Associate Director
With experience in media and strategic communications plus policy development and stakeholder relations, Molly is a skilled communications specialist with a talent for bringing diverse groups together to achieve shared goals and delivering tangible outcomes.
Previously working in Purple’s Government Relations team and now specialising in Corporate Affairs, Molly has delivered strategic advice to our clients across the education, health, technology, not-for-profit and resource sectors.
Molly began her career with the Western Australian Council of Social Service (WACOSS), developing and implementing policies to empower Western Australia’s most vulnerable communities. She then worked as a journalist in Malaysia, producing content for English, Malay, Chinese, and Tamil audiences.
For five years Molly worked across the Commonwealth and WA governments, with responsibilities including working with First Nations Peoples on the Royal Commission into the Detention of Children in the Northern Territory and as a diplomat managing Australia’s international internet governance policies and representing the country in the United Nations International Telecommunications Union.
Government Relations
Behind the shuffle: What Canberra’s cabinet moves mean for WA
With a record majority and the biggest caucus since Federation,...
Renewables power Labor to victory, as nuclear sinks the Coalition
With Labor clinching a record-breaking victory in the 2025 Australian...
2025 Federal Election analysis
Purple experts wrap up the Federal Election2025. Saturday night's watershed...
Opposition cabinet announced
Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas and Leader of The Nationals WA...
Petrol or power bills? The election question no one’s saying out loud
This week, the stage was officially set. With Jim Chalmers...
News
Decoding the fiscal forecast: what does the Budget mean for business?
The 2025-2026 Federal Budget was brought on in its full...
Politics
WA Cabinet reshaped to mirror future of State’s economy
Today's broad-brush reshuffle of the Cabinet that will lead the...
Purple news
Lawrence to lead Purple
Fran Lawrence has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Purple,...
Communications
We need to talk: Three internal communications tips to kickstart 2025
The majority of employees in Australia and New Zealand do...
Maximising a rare advocacy opportunity for WA local governments in 2025
The 2025 political landscape in Western Australia presents a rare...