Speakers 2025
24 October The price of beef's future Cattle Australia CEO Will Evans outlined the case for a review of the $5 per head cattle transaction levy that funds research, marketing and biosecurity programs. | 26 September Telling stories with traction Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Geraldine Doogue AO discussed modern journalism and how the decline in numbers of rural journalists and news sources shouldn’t result in a diminution of rural story telling. |
29 August
Is Australian agriculture facing an inputs crisis? Our guest speaker, Andrew Henderson, believes Australia needs a formal national food security plan, to help ensure access to critical inputs in the event of a breakdown in global supply chains. |
25 July
Farmers, (aviation) fuel, and the flying kangaroo QantasLink CEO Rachel Yangoyan spoke to Farm Writers about the realities of airport infrastructure and regional operations, as well as investments in sustainable aviation fuel which is increasingly derived from Australian agricultural products. |
23 May
Trump, tariffs and (free) trade The Hon. Andrew Robb AO, one of Australia's longest-standing free trade advocates, shared insights on the on-again, off-again tariffs and economic uncertainty coming from the United States. | 28 March The Hon, Chris Minns MP, Premier of NSW As he hit the half-way mark of his first term in office, Premier Minns shared his government’s plans for agriculture and regional New South Wales. | 28 February War and wheat: navigating markets during global conflicts Agricultural economist and author, Dennis Voznesenski shared his thoughts about how to prepare for an increasingly uncertain future as an export focused trading nation. |