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Ländliche Jugend – dein Feed, deine Zukunft.
Wie nutzt du Social Media? Wo engagierst du dich? Was brauchst du, um in deiner Gemeinde etwas zu bewegen?
⏱️ 10 Minuten
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👉 Mitmachen: Connected & Active: Rural Youth in Social Media, Leadership and Civic Engagement
https://smilea1-1.limesurvey.net/813587?lang=en
Lächle mit uns – SMILE geht weiter.
#SMILEIncubator #DanubeRegion #RuralYouth #MakeChange #LeadTheChange

Ländliche Jugend – dein Feed, deine Zukunft.
Wie nutzt du Social Media? Wo engagierst du dich? Was brauchst du, um in deiner Gemeinde etwas zu bewegen?
⏱️ 10 Minuten
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👉 Mitmachen: Connected & Active: Rural Youth in Social Media, Leadership and Civic Engagement
https://smilea1-1.limesurvey.net/813587?lang=en
Lächle mit uns – SMILE geht weiter.
#SMILEIncubator #DanubeRegion #RuralYouth #MakeChange #LeadTheChange

Ländliche Jugend – dein Feed, deine Zukunft.
Wie nutzt du Social Media? Wo engagierst du dich? Was brauchst du, um in deiner Gemeinde etwas zu bewegen?
⏱️ 10 Minuten
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👉 Mitmachen: Connected & Active: Rural Youth in Social Media, Leadership and Civic Engagement
https://smilea1-1.limesurvey.net/813587?lang=en
Lächle mit uns – SMILE geht weiter.
#SMILEIncubator #DanubeRegion #RuralYouth #MakeChange #LeadTheChange

Ländliche Jugend – dein Feed, deine Zukunft.
Wie nutzt du Social Media? Wo engagierst du dich? Was brauchst du, um in deiner Gemeinde etwas zu bewegen?
⏱️ 10 Minuten
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👉 Mitmachen: Connected & Active: Rural Youth in Social Media, Leadership and Civic Engagement
https://smilea1-1.limesurvey.net/813587?lang=en
Lächle mit uns – SMILE geht weiter.
#SMILEIncubator #DanubeRegion #RuralYouth #MakeChange #LeadTheChange

While fruit pickers of all ages are in high demand these students are already old hands Young Australians who have picked fruit for years recommend other teens get on the harvest trail desperate for workers. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-20/fruit-picking-school-students-already-old-hands/12904534 #CommunityandSociety #AgriculturalCrops #FarmLabour #RuralYouth #Fruits #Fruit #Rural #Youth #Work

Vocational direction of remote high school's new syllabus attracts criticism Katherine struggles to retain or attract enough professionals, and the new syllabus at the area's only local senior school has been cited as one of the reasons. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-13/vocational-direction-of-katherine-school-syllabus-criticised/12875930 #DistanceEducation #AccessToEducation #PublicSchools #Vocational #RuralYouth #Subjects #Careers

Vocational direction of remote high school's new syllabus attracts criticism Katherine struggles to retain or attract enough professionals, and the new syllabus at the area's only local senior school has been cited as one of the reasons. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-13/vocational-direction-of-katherine-school-syllabus-criticised/12875930 #DistanceEducation #AccessToEducation #PublicSchools #Vocational #RuralYouth #Subjects #Careers

Debutantes hope to foxtrot around COVID chaos and waltz into next year's balls Thousands of students, disappointed when presentation balls were cancelled this year, hope they'll have a fresh chance to dust off their dresses and polish their dancing shoes. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-04/debutante-ball-plans-in-victoria-next-year/12846364 #CommunityandSociety #RitesandRitual #RuralYouth #COVID-19 #Schools #Women

This is Zeke. He's just given soldiers a lesson in overcoming fear It's a camp with a difference, where Indigenous kids and military personnel help each other learn about country, culture and dealing with their fears. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-25/army-camp-eyre-peninsula/12752684 #IndigenousCulture #DefenceForces #RuralYouth #Youth

Wowan, population 216, raises $10k to help its rural kids hear and speak Arthur Olsson hasn't turned 3 yet, but he's already inspired a tiny central Queensland town to get behind an important cause. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-22/wowan-raises-10k-to-help-its-rural-kids-hear-and-speak/12798142 #CharitiesandCommunityOrganisations #CommunityOrganisations #CommunityandSociety #RuralYouth #Hearing #Health #Rural

