Presentations/Présentations : The 2011 Sustaining Rural Communities Conference, Australia
Source: RIRDC, Australian Government.
The second National ‘Sustaining Rural Communities’ Conference (April 6 2011) focused on the solutions to Transforming Regional Australia. This included identifying those ways in which people in various communities are already addressing these issues, as well as tools, technologies, infrastructure and policy changes that can be used more effectively.
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Day 1 - Tuesday 5th April, 2001
Craig Trindle The Gomeroi people Welcome to country
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Session 1: - Regional Community Sustainability
Mal Peters Chair Regional Development Australia Northern Inland Our plans for regional development in the Northern Inland of NSW
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Dr Anthony Hogan Director National Institute for Rural & Regional Australia, ANU Key national research findings on rural communities
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Tony Windsor MP Independent Member for New England Sustaining rural communities – How can we achieve it?
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Session 2: Technology and Infrastructure Changing Regional Communities
Dr Wendy Russell Commonwealth Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.Technology shaping communities, community shaping technology?
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Stephen Winn University of New England The National Broad Band Network. Practical examples for health, education, agriculture and rural
communities
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Duncan Fraser Vice President National Farmers Association: Agriculture, technology and innovation driving regional communities
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Session 3:
Workshop 1 Health Inspirations
Discussion Leaders on the following issues:
• Improving the health of rural workers
• Issues that are different to urban health issues
• E-health
• Rural youth health issues
Dr Graeme Deane - Barwon Division of General Practice,Gunnedah
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Dr Tony Lower - Australian Centre for Agriculture Health and Safety Moree
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Cheryl Mangan - Research and Policy Manager, Inspire Foundation
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Workshop 3 Education
Discussion Leaders on the following issues:
• Capacity building of rural employees
• Encouraging rural youth to take up tertiary education or apprenticeships
Earle Cleaver - Aboriginal Employment Strategy
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Richard Cowley - Brolga Project
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Jocellin Jansson - Country Education Foundation
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Session 4: Plenary Session
Dr Ian Plowman Managing Community conversations for a positive outcome
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Dinner Case Studies
Anna Dugdale Joblink Plus,: video Homework classes at Burren Junction
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Day 2 - Wednesday 6th April, 2001
Session 5: Future for Regional Communities
Dr Jo-Anne Everingham University of Queensland Mining, agriculture, people and communities – lessons from the past.
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Dr Francesca Andreoni Namoi CMA; Resilient communities, resilient landscapes and the importance of planning around avoiding thresholds and tipping points
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Dr Roel Plant University of Technology Sydney; Visioning Futures: Building capacity for resilient & adaptive communities
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The Hon. Craig Knowles Chair Murray Darling Basin Authority; New Murray Darling Basin Plan
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Session 6: Mining and Agriculture: Industries working together
Session Chair – Facilitated by Helen Dalley
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Dr Nikki WilliamsCEO NSW Minerals Council
Robyn Faber Mayor Narrabri Shire Council
Fiona SimsonChair Mining Task Force, NSW Farmers Association
Robert PetersenGM Commercial Eastern Star Gas
Russell StewartGM Make it Work
Gerry McDonald HRM Narrabri Mine Whitehaven Coal
Andrew Watson Chair Cotton Australia
Session 7 Creating Positive Communities
Clive Leach Director Clive Leach Consultancy; Making communities happy, (an interactive session)
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Session 8 Lets Go Regional
Helen Dalley (Session Facilitator)
Interview Style Panel
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WWW: www.sustainingruralcommunities.org.au
