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Farmland value grows in all states

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... increased by 12.9%, with the nation enjoying its seventh consecutive year of farmland value growth. This is according to Rural Bank's annual Australian Farmland Values 2021. Over the last 20 years, farmland value has compounded at 7.6% annually. And ...

Macquarie backs medical drone testing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... the UK Industrial Strategy Future Flight Challenge Fund to demonstrate how drones improve access to medical supplies in rural areas. University of Strathclyde vice-chancellor Jim McDonald said the project aligns with the University's health technologies ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... administration incited. In his Inaugural Address, Biden called on Americans to: "...end this uncivil war - red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts, if we show ...

MTAA Super awards scholarships

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... Communities Foundation, of which the MTAA Super Scholarship is a sub-fund. It received 59 applications, of which half were from rural and regional areas. Recipients are both members and non-members. "We were blown away by the quality of the applicants ...

Industry fund called out over board diversity initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... membership is that they invariably are of a lower income, they have less job security and there's a high proportion in rural and regional areas. "They're the areas that concern us the most, to make sure that, for women who are working and who ...

Nabtrade brokerage to support rural youth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Nabtrade has announced it will donate a day's brokerage to support an organisation supporting the community. Rural Aid will receive the donation this year. It was established in 2015 and provides holistic support to rural Australia and is one of the ...

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... said. Democrats, Republicans and independents. Progressives, moderates and conservatives. Young and old. Urban, suburban and rural. Gay, straight, transgender. White. Latino. Asian. Native American. "And to those who voted for President Trump, I understand ...

Industry fund adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... Services, which provides services such as agricultural production advice, biosecurity and natural resource management to rural communities. She was part of the National Farmers' Federation Diversity in Leadership program last year and awarded a scholarship ...

Big companies dig deep

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... essential community services, community mental health and resilience and social partners and community leaders to support rural Indigenous communities. Other big givers included Macquarie Group, contributing $20 million through its foundation and Woodside ...

Class bolsters tech team

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... firm's XPLAN software package. He has also held roles with JobAdder, IWL Limited, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Professional Advantage, and the Sydney Adventist Hospital. Yates said he was looking forward to joining Class ...