New beef brand aims to educate consumers on where their food comes from An outback beef business markets directly to south-east Queensland consumers with a focus on animal welfare. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-15/new-beef-branding-to-promote-paddock-to-plate/12764510 #RegionalDevelopment #FoodProcessing #FoodandCooking #BeefCattle #RuralYouth #Regional

Wild dogs, drought, drove the shearers away. But one man is bringing wool back to wool country Built on the back of the sheep, this small outback town slowly lost all its shearers. Now, thanks to predator-proof fencing, Matthew 'Bear' Baillie follows in his father's and grandfather's footsteps to revive a homegrown shearing team. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-01/wool-returning-to-western-queensland/12716438 #SheepProduction #RuralYouth #People

Young blood help tackle national shearer shortage Shearing is a tough job, but many young Victorians are travelling from far and wide to learn the skill, with record numbers attending shearing and wool-handling classes this year. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-28/national-shearer-shortage-young-victorians-learn-the-art/12710116 #AgriculturalCrops #LivestockWelfare #FarmLabour #RuralYouth #Wool

Rural high school students graduate with 'foot in the door' to farming jobs Students with aspirations of working in agriculture are being provided with hands-on experience and training during high school thanks to a new program. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-23/rural-youth-graduate-taree-tafe-agriculture-pilot-program/12686132 #WomenInAgriculture #Agribusiness #RuralWomen #RuralYouth #Secondary

No Royal Show? No worries: School sheep show goes on, celebrating 10 years Despite the Royal Adelaide Show being cancelled for 2020, school students have taken part in the South Australian merino wether competition at the showgrounds. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-11/wether-sheep-competition-goes-ahead-10-years/12649016 #SheepProduction #RuralYouth #Livestock #Rural

Students in Queensland boarding schools able to return home to NSW for holidays Hundreds of students facing the prospect of spending their school holidays at boarding school have had a reprieve, with Queensland Health backflipping to allow boarders to return home to NSW without having to quarantine on re-entry. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-08/nsw-students-allowed-home-queensland-boarding-schools-covid19/12641974 #SecondarySchools #RuralYouth #Education #COVID-19

'Seismic' shift on the way as next-generation farmers take the reins Young farmers say the next 10 years will see a major transfer of land ownership to a new, educated, and business-savvy generation focused on sustainable, organic opportunities. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-04/young-farmers-land-ownerhip-shifts-to-next-generation/12533696 #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #AgriculturalPrices #SheepProduction #CropHarvesting #BeefCattle #RuralYouth

'It was just getting too much': Meet the uni students working on outback cattle stations amid COVID-19 Queensland university students Axel Licari and Macey Holcombe are working on Viola Station, north of Julia Creek, with one studying remotely and the other simply taking a "break". https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-31/queensland-university-students-outback-cattle-stations-viola/12601970 #EnvironmentEducation #RegionalDevelopment #AdultEducation #RuralMedia #RuralYouth #BeefCattle

This new teacher's first classroom is behind a bar and she couldn't be happier Jess Somes is a new teacher with Queensland's only School of the Air. Her first classroom? A bar at a race club. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-26/mount-isa-school-of-the-air-hosts-mini-school-for-remote-student/12582430 #DistanceEducation #AccessToEducation #RuralYouth #Regional #Teachers #Primary

This new teacher's first classroom is behind a bar and she couldn't be happier Jess Somes is a new teacher with Queensland's only School of the Air. Her first classroom? A bar at a race club. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-26/mount-isa-school-of-the-air-hosts-mini-school-for-remote-student/12582430 #DistanceEducation #AccessToEducation #RuralYouth #Regional #Teachers #Primary

'How quickly things change': Teen who lost dad, best friend shares message for motorists Raina Collett was just six when the unthinkable happened. Then it happened again. Now the Rockhampton teen thinks about it every time she drives — and she wants others to as well. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-08-13/teens-message-to-motorists-13-years-after-fathers-death/12548628 #DisastersandAccidents #Accidents-Other #RuralYouth #Accidents #Rural #Road

Nationals demand changes to controversial university fee hikes The National Party calls for changes to the Federal Government's planned overhaul of the university system, warning a "glaring" design flaw may leave country students worse off. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-11/nationals-demand-changes-to-university-degree-fee-overhaul/12545330 #UniversityandFurtherEducation #GovernmentandPolitics #EducationIndustry #RuralYouth #Education #Rural

