Regional and rural business owners, community leaders and industry heads are encouraged to register for a series of Bush Summit events in August.
This year, the News Corp Bush Summit series is expanding across six regional locations in Australia, including New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Queensland.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be a keynote speaker at the NSW Bush Summit event in Tamworth on August 11.
That will be followed by summits in Perth, Port Lincoln, Hobart, Wodonga and Rockhampton.
Politicians leaders and policy makers will be joined by regional leaders across a range of industries including agriculture, resources, small business, health, education, technology and employment.
Register to attend a Bush Summit event at bushsummit.splashthat.com
The Bush Summit series will celebrate and showcase regional Australia, address the challenges facing rural communities and identify solutions.
News Corp Australasia executive chairman Michael Miller said the Bush Summit had quickly become agenda-setting and policy-shifting and had the ability to achieve better outcomes for the bush.
“As someone who grew up in the bush, I have been proud to see the Bush Summit go from strength to strength, and its impact grow, year after year,” Mr Miller said.
Bush Summit will be presented nationally in partnership with Hancock Agriculture and Hancock Prospecting.
It has the backing of corporate partners Woolworths, Qantas, Suncorp, Ampol, Transgrid, Santos, Squadron, Elders and Bayer, as well as the South Australian and Queensland governments.
Hancock Prospecting Executive Chair Gina Rinehart said: “Eighty-five per cent of Australians live in large urban locations, but we should not forget the engine room of our country, that being outside the cities in mining and agriculture and all of those who work in our bush.
“They in turn make possible jobs for the many businesses the primary industries support; the
truckies, the shops, even accountants, legals, tax advisers and many more.
“Our agriculture and mining national days, November 21 and 22 respectively, celebrate that 15 per cent, and this Bush Summit is a further opportunity for the ones in the bush, to share their stories with other Australians, to help our governments better understand those living and working outside our cities and hugely contributing to our country, and I welcome the Bush Summit partnership with News Corp which helps to enable this.”
Along with the seven in-person events across regional locations, the Bush Summit editorial
campaign will run across The Daily Telegraph (NSW), Herald Sun (VIC), The Courier-Mail (QLD), The Advertiser (SA), The Mercury (TAS) and The Australian in print and digital. The Weekly Times and AgJournal will also support the program nationally. All of the events will be broadcast on Sky News Australia.
Register to attend a Bush Summit event at bushsummit.splashthat.com