When I would look around the board table, it was full of graduates. From the cotton perspective, the ARLP has been a wonderful investment
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What a great webinar last week for our alumni discussing how we can create a brighter future for rural, regional and remote Australia.
A big thank you to the panellists: Cathy, Ross & Chantal for stepping up and holding table conversations, sharing these experiences and driving the conversation around how we can collaborate to create a brighter future.
This thank you also extends to all alumni who held kitchen table conversations and contributed to the initial results.
With only a few days until our Kitchen Table Discussion: A brighter future for rural, regional and remote Australia I though it was time to introduce our panelists for this webinar.
-Meet our panelists-
Cathy McGowen
Cathy came to national attention when she won the seat of Indi as an independent in 2013. The community backed her again in 2016. In 2019 Indi made Australian political history when Dr Helen Haines was elected as Indi's second, independent woman. During her time as a politician Cathy actively worked in Parliament to develop policy around regional development, constitutional change for first nations people and a solution to the indefinite detention of asylum seekers.
Chantal Corish
A rural psychologist since 2007, Chantal is regularly asked to speak publicly on the topic of mental health and wellbeing in the bush. She runs a private practice coaching and counselling a wide range of clients; and works with organisations to develop workshops and programs tailored to their workplace mental health and wellbeing needs.
Ross Sharrock
Ross Sharrock lives in Tamworth NSW with his wife Edwina and their 2 children. Ross owns and operates Continuum ERS, a consultancy working in energy, environment and project management with agricultural supply chain businesses. He is committed to helping regional and rural industry operate profitably and sustainably.
Its not to late to join us for this webinar. You can still register via the link below.
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Webinars are back for 2021
ARLF found in 2020 that the webinars were a fantastic way to keep our alumni connected, engaged and inspired. In 2021 we are committing to regular webinars to continue to provide ongoing support with the ARLF Alumni network.
We are kicking off with our next webinar on Wednesday the 31st March at 12:30pm AEST.
This webinar will be following on from our "A brighter future for rural, regional, and remote Australia” webinar from last year where we will be discussing the results from the kitchen table discussions we invited our alumni and current leadership program participants to part take in having with their local communities.
We will be discussing the results to the following questions.
1. What do we want for rural regional and remote Australia?
2. What do we need to do, to take hold of these opportunities?
Will you be attending??
Register via the link below.
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We acknowledge the traditional custodians of all the lands on which we meet, work and live and recognise that this land has always been and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land.
