Caroline Robinson

@ColinJBettles @GrainProducers @TimShawTalks Great to see you back up and active Colin. Enjoy the beautiful sunshine

The road to recovery continues and good health to look positive especially when there’s a morning coffee stop - blessed to have the support of so many good people family and friends and colleagues - thanks everyone. Loving Santa Rosa too @GrainProducers #ausag @TimShawTalks

Staff and committees serving on WA regional not-for-profit groups are invited to register for upcoming GGA Governance training. Sponsored by CBH, tickets are free to support access to impactful training that boosts your group's performance. Register via gga.org.au/activities/cap…

An industry that not only feeds people, but is essential for regional bussiness and communities. 🐑🌱#keepthesheep

@chriswalsh008 Sports club in WA did this for a Council when upgrading a playing surface. Lots of other examples. Just needs strong governance around both parties and clear roles and responsibilities

Has anybody ever heard of a town or committee taking on the responsibility of ‘project management’ when it comes to a council project? Long story but don’t want to see $100k wasted in overheads.

Congratulations Mandy. Thoroughly deserved.

@CorbinSchuster Unfortunately repeated in WA rural towns. Reflection of society: not engaged in their future, understanding how rural towns were built and lack of role models - we learnt to volunteer by watching our parents and being concerned for others. Competing commitments is also an issue.

Bit of a rant. Our local rural town, like many others in regional Australia, has undergone somewhat rapid population growth (doubled) in the last decade thanks to subdivisions, new estates etc. You're now greeted with a lot of new, fresh faces whenever you venture in to town. A growing town, vibrancy, energy....great right? Well... Despite this increase in population, local community organisations and committees are struggling to find volunteers to continue operating. Counter-intuitively, it seems like apathy and disinterest in the local community has increased as the population has increased...probably more correlation than causation. 2 pertinent examples...there are many more. First, the local institute/town hall, after 120 years of continual operation, has been unable to form a volunteer committee to oversee management...despite a 10x increase in population from when the building was constructed to now. Second, (this occurred tonight and is half the reason for the post) the local council/government held a community forum on their strategic plan for the next 4 years, a blueprint for where we want the town/region to go. It was well advertised in the community, well set up... Only 3 people from the town turned up - myself, my old man and another guy whose sole motivation to attend was to complain about potholes. It's like no one gives a flying f***. Have the majority of people just become robots? Wake up, go to work, come home, TV, then go to sleep...then repeat for 40 years without a thought to what's happening in the immediate world around you. Unsure what's going on.

@AustLiveExports Thanks for meeting with us Mark and sharing the report #newroc #livesheep

The Federal Government wants to shut down an industry that could cost the WA economy $128m. Thanks NEWROC for taking the report to Canberra and standing up for your communities. Article: tinyurl.com/42xabbvs NEWROC report: newroc.com.au/economic-impac… #keepthesheep

NEWROC enlisted Econisis to compile a report detailing the impact of banning live export on the North Eastern Wheatbelt.

@HallRaelene Thanks for sharing @HallRaelene good to see we cracked it 🤦‍♀️

Tucked away at the bottom of a page in today's West 29/11/2023

@callydupe @Smithythejourno @AdamPoulsen7 Thanks @callydupe you have busted out a lot! Cheers @AdamPoulsen7 for covering such an important story

@Ren_Manning @callydupe @Smithythejourno @AdamPoulsen7 Might attribute most of the farming to the Robinson boys 😆😆. Thanks @Ren_Manning ...super important market for #newroc and beyond.

@callydupe @Smithythejourno @AdamPoulsen7 @150Robinson 👏

@MRobertsQLD @TheRegional_au pretty sure I've heard this before....

Optus down, business grinding to a halt, public transport has been cancelled. Still think you don't need cash?

@MADFIG14 Well done team and enjoy a break Andrew. Led from the front

After a successful AGM, we would like to introduce you to some of our MADFIG Committee for 2023/24. Big thank you to outgoing Chair, Andrew Crook, for his enthusiasm and commitment. Yesterday, Andrew handed over the reins to the new Chair, Neil Smith, and Deputy, Curtis Liebeck.

@TheRegional_au @NAB @mattjcan @SenatorRennick @LindaWhiteAUS 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

#breaking @NAB admits to parliament that branch closures contributed to the bank's reduction in energy use in 2021-22. (For which the execs were this year paid a bonus for under ESG considerations for the first time.) @mattjcan @SenatorRennick @LindaWhiteAUS #auspol

Employment Opportunity. RDA Wheatbelt is seeking a Director Regional Development. Looking for the right person to lead, maintain relationships across govt, business, industry and be a passionate advocate for the region. #Wheatbelt #employment #vacancy rdawheatbelt.com.au/rda-wheatbelt-…

9 million Aussies live in a “childcare desert” & it’s hurting regional families & economies in particular. Here’s why groups like ⁦@EarlyChildAust⁩ ⁦@minderoo⁩ want change - and see a bigger role for Local Govts like ⁦@longreachregion⁩ countrycaller.com.au/2023/09/19/can…

When the brilliant @IanVerrender writes about Alan Joyce and @Qantas, it's time to make a cup of tea and settle in to read. This piece was just as good as the last one @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2023-09-0…