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Winner of the New South Wales Award 2004 Rebecca Arnott recently said, “I believe in making the most of any opportunity and the $15,000 Bursary offered as part of the RIRDC Rural Women’s Award was too good an opportunity to pass up”
“What I completely underestimated was the exposure, the inspirational people I would meet and the career opportunities that the Award has opened up,” she said.
Award national coordinator Edwina Clowes said similar comments have been made by many of the participants in the RIRDC Rural Women’s Awards.
Now in its sixth year, the Award 2005 will provide a Bursary of $15,000 for each of the seven State and Territory winners’ and a Development Award of $5,000 for one runner up in each State. It also provides the opportunity for all State and Territory winners to attend the prestigious Australian Institute of Company Directors’ course.
The RIRDC Rural Women’s Award 2005 supports women with a strong and positive vision for the future of rural Australia and is open to all women involved in agriculture, including forestry and fisheries, natural resource management and related service industries.
The Award is an initiative of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, in partnership with, the Primary Industries Standing Committee’s Rural Women’s Working Group.
The Award 2005 three major sponsors are the Australian Women’s Weekly, Rural Press and ABC Radio.
Applications are now open and close on World Rural Women’s Day-15 October 2004. Application forms are available from State Departments of Primary Industries, Agriculture and Natural Resources, ABC Regional Radio Stations or can be downloaded from the website: www.ruralwomensaward.gov.au
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Media inquiries:
RIRDC Rural Women’s Award
2005 National Coordinator Edwina Clowes
(0417) 727 544 or clowesedwina@bigpond.com
RIRDC Rural Women’s Award
2004 NSW Winner Rebecca Arnott (0427) 900 021
 
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