Bio – Penny Johnson

OUR TEAM

PENNY JOHNSON

Community Relations Manager

Grant writer panel coordinator

RURAL ADVOCATE

Penny is driven to help rural Australians because of her upbringing on the land in southern and central NSW, experiencing the vagaries of nature through extended periods of drought and bushfires whilst bearing the brunt of poor policies impacting rural enterprises and families.

She and her husband Bart (Greg) have 3 children who want a future in the rural and more remote areas of Queensland. Having studied Ag in Wagga Wagga with a passion for the land and people of rural Australia, Penny has been an avid advocate for farming families and communities through her professional and private life, evident through her leadership roles and involvement in politics.

Penny and her family have always been energetic members of the local community, from organising Pony Club rallies, competing at shows and rodeos to reaching state athletics and establishing the school netball team. Penny has always been involved with her community wherever she has lived and worked. Throughout her adult life she has been a volunteer with Cooktown Horse Sports & Bull Ride, the Cooktown Amateur Turf Club, Bicentennial National Trail and Malanda High School P&C.

Penny continues to work for a fair go and appreciation of the rural sector. She is committed to ensuring people have access to information to help improve their productivity, land condition and profitability. Her work enables her to collaborate with others to help inform policy makers and access support for rural communities struggling under incredibly restrictive legislation, difficult climatic conditions and financial instruments exacerbated by social expectations that are far removed from reality and practical application.

She feels it is a great privilege and responsibility to help provide humanitarian support, build confidence and give hope in the future to rural Australians.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

2021 – Director, Gulf Gold Pty Ltd
2020 – Co-founder, AHF Centre for Rural Advancement business unit
2002-2009 – Former owner operator Barts Bush Adventures 4WD Tours
Former owner Cooktown Booking Centre

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ROLES

2016 – current Co-founder of Australian Horizons Foundation
2018 – current President & Vice President Malanda SHS P&C
2012-2016 – Deputy Mayor Cook Shire Council, Vice Chair Northern Gulf Resource Management Group, Vice Chair Cape York Natural Resource Management
2004-2012 – President & Vice President Cooktown Chamber of Commerce & Tourism

AUSTRALIAN FOUNDED, FOR AUSTRALIA.

Our Team

John Bethel

Director,
Government and Business Relationships

Penny Johnson

Director,
Grants & Community Relations

Chris Green

SALES
DIRECTOR

DELIVERING RESULTS

SCOPE OF WORK

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MILLION

Fundraised by the Australian Horizons Foundation throughout their efforts. This includes revenue from Gulf Gold

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Of Australia’s population live in rural or remote areas – that’s approximately 7 million people that Gulf Gold helps financially.

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Charities are beneficiaries of Gulf Gold profits.

PARTNER WITH GULF GOLD

DELIVERING RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN HORIZONS FOUNDATION

Gulf Gold has partnered with Australian Horizons Foundation, to help the foundation deliver much needed funds and services to rural Australia.

WHAT THEY SAY...

As we are a large user of Electricity for our Farming Enterprise I wanted to review all of our Electricity Connections and our Solar System. The service from Gulf Gold to check our Energy Comparison, Energy Efficiency from light bulbs to Energy Settings along with reviewing my Solar Connection which was not working and I was on the wrong feed in tariff and this is what I really liked was the Metering and Network Tariff Assessments to check I was being charged the correct Tariff from the retailer. This effort of Gulf Gold has saved my Farming Enterprise $5,000 a quarter. Supporting Farmers and Returned Service Men and Women is why I chose Gulf Gold to conduct a review of my Electricity Overview.

I was able to reduce my electricity bill by a huge 33% by connecting through Gulf Gold's electricity brokerage service.. That’s $100 per quarter! To make things even better, Gulf Gold donates to the Australian Horizons Foundation when new electricity accounts are connected, which helps save lives and contributes to regional Australia. It's a win for me and a win for rural and veteran organisations.

What really made me happy about using Gulf Gold's service was their charitable work with Australian Horizons Foundation, in raising funds for our farmers. Not only am I now getting reliable internet, but it feels great to help out the Australian community too.