'Scared for him': Mount Isa mum and son to drive 20 hours for open-heart surgery Christopher McLeod-Barrett, 10, has endured a lot for his age, but the pandemic has caused new worries for his family on how to access much-needed medical help. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-07/mount-isa-mum-rejects-flight-to-drive-son-20hrs-heart-surgery/12529248 #TravelHealthandSafety #RegionalDevelopment #AdolescentHealth #RuralYouth #Regional #COVID-19

They're Queensland's year 12 'guinea pigs' but they say that's what makes them stronger It has been one of the most challenging years Queensland's year 12s have ever faced with major upheaval to their education and social lives, but some are more prepared than ever for the future. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-06/year-12s-more-resilient-after-coronavirus-pandemic/12412486 #SecondarySchools #MentalHealth #RuralYouth #Psychology #Education #COVID-19 #Schools #Youth

Lead level testing capacity increases for Mount Isa's at-risk children Lead level testing for children in Mount Isa can now be done through a finger-prick test instead of an "invasive" blood test. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-06/lead-testing-to-increase-for-mount-isa-indigenous-youth/12419234 #FederalGovernment #MedicalProcedures #Mining(Rural) #RuralYouth #Regional #Lead

Crunch time for Girl Guide biscuits after six decades For more than 60 years, Girl Guides across Australia have been selling their iconic biscuits to raise funds — but things are about to change. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-03/girl-guide-biscuits-super-sized-as-costs-skyrocket/12414590 #CharitiesandCommunityOrganisations #CommunityOrganisations #CommunityandSociety #RuralYouth #RuralWomen #Youth

'I would've been dead as a doornail': Boy struck by falling tree during NYE bushfires walks again Ivan Kovalevsky escaped the hell of the New Year's Eve bushfires on the NSW South Coast last year and arrived in Sydney in a helicopter with a broken spine — to the sound of fireworks exploding beneath him. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-30/milton-bushfire-victim-walking-again-after-nye-tree-fell-on-him/12402976 #HealthcareFacilities #EmergencyIncidents #EmergencyCare #RuralYouth #People

Another NT election, another call for an Alice Springs youth curfew. But what do the experts say? A petition with thousands of signatures calling for an Alice Springs youth curfew will reach NT Parliament this week. MLA Robyn Lambley says there's evidence to support a curfew but she won't share it. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-24/nt-votes-alice-springs-youth-curfew-evidence/12362222 #CrimePrevention #StateParliament #StateElections #RuralYouth #Crime #Youth

National Farmers Federation praises cheaper degrees for agriculture Future agriculture graduates could hold the key to helping the industry achieve its goal of being worth $100 billion by 2030 as ag course fees reduce by about 62 per cent. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-06-22/cheaper-agriculture-course/12378710 #UniversityandFurtherEducation #RegionalDevelopment #AgriculturalPolicy #FederalGovernment #AccessToEducation #RuralYouth #Regional

National Farmers Federation praises cheaper degrees for agriculture Future agriculture graduates could hold the key to helping the industry achieve its goal of being worth $100 billion by 2030 as ag course fees reduce by about 62 per cent. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-06-22/cheaper-agriculture-course/12378710 #UniversityandFurtherEducation #RegionalDevelopment #AgriculturalPolicy #FederalGovernment #AccessToEducation #RuralYouth #Regional

Boarders desperate to return to school as term wraps with no clear answers School is out for Queensland's 33 independent boarding schools, but an eleventh hour move appears to clear the way for some boarders to return in term three. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-06-19/confusion-remains-for-boarding-school-students/12369268 #IndependentSchools #DistanceEducation #RuralYouth #Education #COVID-19

'He was blue': 12yo boy nearly strangled on yoga swing, outdoor play equipment company removes it from sale An Australian outdoor play equipment company has removed a yoga swing from sale after an accident in which a 12-year-old boy was found tangled and choking. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-12/play-equipment-company-stops-selling-dangerous-yoga-swings/12347432 #PlayandLearning #RuralYouth #Safety

