by wimmera-admin | Sep 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
A survey of past Leadership Wimmera alumni has highlighted millions of reasons why these programs are critical for our region. Not only have 20 per cent of Wimmera people benefitted from alumni-led work, the program’s impacts have helped snare $44.5 million in...
by wimmera-admin | Sep 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
by Jess Whitworth I was recently among the youngest delegates at the RE-Alliance Regional Leaders Summit in Toowoomba. This event brought rural and regional Australian leaders together with one driving force – a passion for their communities. Councils, community...
by wimmera-admin | Aug 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
Participants in the Leadership Wimmera Changemakers program spent a day this month with regional leaders, most of whom have spent their working lives in the Wimmera Southern Mallee, while others chose to build their careers here. The day focused on leadership journeys...
by wimmera-admin | Aug 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
By Chris Sounness What the data network shows This season was set up in the first two days of March. A storm band put 27 millimetres into Nhill, 40 into Rupanyup and 41 into Rainbow, into a dry profile eight weeks before a seeder moved. Season-to-date rainfall across...
by wimmera-admin | Jul 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Wimmera Southern Mallee grows more than three million tonnes of grain, oilseeds and pulses in a typical year. Most of it leaves the region and much of it leaves the country. By the standard measure, this is one of the most food secure places in Australia.That...
by wimmera-admin | Jul 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Last month (JUNE) more than 70 people from across the Wimmera Southern Mallee spent two days at Longerenong College working through three plausible futures for the region. The sessions were independently facilitated. No one was asked to back a project or pick a...
