LastSay Communications

Donna Watson is a senior public relations and communications specialist with more than 30 years’ experience helping organisations navigate the complex intersection of media, stakeholders and community expectations. She has assisted major Western Australian construction and resources companies, as well as not for profit organisations, including the Royal Flying Doctor Service and a wide range of public and private organisations. With a journalism background in newspapers, radio and TV news and current affairs for the ABC at the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, Perth and Sydney and commercial media networks in Australia and South Africa, Donna understands how the media works from the inside. She combines strategic insight with a calm, practical approach to deliver clear, credible and effective communications, whether the task is government or community engagement, media strategy or crisis response. Donna believes good communication builds trust and that clear, timely and respectful dialogue can make even the most complex projects easier to deliver. Her experience across corporate, government and not-for-profit sectors gives her the versatility to adapt to any environment and audience.
She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has been a non-executive director on several boards.
Donna loves living in the south west and has an affinity with regional and rural areas.