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Festivals Australia New Funding Round Open

Festivals Australia New Funding Round Open

Festivals Australia provides funding to support individual art projects at festivals or significant one-off community events, such as a town celebration or opening of a new community resource.   People living in regional or remote Australia will now have a chance...

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Regional Australia the Focus at Jobs & Skills Summit

Regional Australia the Focus at Jobs & Skills Summit

The Jobs and Skills Summit has been an important first step in our Government’s plan to address job and skill issues in regional Australia.   What is clear is that there are wide-ranging issues behind skills shortages in the regions from housing affordability and...

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Hume Hydrogen Highway

Hume Hydrogen Highway

The New South Wales and Victorian Governments are investing $10 million each in grant funding to co-deliver the Hume Hydrogen Highway initiative, an Australian-first renewable hydrogen refuelling network.   The joint grant initiative will support the design and...

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Regional and Local Newspaper Publishers Program

Regional and Local Newspaper Publishers Program

The Australian Government will provide $15 million in grants to eligible local and regional newspaper publishers to help absorb newsprint price increases which threaten the sustainability of local newspapers.   This is part of a $29 million local news and...

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Housing Supply Workshop

Housing Supply Workshop

WORKING TOGETHER | SHARING IDEAS Join the NSW Regional Development Australia network and industry leaders as we discuss and share solutions to this critical issue facing economic development professionals around the country.DATE: Wednesday 12 October 2022 TIME:...

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Supporting Women in Non-traditional Careers

Supporting Women in Non-traditional Careers

The Agrifood ITAB in partnership with the NSW Utilities and Electrotechnology ITAB and Supporting and Linking Tradeswomen (SALT) are developing 9 industry specific showcase days with a focus for women.   MAE ( Manufacturing, Agrifood and Electrotechnology) Career...

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Homegrown Biofuels to Cut Aviation Emissions

Homegrown Biofuels to Cut Aviation Emissions

The Australian Government welcomes the joint announcement from Qantas and Airbus that they will invest a combined US$200 million to strengthen the sustainable aviation fuel industry here in Australia.   Sustainable fuels cut greenhouse gas emissions by around 80...

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ABC Heywire Trailblazers Program

ABC Heywire Trailblazers Program

Trailblazers is an opportunity for anyone aged between 18 to 28 who is driving positive social change projects in their regional communities and would like to see their work celebrated nationally. ABC Heywire is proud to announce and celebrate the winners of the 2022...

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Recycling Food & Organic Waste Workshop

Recycling Food & Organic Waste Workshop

On the Friday 3 June RDA Sydney hosted a workshop on Recycling Food & Organic Waste. It was standing room only at the Four Seasons Hotel at the Rocks, as thought leaders in the industry discussed organic waste management solutions in both urban and regional areas....

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