Thriving Communities Program
Up to $50,000 grants for community projects in our regions that facilitate community group participation, a sense of belonging and equity of access.
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Watch Chris Sand’s keynote at The Barns of Freeling
Voted UK’s Top 100 change makers, Chris Sands has worked with over 100 towns and thousands of businesses to establish strong brand messages that people love and take ownership of – building pride of place and attracting visitors to their town. By helping people to work together, declining towns have been transformed into thriving local…
8 things I’ve learnt along the way by Anne Moroney
Anne Moroney has been our CEO for 15 years and will depart in February 2023. Here are 8 things she’s learnt along the way.
New CEO appointed for RDA BGLAP
Leonie Boothby has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Regional Development Australia Barossa Gawler Light Adelaide Plains from 2023. Boothby has 25 years of senior management experience. Her consultancy firm provides strategic planning, economic development, community engagement and project delivery services. Her former roles include Manager of Strategic Projects at The Barossa…
Community Leadership Program: Learn about Diversity & Inclusion
Learn how to make better decisions and get more people involved by learning about diversity, inclusion and cross-cultural understanding.
Our AGM 2022 kicks off at Barossa Cellars
There was a huge buzz of enthusiasm as community and business leaders from across the region descended on The Barossa Cellar for our AGM last night. Chris Sands gave a powerful presentation on the power of decentralised leadership, inspiring us all with his global success using the Totally Locally framework. Chair Rolf Binder kicked off…
Barossa front and centre at the 2022 Work Health & Safety Excellence Awards
The Work Health & Safety Excellence Awards recognise South Australian wine businesses that go above and beyond the basics of WHS by demonstrating substantial improvements and commitment to worker safety. The awards also recognise the critical role of workers in health and safety, via a separate category for a Safety Champion, who is a role model…
Veena Sahajwalla: The Waste Queen
Professor Veena Sahajwalla is known as the “waste queen”. She’s transforming the way we manage waste in Australia and across the world. We need more women working in STEM like Veena to meet the challenges of the future. Join us at Barossa Campus Friday September 16 at 11:30am for a virtual keynote from Veena about…
Pasin Appointment to the Shadow Ministry
Tony Pasin, Federal Member for Barker I am humbled to have been appointed the Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport by the Leader of the Opposition, Peter Dutton. As someone who drives over 100,000 kms a year mostly on rural roads and who, as a local member, represents local industries who rely heavily on…
Culinary School
Visiting Barossa Cellar once again for our Barossa Future Leaders program, our Food Projects manager Mark McNamara took us through the history and evolution of Barossa cuisine. Starting with a lesson on native Indigenous Australian plants and foods in the region, we learned about the introduction of Germanic foods and why they became such a…