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Tanya Stevenson – Collaboration is Key to Transforming Regions

Project development was the highlight of her experience taking part in the Leadership for our Regions program.

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Brianna learned to be sensitive to each person’s story

Brianna Peake grew up on a farm in Dalwallinu and headed to

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27th June 2023

A love for rivers and community: Stories from the Drought Resilience Leaders Development Program

Bec Marshall loves rivers. She’s spent her life following them, being on them, in them, around them. And it’s…

27th June 2023

Unleashing resilience: Fighting for wellbeing in the mid-west region

In the mid-west region, the Northern wheatbelt of Western Australia good seasons have softened memories of past droughts, events…

4th May 2023

Keeping rural communities in the Eyre Peninsula alive and thriving

For the well-travelled Tamsin Scholz, there’s only one place that really feels like home; the tiny town of Wudinna…

15th February 2023

Rain or not – sky is the limit for Jody after drought resilience program

Jody Brown does life at a fairly rapid pace. She doesn’t say as much, but the signs are all…

15th February 2023

Community garden project boosts drought resilience in outback Queensland

What do the first Spice Girls music video and a community garden in outback Queensland, have in common? Andrew…

9th December 2022

Benefitting from others’ insights

If home is where the heart is, then Jorden Mills can definitely call the West Australian Wheatbelt home. Jorden…

27th September 2022

How mentoring bridges the gap between industry and academia

What’s an IPO? This unexpected question from a group of biomedicine PhD students started Paul Wood on a journey…

21st February 2022

Mentorship offers resilience insight for new farmer

Making a ‘tree-change’ was more literal for walnut farmer Sophie Milic than most. She left her corporate communications career…

11th February 2022

Shepparton drought leader brings community together

Sarah Hardwick – who is participating in the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund Drought Resilience Leaders Development Program –…

22nd November 2021

Resilience comes in all shapes and forms

Resilience in all its shapes and forms has been Paul Ryan’s passion for nearly three decades. As Director of…

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