Tag: Rural Women
Western NSW women donate bras to world record bid
More than 2,000 bras have been collected from western New South Wales women as part of a world record attempt to break the longest continual line of hooked bras.[MORE]
Symposium aims to inspire rural women
Up to 600 women will converge on the Parkes Shire tomorrow for a women's symposium.[MORE]
South-west women get Community Hero Awards
Two women from south-west Queensland were presented with Community Hero Awards at the Rural Women's Symposium at Roma yesterday.[MORE]
Rural women put case to Qld Govt
The Queensland Government says rural women will be helping to shape the state's future today.[MORE]
Rural women converge on Bundaberg
Rural women from across Queensland are meeting in the Wide Bay for the Queensland Rural Women's Network annual meeting.[MORE]
Plea to help pensioners living alone
Tasmania's Country Women's Association has joined the call to boost pensions for older people living alone.[MORE]
CWA seeks more drought help
The Country Women's Association wants the State and Federal Governments to acknowledge more money is needed to support people in drought-affected areas.[MORE]
Rural women's summit calls for water emergency declaration
A summit of rural women held in Canberra at the weekend has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency to deal with the national water shortage.[MORE]
Rural women look to national networking
It is hoped a national rural women's network will be formed after the weekend's rural women's summit in Canberra.[MORE]
Nimmitabel CWA turns 80
Nimmitabel's Country Women's Association (CWA) has been celebrated its 80th birthday.[MORE]
Tasmanian woman joins drought panel
A Tasmanian woman is to join the Federal Government's seven member panel to examine the social effects of the drought on families and rural communities.[MORE]
Sunshine Coast farmer named Rural Woman of the Year
A Sunshine Coast producer has been named the Australian Rural Woman of the Year.[MORE]
Qld Govt seeks rural women to meet on bush issues
The Queensland Government is asking rural women for help to tackle health, education and employment issues in regional Queensland.[MORE]
Quilpie backs bra collecting breast cancer fundraiser
The Country Women's Association (CWA) will hang bras down the main street of a south-west Queensland town today, to raise awareness of an initiative raising funds for breast cancer.[MORE]
Northern farming tops summit rural agenda
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Developing northern Australia for farming and harmonising state laws are rural priorities from the 2020 ideas summit.[MORE]
Ag College calls for more women shearers
One of Queensland's largest rural training institutions says women could help to combat a shortage of shearers across Australia, because they are excelling at the skill.[MORE]
Trainee jillaroos outnumber jackeroo counterparts
For the second consecutive year young women are outnumbering men at one of Queensland's largest rural training institutions.[MORE]
CWA branches left to decide on gaming grants
The Country Women's Association (CWA) says it is up to individual Queensland branches to determine whether they apply for state grants from gaming revenue.[MORE]
'McLeod's Daughters' attracts jillaroos to the bush
Australia's biggest cattle company says women are helping to overcome the skills shortage in the bush, with more females coming forward to work as jillaroos. [MORE]
CWA hopes to rebuild fire-hit toilets
The Longreach branch of the Country Women's Association (CWA) says it is hoping to rebuild its rest room facility by the middle of the year.[MORE]
Calf whisperer woman of the year
A woman from Sheffield has won the Tasmanian Rural Woman of the Year, for her work in calf and heifer management. [MORE]
Coonabarabran maternity ward closure prompts inquiry call
The closure of the maternity ward at Coonabarabran Hospital has sparked calls for an inquiry into maternity services in rural New South Wales.[MORE]
Rural women's group to lobby Telstra if services worsen
The Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) says it will lobby Telstra about its Next G network if members report diminished mobile phone services in rural areas.[MORE]
Business award winner wants to inspire country women
The winner of a Western Australian award recognising the achievements of business women hopes her achievement will inspire women from country areas to set career goals.[MORE]
Rural women recognised worldwide
Millions of women are celebrating World Rural Women's Day today.[MORE]
