Ballarat Rural Achiever Awards
Michaela SETTLE (Eureka) (10:05): Last week I was honoured to attend the 2023 Ballarat Rural Achiever Awards. This fantastic event acknowledges young people in agriculture. The awards were the brainchild of Kerri Gallagher and Shane Zammit and are presented and hosted by the Ballarat Agricultural & Pastoral Society. The secondary student award went to Miriam Drinnan; tertiary student of the year was Jessica White; apprentice of the year was Nash Jones; next generation farmer of the year was Lachlan Wrigley; agribusiness achiever was Asha Shanahan; innovative primary producer went to Sunnybank Farm; and of course, most importantly, rising star – the overall award – went to Tyla Armeni. It is a wonderful event that really celebrates young people in agriculture, and I absolutely commend the pastoral society for putting on these awards.