The outlook for major regional industries and commodities in the Emerald district will be the focus of ABARE’s regional OUTLOOK conference. Karen Schneider, deputy executive director of ABARE, will present an overview of various commodities with issues to include resource management; opportunities and challenges for agriculture; and building the region.
‘Emerald is a significant place to begin this year’s regional OUTLOOK conference schedule, with coal mining, agriculture and tourism driving the local economy,’ Schneider said.
A range of sessions will cover different interest groups with a paper by Peter Smith of the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance on coal and agriculture on the afternoon of May 4.
The Emerald regional OUTLOOK conference will be held at the Emerald Memorial Club. Registration is available at www.abareconomics.com or ksanders@abare.gov.au
