Food Innovation Australia Limited (FIAL) has announced its Black Summer Innovation Fund - providing $500,000 to support innovation in Australian food and agribusinesses impacted by recent events.
Read MoreThe Australian Regional Development Conference is seeking applications from industry professionals who are interested in presenting.
Share your insight on projects, developments or lessons learned in growing your regional area and facilitate connections to continue advancing your community.
Read MoreWomen’s Gathering weekends are organised by the host community for all rural women across the state supported by guidance and training from the NSW DPI’s Rural Women’s Network. Local committees make key decisions; develop a theme and the weekend program to reflect the culture, industry, tourism and environment unique to their community.
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If you're an entrepreneur, launching a startup or running your own business, these workshops will take you and your business to the next level.
Charles Sturt University Innovation Hubs is excited to be kicking off the 2020 pop-up regional tour: Smash the startup journey: A free Masterclass Series for COEs (Chiefs of Everything)!
Read MoreSmall businesses affected by the bushfires in regional NSW are invited to attend an information session as part of the NSW Government's Bushfire Regional Roadshow. Government agencies will come together to share information on the kind of support available such as eligibility criteria for grants and disaster assistance for directly and indirectly affected businesses.
Read MoreThe NSW Government has appointed Laing O’Rourke to coordinate the clean-up of fire damaged residential and eligible commercial properties. This includes both insured and uninsured properties.
The clean-up of bushfire-impacted properties may include:
Removal of known hazardous materials, including asbestos
Removal of materials destroyed by bush fire and hazardous trees
With consent of building owners, removal of concrete slab foundations.
The NSW Government will cover the full cost of council rates for people who lost their homes and small businesses in the bushfires.
The full cost of council rates will be covered for the next six months, which includes the third and fourth quarters of the 2019-20 financial year.
Read MoreThe state’s peak business organisation, the NSW Business Chamber, says the long term survival of many small businesses devastated by the bushfire crisis is reliant on local knowledge and tailored advice.
Read MoreNSW tourism will receive a welcome boost through a Tourism Recovery package to encourage visitation to NSW, fund new local events and assist tourism businesses to develop, promote and sell their tourism products.
The first phase of the plan launches with a new community-driven campaign – Now’s The Time To Love NSW – urging travellers to book a getaway which gives back.
Read MoreDeakin University's Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL) in conjunction with Wayfinder, and supported by Regional Development Australia Riverina, is offering a complimentary and practical half-day course in Supply Chain Fundamentals.
Read MoreThe NSW Business Chamber has launched its new campaign to help communities suffering from the impacts of bushfire and drought.
The campaign, Backing The Bush is a website where companies of all sizes can pledge their promise to hold a board, management or staff meeting in one of the impacted areas between now and the end of 2020.
Bushfire affected families can now access all available assistance in one place with the NSW Government creating a ‘one stop shop’ for local, State and Federal support.
Read MoreAgriFutures Australia is seeking applications from suitably qualified individuals for an advisory panel member to join the AgriFutures™ Honey Bee & Pollination Program Advisory Panel.
Read MoreTourism businesses and fire-affected communities around the country will receive much needed support from the Morrison Government’s National Bushfire Recovery Fund today through an initial $76 million tourism recovery package to protect jobs, small businesses and local economies by helping get tourists travelling across Australia again.
Read MoreIn response to the devastating bushfires, the Morrison Government has today announced a comprehensive suite of measures to immediately support impacted small businesses.
Read MoreEach year, every ABC regional station selects a winning Heywire Competition entry to represent their part of Australia. The young winners work with ABC staff to produce their story to be featured on ABC Radio and abc.net.au. Heywire stories are renowned for their honesty and for giving us a window on the lives of young people in regional Australia.
This year Zoe McLaren from Temora is a winner from our region. Congratulations Zoe!
Read MoreThe NSW Government, in conjunction with ICN, will host a workshop in Wagga Wagga to assist potential suppliers to access opportunities free of charge through Industry Capability Network (ICN) NSW, a business network that assists in matching suppliers with projects.
Read MoreForest industries in the South West Slopes (SWS) region of NSW have been given a huge boost with the launch today at AKD Softwoods sawmill in Tumut of the SWS Forest Industry Hub. The work program of the Hub is underpinned by Federal government funding of $1 million over three years.
Read MoreThe Engaging Youth in Regional Australia (EYRA) Study was funded by the Australian Research Council via a 2019-2021 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. The report on the first stage of the research, conducted in 2019, was released in November.
Read MoreThe AgriFutures Australia Annual Report 2018-19 has now been released.
Within the report, you'll see how diverse levied industries such as chicken meat, rice, export fodder, thoroughbred horses, honey bee and pollination, ginger, tea tree oil, pasture seeds, buffalo, kangaroo, goat fibre, deer and their bodies, panels and stakeholders guide research, development decisions and expenditure.