In this episode of the Like Minded Painters Australia: Painters Domain Podcast, we are talking to a 20 year old industry veteran, a trade qualified painter and decorator, and the co-founder of HALT, Hope Assistance Local Tradies. And he hails from the small country town of Castlemaine about an hour and a half from Melbourne. Jeremy Forbes or Jezz to his friends, has experienced the highs and lows associated with the building industry financially, physically, mentally. And he would like ...

Todd Smith might be one of the nicest blokes that I've met in the Australian painting industry.that I've met in the Australian painting industry. Hailing from Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah, Todd started his career in the painting industry working for a major paint supplier in the U.S. Arriving in Australia in 2010, Todd started working for Bunnings in Brisbane, where he met a sales rep for Wagner, and that's where his career in the painting industry here really expanded. For those ...

George Roumpanis is a third generation painter and owner operator of Contemporary Finishes in Sydney. In this podcast, we learn how George's world changed overnight. When one morning, his father simply did not come down for work, first thing in the morning, like he'd done religiously for years before. After that morning, George had to take the bull by the horns and take charge of the business. He openly admits that he was in wire in his head. Depression kicked in, but he found his feet and he...

Richard Abela is the son of immigrant parents, who were established in Australia originally as cane farmers in North Queensland. However, Richard would be raised in the Western suburbs of Sydney. Richard's education was not the best to begin with as his HSC results would show. So here is the interesting thing about Richard, he has a fear of failure. Determined not to let those results get the better of him, he got up, dusted himself off and turned his education around. Richard knuckled down t...

In this episode of The Likeminded Painters Australia: Painter's Domain Podcast recorded in November, 2021. Christina Toon explains how one one set of systems won't work all businesses and why. Christina Toon has been helping painting business owners across Australia for many years. I have personally seen some of these business owners grow from a simple one-person operation wearing all the caps. They do all the office work, quoting, tax, all down to applying the product to the surface. Y...

In this episode of the Likeminded Painters Australia: Painters Domain podcast, we sit down and speak to Jamie Downey. Jamie came to Australia on just a whim. He was painting a travel agency in his home country of New Zealand, where, in an instant, he asked the travel agent to book him a flight to Brisbane. Once he arrived in Brisbane, his life changed and he hasn't looked back. Jamie explains it hasn't always been an easy road, having wrestled with his demons of addiction until one day ...

In this episode of the "Likeminded Painters Australia: Painters Domain" podcast, we talk to two unlikely tradies, one from the suburbs of Sydney, and the other from the Queensland Outback town of Longreach. These two young men drew strength from a tragedy just a few years ago to create a social-impact workwear brand by creating funky, eye-catching workwear designed to start the conversation about mental health among the blue-collar community, and helping make an invisible issue impossible to ...

In this episode of the Likeminded Painters Australia: Painters Domain Podcast I'm speaking with Sydney based business software entrepreneur, Tim Molloy. Tim has had a career that is focused in on growing businesses. He has an extensive international experience in mergers and acquisitions, marketing and sales, strategy and profitable revenue generation leading to wealth creation for its shareholders. Company director and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Tim is now C...

Katrina Haynes is a senior HR professional with over 20 years of strategic HR experience, with a strong focus on delivering high performing teams within a positive culture. Katrina has a passion for creating highly engaged cultures that lead to increased performance, positive client experiences and business success. In addition to this, Katrina also provides a generalist HR expertise in all areas relating to people and HR processes for trade based industries. In this podcast, we discover a lo...

I'm going to introduce you today to a guy that I'm happy to call a friend. He's a boy from regional New South Wales that as a young bloke, had his sight set on the bright lights of the Big Smoke and playing dreams for his beloved mighty Sydney City Roosters.Today, he's the head of his own painting company and employs approximately 15 staff and several contractors. He's a community-minded guy, and he also now sits as a president of the Master Painters, New South Wales. I hope you guys enjoy th...