenous communities in Central Australia, Wendy worked for a total of 11 years on a range of overseas projects in Asia and Pacific countries on behalf of the Australian Government, returning to lecture at Monash between practical assignments.