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Vol 1. No. 9 September 2018 National Poultry Newspaper PO Box 387 Cleveland 4163 Phone (07) 3286 1833 Fax (07) 3821 2637 Email ben@poultrynews.com.au
The 2018 NSW/ACT AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award winner and national finalist Jillian Kilby wants to understand how we can better help start-ups in regional communities.
Applications open for Rural Women’s Award
PHA engaging with bright poultry science students
POULTRY Hub Australia recently hosted 15 bright and up-and-coming poul- try science students for PoultryGrad 2018.
PoultryGrad is an annual event we run that aims to get poultry science students out of their shell and into industry.
This year the event was run over two days and in- cluded a workshop and farm visit.
The workshop focused on identifying the future indus- try impact of the students’ projects and how they could convey this message clearly.
The students were required to do an elevator pitch in lay terms to showcase their re- search projects.
After a few practices each student presented their pitch to the rest of the group and received peer feedback through a mock investment exercise.
Each student was awarded $200 PHA poultry dollars and asked to invest in the project(s) they thought were well presented, easy to un- derstand and would have fu- ture impact in industry.
RMIT student Ms Meg Manohar generated the highest investment and took out the prize with her work solving the chicken apoca- lypse: delivery of a vaccine antigen using live bacteria.
The farm visit was enjoyed
by all and allowed the stu- dents to learn what it is re- ally like on an egg farm.
This experience was the highlight of PoultryGrad, with many students saying “it is so different to what I thought”.
One student said she saw her ‘future’ and was keen to get some industry experi- ence through placement on farm during her studies.
We look forward to hear-
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by TAMSYN CROWLEY Director
Tamsyn Crowley and Natalie Morgan with poultry science students from across the country.
EMERGING female leaders who want to create impact, in- novate and make a difference to rural and regional Australia are encouraged to apply for the 2019 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award.
Applications are now open for the 2019 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award – Australia’s leading award in acknowledg- ing and supporting the essential role women play in rural and regional businesses, industries and communities.
The AgriFutures Rural Wom- en’s Award has seen close to 300 exceptional women from rural communities and indus- tries share their challenges, along with their solutions, to many problems faced in rural industries and communities.
Unbounded food waste, safety in rural settings, innovation and skill shortages in rural and re- mote communities, along with the impact of literacy levels in industrial settings, are all problems being challenged by the 2018 national finalists of the Award.
The AgriFutures Rural Wom- en’s Award encourages innova- tion and problem solving, look- ing for projects and initiatives in various stages of develop- ment that offer solutions to ru- ral industries and the communi- ties they support.
Projects or initiatives can be commercially focused, provid- ing they still align with AgriFu-
tures’ strategic priorities of in- novation, creativity, community sustainability, education, pro- ductivity, agribusiness, regional development and technology.
Location is also no barrier – applicants can live in rural and regional Australia, or in the city – their applications will be meas- ured on the impact and benefits to rural and regional Australia.
Additionally, the Award crite- ria outlines that applicants are not required to have a specific project to be considered eligible – applications can be submitted based on an idea, an identified problem or opportunity.
AgriFutures Australia man- aging director John Harvey said, “As an organisation dedi- cated to the long-term pros- perity of our rural industries, and based in Wagga Wagga, Riverina NSW, we see and feel the impact of the current dev- astating drought all around us.”
“Now is the time to encourage the female leaders in our com- munities to apply for an award like this.
“If you know someone who is actively contributing to rural industries and regional commu- nities, tap them on the shoulder.
“We hear time and time again that it is often the friendly en- couragement from someone else that gets applicants over the line to apply.
“The Rural Women’s Award is important as it celebrates suc- cess and provides a beacon to an
emerging generation of future leaders across the nation.”
Each state and territory win- ner receives a $10,000 bursary provided by platinum sponsor Westpac to bring their idea or project to life, access to pro- fessional development oppor- tunities and national alumni networks.
Westpac Agribusiness general manager Stephen Hannan said Westpac was again proud to be the 2019 AgriFutures Ru- ral Women’s Award platinum sponsor.
“The Award not only provides a Westpac bursary to each state and territory winner, but it also provides an environment for Australian women to harness their ideas and talents to drive innovation and bring positive change to rural and regional communities.”
Mr Hannan encourages all rural women who have a great idea to put their hand up in 2019.
“There is the opportunity to join an alumnus of hundreds of previous Award recipients, many of whom are leaders in their industries, who continue to deliver solutions to tomor- row’s challenges.”
Applications for the AgriFu- tures Rural Women’s Award are open now and close on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 11pm AEDT.
Apply now at agrifutures. com.au/rwa
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