Regional growth reliant of key services maintaining standards

All the research on this topic shows there needs to be a standard of service available for those communities.

If health services are being reduced rather than maintained - or even improved - what incentives are there for people to want to relocate?

It is not just about the people moving to a community, it is also the people already living there.

If a life-long resident in a town finds they have to travel for all their basic needs, why would they want to stay there?

Then we go back to the familiar scenario of the regional centres get bigger and the smaller, surrounding towns get smaller.

While we have spoken with three communities in the South East, this is hardly a situation confined there.

If it is happening in your community, speak up and express your discontent, rather than risk losing another family or that stalwart who is on every committee.

Another big topic this week has been spray drift.

This has been an ongoing issue for ... decades really.

Despite all the work done to share the message, it is still happening.

Looking at Europe and other nations, where chemicals are being taken away from farmers, it's clear the industry needs to do everything to keep critical inputs.

This requires everyone to be on board with keeping social licence.