Reminder: this Thursday Prof Allan Dale, John Carey & @cassian_drew discussing regional & rural development, inclusivity, transition and communities. If you have not already sign up here:ruraleconomies.org.au/top/webinars-2… Georgie Somerset Red Earth BIEDO Mark Furner MP

Listening to John Carey from Red Earth Foundation Burnett region, QLD today on our second Rural_Economies_Research webinar…the challenges of grass roots leadership in community development Georgie Somerset Chad Renando South Burnett RC North Burnett Regional Council

Prof Allan Dale James Cook Uni now discussing communities in transition and case studies he has led in recent years with Rural_Economies_Research Chad Renando Professor John Cole OAM AARES_QLD @GrowingQld FRRR CSIRO Georgie Somerset usqedu @CQUni UQ Business School

'Ask what you can do for your country': resilience in the face of COVID queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/7595046/… via Queensland Country Life great piece Professor John Cole OAM building resilience has been the lifeblood for regional communities, how do we build cohesive resilience nationally Ben Lyons Professor Hon. John McVeigh

RECoE Director Ben Lyons discusses the region and their issues for election 2022 & the Shanghai lockdown impacts with ABC Australia Wide's Sinéad Mangan Alex Easton Georgie Somerset Jo Sheppard @DAFQld @wqldcouncils abc.net.au/radio/programs…

The Winter edition of the #FarmPolicyJournal explores strategies to deliver the #workforce necessary for a sustainable future for #AusAg by investigating how to make #ag a more desirable #career choice. Members/subscribers can log-in to access > buff.ly/3pLpNhL

A skilled workforce is a key feature of resilient rural and regional areas. Rural_Economies_Research's Ben Lyons & Fynn De Daunton discuss some of the key factors to take into account when tackling ag workforce recruitment and, importantly, retention in the latest #FarmPolicyJournal

Ben Lyons & Fynn De Daunton from Rural_Economies_Research argue in their #FarmPolicyJounral article that focusing on #regional economic resilience rather than taking a sectoral approach is more likely to uncover longer-term solutions to #agworkforce issues > buff.ly/3pLpNhL

Fantastic team effort by our Rural economies research teams and regional partners from the Cape to Quilpie! @DAFQld Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Senator Murray Watt David Littleproud MP UQ News CQUniversity James Cook Uni ILSE

👨‍🌾🌧️the more we talk about drought the more it rains!

Via funding from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry #FutureDroughtFund, Professor John Rolfe CQUniversity Rural_Economies_Research is working with 9 regions planning #DroughtResilience. His research suggests extreme droughts, increasing populations & productivity are leaving towns vulnerable. abc.net.au/news/2022-12-0…

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A Federal Treasurer in Winton is a rare event - well done Western QLD Alliance of Councils on inviting the Hon Jim Chalmers & Senator Chisholm to your annual forum last week Jim Chalmers MP Anthony Chisholm RAPAD CWQ

School of the Air Alumni Ben Lyons Scott Waldron still working for agriculture & regional communities, this morning focusing on opportunities in China for Qld farmers #Ag #SchoolOfTheAir #Narungi