Queensland Aboriginal Businessman Lunches With Prince William

Queensland Aboriginal Businessman Lunches With Prince William

Tuesday January 19, 2010

PRESS RELEASE

Queenslander Wayne Denning had the pleasure of attending lunch with Prince William of Wales today (Tuesday) in Sydney.

Aboriginal businessman Mr Denning, 39, was one of 20 Australians, invited to join Prince William for lunch, hosted by the Governor-General Quentin Bryce at Admiralty House, Kirribilli.

Mr Denning arrived at Admiralty House at 1pm (AEST) and was one of four of the invited guests to give a short speech to Prince William.

"I got a call a few weeks ago from the Governor-General's office and I was asked to come to lunch with Prince William - I thought someone was winding me up.

"Today, I was sitting directly across from Prince William while having lunch at Admiralty House. He was very down to earth and talked freely about his training to become a helicopter pilot. He was genuinely interested in what we were all about.

"I was really honoured to be invited and to be amongst an amazing group of young Australians," Mr Denning said

He said the 20 invited guests represented a good cross section of the Australian community.

Mr Denning is managing director of Carbon Media, a multi-media production company based in Brisbane. Mr Denning established Carbon Media in 2006, with little experience in television or multi-media production but a desire to tell the stories, promote rights issues, document languages and promote Indigenous role models.

Mr Denning is a Birri-Gubba man who grew up in Blackwater, Central Queensland with a strong sense of identity and a desire to learn and make a difference. Prior to Carbon, Mr Denning worked for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services (ATSIS) and with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) between 1993-2004.

Carbon Media has produced television commercials, a multi-platform children's game show, corporate DVDs, coverage and live streaming of music and sporting events, interstitials and the design and delivery of interactive and innovative websites. Carbon Media produced the acclaimed children's television game show Letterbox. The program is broadcast on ABC3 and National Indigenous Television (NITV) and features Indigenous children who compete in a series of spelling and grammar games.

For further information please contact Ali France on 0408903978 or 07) 3136 2524
and go to www.carbon-media.com.au

ABOUT CARBON MEDIA:

* Carbon Media is a privately owned Indigenous multi-platform media agency and
content creator based in Brisbane.
* 50 percent of staff working for Carbon are Indigenous.
* Carbon was established in 2006 by Wayne Denning. The company creates, produces
and distributes for clients on-air, on-line and on-mobile.
* Carbon was shortlisted as a finalist in the 2009 Telstra Business Awards in the AMP Innovation category.
* Carbon's recent credits include: season 1 of Letterbox (2009) and Letterbox Pro (2009), Tamworth country music festival program Intune, Queensland Music Festival live concert hook-up between Thursday Island and Brisbane, ABC documentary From the Ashes.


SOURCE: Carbon Media