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The Daily Telegraph Bush Summit

Cooma, Friday 28 August 2020

Time Session overview Possible speakers / moderators 9.30am Welcome Warren Brown, Editorial Cartoonist, the Daily Telegraph

9.40am Welcome to Cooma The Hon , MP, Deputy Premier, and Minister for Regional NSW, Industry and Trade 9.45am Keynote address Ben English – Editor of The Daily Telegraph 10.00am Panel 1: Bush to Thrive from Moderator: COVID Recovery PART 1: • Lyall Gorman, President, Business NSW Regionalisation of the Workforce Panelists: 1. The Deputy Prime Minister, The Hon Michael McCormack, MP 2. Liz Ritchie, CEO, RAI 3. Jane Cay, CEO and Founder, Birdsnest 4. Scott Keenan, Director Public Affairs, NSW Minerals Council 5. Gavin Williams, Chief Development Officer, Regional and Remote, nbn co 10.55am Address from the Prime The Hon Scott Morrison, MP, with Q&A Minister moderated by Ben English 11.30am The Bush Telegraph Awards, Introduced by Stephen Hannan, National brought to you by Westpac Manager, Westpac Agribusiness and presented by the Prime Minister 11.45pm Australia’s energy future A Q&A with the Hon Angus Taylor, MP, Minister and regional prosperity for Energy and Emissions Reduction, the Hon Joel Fitzgibbon, MP, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources and Mike Cannon Brookes, CEO, Atlassian.

Moderated by Paul Murray, Sky News Anchor, Paul Murray Live. 12.15pm The view from the Daily Jillian Kilby, CEO, The Exchange and Chair of Telegraph Regional Advisory the Daily Telegraph Rural Advisory Panel Panel 12.20pm LUNCH 12.50pm Panel 2: Infrastructure Moderated by Paul Murray. investment to create jobs Panellists:

Time Session overview Possible speakers / moderators and boost regional 1. The Hon John Barilaro, MP, Deputy communities Premier, and Minister for Regional NSW, Industry and Trade 2. Paul Broad, Managing Director and CEO, Snowy Hydro 3. Stephen Hannan, National Manager, Westpac Agribusiness 4. Paul Italiano, CEO, TransGrid 5. Cathal O’Rourke, Managing Director, Australia Hub, Laing O’Rourke 1.45pm Q&A with the Premier of The Hon. , MP NSW Moderated by Anna Caldwell, State Political Editor, The Daily Telegraph 2.15pm Panel 3: Managing and Moderated by the Hon. Bronnie Taylor, Preparing for Droughts MP, Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women

Panellists: 1. Peter Beer, Mayor, Snowy Monaro Regional Council 2. Bea Litchfield, Sixth generation farmer, Hazeldean 3. Xavier Martin, Fifth generation farmer and Chair of the NSW Farmers Water Taskforce 4. Bronwyn Petrie, fifth generation farmer and grazier 5. Andrew Rolfe, Seventh generation farmer 3.05pm Q&A with the Leader of the The Hon. Anthony Albanese, MP and Ms Jodi Opposition and the NSW McKay, MP Leader of the Opposition Moderated by Anna Caldwell 3.35pm Panel 4: Bush to Thrive from Moderated by Margy Osmond, CEO, Tourism COVID Recovery PART 2: & Transport Forum Regional Tourism – Rediscovering NSW Panellists: 1. The Hon David Littleproud, MP, Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management 2. Grace Brennan, Founder, BuyfromtheBush 3. Josh Elliott, COO, Blyton Group 4. Peter Khoury, NRMA 5. The Hon. John Sharp, AM, Chairman and Independent Director, Rex Airlines 4.30pm Panel 5: Building Resilience Moderated by Anna Caldwell in Bush Communities Panellists: 1. The Hon , MP, Minister for Transport and Roads and the Member for Bega

Time Session overview Possible speakers / moderators 2. Pete Arkle, CEO, NSW Farmers 3. Gary Bentley, Professional Counsellor, Rural Aid 4. Shane Fitzsimmons, Commissioner, Resilience NSW 5. Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO, Aboriginal leader and Businessman 5.20pm Wrap up and next steps Ben English – Editor of The Daily Telegraph 5.30pm Event close Warren Brown, Editorial Cartoonist, the Daily Telegraph