'Alcohol not the best response': Beyond Blue speaks out against viral men's mental health challenge Beyond Blue says while the organisers of a Facebook challenge, that encourages people to consume raw eggs, sugar and scull alcohol, may be well intentioned they do not support it. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-15/mental-health-facebook-drinking-challenge-sends-wrong-message/12249312 #MotorNeuronedisease #MentalHealth #SocialMedia #Men'sHealth #RuralYouth #Depression #Suicide #Anxiety

As Queensland schools stage resumption of classes, rural boarders are left wondering Despite a staged re-opening of classes from Monday, May 11, no clear guidance has been given for boarding students, with many independent schools opening limited classes and boarding accommodation for selected year levels. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-09/queensland-schools-stage-resumption-of-classes-boarders/12219920 #AccessToEducation #RuralWomen #RuralYouth #COVID-19

As Queensland schools stage resumption of classes, rural boarders are left wondering Despite a staged re-opening of classes from Monday, May 11, no clear guidance has been given for boarding students, with many independent schools opening limited classes and boarding accommodation for selected year levels. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-09/queensland-schools-stage-resumption-of-classes-boarders/12219920 #AccessToEducation #RuralWomen #RuralYouth #COVID-19

Country parents unhappy with how their children are being taught about agriculture Many parents across the country are helping their children learn from home for the first time ever, but one man who has been home educating for years warns some parents might not like what they see. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-04-25/country-parents-unhappy-with-education-resources/12178230 #EducationIndustry #DistanceEducation #RuralYouth #BeefCattle #Education #Rural #Water

How Shikira and her champion chickens are waiting out COVID-19 After she broke her arm 10 years ago, some rather exotic chooks became teenager Shikira Stehbens "new best friends". Now they're helping her through the difficult times of social isolation. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-04-21/meet-champion-chicken-breeder-shikira-stehbens-of-rockhampton/12156540 #PoultryandEggProduction #AgriculturalShows #RuralYouth #COVID-19 #Rural #Youth

These outback families are experts in self-isolation: Here's what we can learn from them While some families adjust to the new normal in isolation, life for families in outback Queensland has not changed much at all. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-08/outback-lessons-on-how-to-deal-with-coronavirus-isolation/12129896 #WomenInAgriculture #ExerciseandFitness #EducationIndustry #AccessToEducation #DistanceEducation #Women'sHealth #RuralYouth #Regional #Teachers #COVID-19 #People #Women

These outback families are experts in self-isolation: Here's what we can learn from them While some families adjust to the new normal in isolation, life for families in outback Queensland has not changed much at all. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-08/outback-lessons-on-how-to-deal-with-coronavirus-isolation/12129896 #WomenInAgriculture #ExerciseandFitness #EducationIndustry #AccessToEducation #DistanceEducation #Women'sHealth #RuralYouth #Regional #Teachers #COVID-19 #People #Women

'They need us': Meet the schoolgirls cooking meals for COVID-19 frontline workers Radhika and Krishnapriya Bhardwaj swap their classrooms for the kitchen of their Toowoomba family home, to cook meals for those on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-29/toowoomba-students-ditch-classroom-for-kitchen-during-covid19/12098142 #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #EpidemicsandPandemics #FoodandCooking #HumanInterest #RuralYouth #Volunteers #COVID-19

The men who go to incredible lengths to keep country cricket alive It has been a love of the game that has kept cricket afloat in regional clubs across the country, with some players clocking up hundreds of kilometres every weekend to help fill out a playing roster. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-09/country-cricket-players-incredible-lengths-to-keep-sport-alive/11920820 #CommunityOrganisations #ExerciseandFitness #RuralYouth #Lifestyle #Regional #Cricket

Remote families turn to buying medication online as local prices soar Outback Australians are paying more for some common medications than people living in metropolitan areas, and that's driving families to boycott local chemists and buy online. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-19/remote-families-buying-medication-online-as-local-prices-soar/11792138 #MaternalandChildHealth #HealthAdministration #FederalGovernment #AdolescentHealth #Pharmaceuticals #HealthPolicy #RuralYouth #RuralWomen

'When does the business case ever matter?': Education grant against treasury advice defended by acting Premier John Barilaro says community benefits far outweighed NSW treasury analysis that found $16 million in grants to an education provider was "unlikely" to provide value to the taxpayer. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-25/nsw-treasury-advised-against-16m-dollar-education-center-funds/11344990 #GovernmentandPolitics #AccessToEducation #RuralYouth #Education #Regional