NEWS & UPDATES
NEWS & UPDATES
The latest from Vicky Pellowe & The FIFO Family Project – new resources, community news, partnerships and the work we’re doing to bring FIFO family experiences into conversations about support and change.
Find short updates and formal press releases below.
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Vicky Pellowe named a WA nominee for Australia’s Local Hero 2027
The FIFO Family Project founder, Vicky Pellowe, has been named a Western Australian nominee for Australia’s Local Hero in the 2027 Australian of the Year Awards. Our Founder and Executive Director, Vicky Pellowe, is one of four 2027 Australia’s Local Hero nominees for Western Australia. The National Australia Day Council announced the 16 WA nominees…
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TFFP’s submission to the Senate Select Committee on Women’s Health
We have made a submission to the Senate Select Committee on Women’s Health. It focuses on postpartum care for families where a parent works fly-in fly-out (FIFO) or another rotational roster, and what makes care harder to reach when the other parent is working away. Thank you to every family who shared their experience through…
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Finalist for Excellence in FIFO Workforce Experience at the 2026 Prospect Awards
The FIFO Family Project was a finalist for Excellence in FIFO Workforce Experience at the 2026 Prospect Awards, presented on Wednesday 16 September 2026. We were the only not-for-profit in the category, alongside Fortescue, Mineral Resources and Rio Tinto. Fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workforce experience doesn’t start and stop on site. It goes home with every…
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We ran a FIFO Parent Workshop in Ellenbrook
We ran a FIFO Parent Workshop in Ellenbrook on Saturday 5 September 2026 with Midvale Hub Parenting Service Perth NE. The workshop drew on the FIFO New Parents Guide and finished with a Q&A with Vicky. Workshops like this are a great way to connect with other fly-in fly-out (FIFO) parents and create practical tools…
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Yahoo News on why FIFO families aren’t broken
Yahoo News Australia has published a feature by journalist Carly Bass on Vicky and her husband’s experience of fly-in fly-out (FIFO) family life. The piece focuses on perinatal support, including Vicky working on site until she was 33 weeks pregnant. Vicky’s message was simple: “FIFO families aren’t broken, our support system is.” Pregnancy and early…
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Vicky joins an LGIRS panel at Future of Mining Australia 2026
Vicky joined a panel conversation about the future of psychosocial safety in mining, hosted by the Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety (LGIRS) at Future of Mining Australia 2026, held at Crown Perth on 16 and 17 June. When a government department brings fly-in fly-out (FIFO) families into a mining panel, family wellbeing…
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AREEA webinar on inclusive workplaces for FIFO families
Vicky presented Inclusive Workplaces for FIFO Families: Strategies for Retention and Wellbeing, a webinar for employers hosted by AREEA (the Australian Resources & Energy Employer Association). The session looked at how employers can support the families of their fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers and why that matters for keeping their people. Employers are partners in this…
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Vicky presents the FIFO New Parents Guide at a Townsville perinatal forum
Vicky presented the FIFO New Parents Guide at the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Forum in Townsville, hosted by Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness at Mercure Townsville on Tuesday 26 May 2026. Fly-in fly-out (FIFO) family life isn’t only a WA story. Taking the Guide to Queensland puts it in front of practitioners supporting FIFO families…
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Vicky named a Women in Industry Awards 2026 finalist
Our founder, Vicky Pellowe, has been named a finalist in the ‘Industry Advocacy’ Award Category at the Women in Industry Awards 2026. Fly-in fly-out (FIFO) families are a protective factor for the industry, not a risk to manage. Seeing that work recognised alongside the sector’s other advocates matters. Congratulations to all the 2026 finalists. Date:…
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Vicky speaks at Resourceful Women’s FIFO as a Family sundowner
Vicky was guest speaker at the Resourceful Women sundowner, FIFO as a Family, at Blasta Brewery in Burswood on Friday 22 May 2026. She spoke about fly-in fly-out (FIFO) life as something the whole family does, not just the person who flies out. Thank you to Resourceful Women for having us. Date: 22 May 2026…
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Talking networking and FIFO careers at the Perth Careers Expo
Vicky spoke at the Next Gen Energy Engagement Hub at the Perth Careers Expo, held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Her talk covered why networking matters when you’re starting out. TFFP also ran an activity table where visitors explored possible fly-in fly-out (FIFO) careers, based on our book What Every Kid Needs To…