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About this site

The following series of articles is an introduction to a range of key issues we understand to be important to rural women.

Young women in agriculture.
Women as team players.
Moving from city to country.
Country health matters.
The importance of succession planning
The role of the community.
Education for rural women.

If you would like to contribute an article or comment on the articles, raise further issues for discussion or make suggestions about the site please email cbraund@regional.org.au.

Useful links to rural women’s organisations
Australian Women in Agriculture	www.awia.org.au
Foundation for Australian Agricultural Women	www.faaw.org.au
NSW Rural Women’s Network	www.agric.nsw.gov.au/rwn
Victorian Rural Women’s Network	www.nre.vic.gov.au/ruralwomen/
Queensland Rural Women’s Network	www.qwrn.org.au
Women in Tasmania	www.women.tas.gov.au
Women in Rural Industries	www.affa.gov.au/ruralwomen
CRSR Rural Link – Rural Women	www.csu.edu.au/research/crsr
USDA Rural Development	www.rurdev.usda.gov.rd/icwa
Useful links to farm organisations
National Farmers’ Federation (Farmwide)	www.farmwide.com.au
Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Australia	www.affa.gov.au
NSW Agriculture	www.agric.nsw.gov.au
Qld Primary Industries	www.dpi.qld.gov.au
Agriculture WA	www.agric.wa.gov.au
Primary Industries SA	www.pir.sa.gov.au
Northern Territory	www.nt.gov.au/dpif/
Agriculture Victoria	www.nre.vic.gov.au/farming/
Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries	www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/

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