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Bush Summit 2021

The third annual Daily Telegraph Bush Summit is going virtual

Instead of heading to one of NSW's many vibrant regional centres, they will bring NSW to you. COVID has curtailed our ability to travel but it will not stop us celebrating all that is great about the bush and addressing crucial economic, social and political issues that need to be discussed.

Covid-19 Recovery in The Bush

Business NSW President Lyall Gorman will chair this discussion group, which includes;

  • The Hon. Paul Toole MP, Deputy Premier, Minister for Regional NSW, and Minister for Regional Transport and Roads,
  • Nikos Katinakis, Group Executive, Networks & IT, Telstra,
  • Steffen Faurby, Managing Director, TAFE NSW,
  • Dr. Peter Kilby, Orthopedic Surgeon from Bathurst and, 
  • Annabel Johnson, Head of Policy and Advocacy, NSW Farmers.

Bush Summit 2021
Live Stream

9am - 3:30pm AEDT
Friday, 29 October 2021

The Daily Telegraph will activate the live stream Friday morning, 29 Oct.

Plan your day

Attendees include Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese; Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce;  NSW Premier Dominic PerrottetBarry O’Farrell AO, High Commissioner to India; Deputy Premier, Minister for Regional NSW, and Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole; and Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney, and Minister for Industry and Trade, Stuart Ayres.

Agenda, times, topics and speakers

Ben English, Editor, The Daily Telegraph

The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Prime Minister of Australia

  • Alanna Rennie, Corporate Lawyer based in Hillston
  • The Hon. Melinda Pavey MP, Minister for Water, Property and Housing
  • Craig Stallan, Executive Manager, Works Delivery, TransGrid
  • Margy Osmond, CEO, Tourism and Transport Forum
  • Liz Ritchie, CEO, Regional Australia Institute

Chair: Jillian Kilby, CEO and Founder, The Exchange Dubbo

  • Mary O’Brien, Founder and CEO, Are You Bogged Mate?
  • Joe Hooper, CEO, Rural and Remote Mental Health (SA)
  • Jacqui Emery CEO, Royal Far West
  • Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO, Author, business advisor and advocate for Indigenous Australians
  • Lauren Stracey, National Manager Mental Health and Wellbeing, Rural Aid
  • The Hon. Bronwyn Taylor MLC, Minister for Mental Health, Regional Health and Women

Chair: Gus Worland, Founder and Director, Gotcha4Life

  • The Hon. Paul Toole MP, Deputy Premier, Minister for Regional New South Wales, and Minister for Regional Transport and Roads
  • Nikos Katinakis, Group Executive, Networks & IT, Telstra
  • Steffen Faurby, Managing Director, TAFE NSW
  • Dr Peter Kilby, Orthopedic Surgeon from Bathurst
  • Annabel Johnson, Head of Policy and Advocacy, NSW Farmers

Chair: Lyall Gorman, President, Business NSW

The Hon Anthony Albanese MP and Mr Chris Minns MP in conversation with The Daily Telegraph's Clare Armstrong

30 minute lunch break

  • Mike Cannon-Brookes, Co-Founder/Co-CEO, Atlassian
  • Barnaby Joyce, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

Chair: Clare Armstrong, National Political Reporter, The Daily Telegraph

  • The Hon. Barry O’Farrell AO, High Commissioner to India
  • The Hon. Tony Abbott AC, Advisor to UK's Board of Trade and Former Prime Minister
  • Graham Fletcher, Australian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China
  • Elizabeth Cox, General Manager North East Asia, (Austrade) and Minister (Commercial) at the Australian Embassy Japan

Chair: Ben English, Editor, The Daily Telegraph

  • The Hon. Stuart Ayres MP, Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney, and Minister for Industry and Trade
  • Matt Halliday, AMPOL, Managing Director and CEO, Ampol
  • Rob Gordon, CEO, SunRice
  • James Jackson, Guyra Farmer and President of the NSW Farmers

Chair: Amy Brown, CEO, Investment NSW

The Hon. Dominic Perrottet MP in conversation with The Daily Telegraph's Anna Caldwell

Jillian Kilby, Chair, Rural Advisory Panel

Ben English, Editor, The Daily Telegraph

At last year’s Bush Summit we could not have contemplated the world we now live in, nor the difficulties we now face, particularly in rural and regional Australia. 

Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison