Talented engineer hits a Nats glass ceiling but she won't give up

John Ellicott
Updated September 23 2018 - 10:36am, first published 10:12am
 Engineer Jillian Kilby lost in a close vote the Nationals preselection for the seat of Dubbo, with ABC morning radio host Dugald Saunders winning the race.
Engineer Jillian Kilby lost in a close vote the Nationals preselection for the seat of Dubbo, with ABC morning radio host Dugald Saunders winning the race.

She is intelligent, successful, well-connected and talented - but it wasn’t enough to get NSW Rural Woman of the Year Jillian Kilby over the line in the Nationals Dubbo preselection.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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