On 15-17 May, a delegation from the National Association of Towns and Villages came to Australia on a fact-finding mission. They visited a number of NSW government agencies to learn more about local policies on agriculture and multiculturalism and inspected a number of farms to learn more about local management practices. CLAIR Sydney accompanied the group and provided support in the lead up to this mission.
On 15 May, we invited officials from the NSW Department of Primary Industries to a meeting at the JETRO Sydney office. They briefed the delegation on the state’s agricultural industry, in particular the production, management and export of grain and livestock.
On 16 May the delegation went to Orange City to learn more about diversified farming at a family-run farm with sheep and grain crops. They also visited a large-sized enterprise specialising in beef cattle production.
Finally, on 17 May, we invited officials from Multicultural NSW to our office in Martin Place to talk about multiculturalism and policies in this area.
The delegation was particularly interested in the future prospects of Australian agricultural exports and how they ensured that family-run businesses could find successors to continue operations. They were surprised to see Australia do so well with regards to multiculturalism compared with the rest of the world and keenly asked many questions on this important topic.
