Traditionally, the Association meets over lunch on the last Friday of each month to hear invited speakers or expert panels present and discuss their views on rural issues of current importance.

Bookings can be made online.

The cost is $60 per person or voucher for members and $70 for non-members.
(The Association reserves the right to charge an administration fee of $5 for bookings made after the booking deadline for each event. Please also note that if cancellations are not received by the appropriate deadline, the Association incurs a charge and this charge will be passed on to the person who made the booking.)

Books of vouchers can be ordered from the Treasurer at a cost of $360 for 6 or $720 for 12 vouchers.

Meeting times are 12:00 for 12.30pm
(excepting the Budget breakfast and the Christmas party).

Venue: Brisbane and Adelaide Rooms at The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel
14 Carrington Street
Sydney - (near Wynyard station).
See the map for more detail.

Parking: Carpark entry is via Wynyard Lane. Parking discount vouchers are available from our venue reception team upon arrival.

Confirmed Breakfast & Lunch Meetings for 2008:
Feb | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept | Oct | Nov |

November 2008
Date	Friday 28 November
Speaker	Tony Burke, Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
Topic	Mr Burke will address numerous issues of interest to Farm Writers
Corporate Members of the Month	McGrathNicol
Venue	The Menzies Hotel, 14 Carrington St, Sydney - 12 midday for 12:30pm
October 2008
Date	Friday 31 October
Speaker	John Porter, CEO Austar
Topic	NSW Farmwriters annual Media Leader Address
Corporate Member of the Month	Renard
Venue	The Menzies Hotel, 14 Carrington St, Sydney - 12 midday for 12:30pm
September 2008
Date	Friday 26 September
Speaker	Brian Van Rooyen, Chair of Australian Wool Innovation
Topic	Marketing Australian Merino - AWIs role in the future of Australian wool
Corporate Members of the Month	Agricultural Appointments and Schute Bell Badgery Lumby
Venue	Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St
September 2008
Date	Friday 18 September
Speaker	Ben Fargher, Chief Executive Officer of the National Farmers Federation
Topic	Agribuzz - Your Thursday night network
Corporate Members of the Month	Agricultural Appointments and Schute Bell Badgery Lumby
Venue	Hyde Park Barracks, Queens Square, Macquarie St
August 2008
Date	Friday 29 August 2008
Speaker	Mike Guerin, Managing Director Elders
Topic	Bulls in the future for Elders? & AGM
Corporate Members of the Month	Clyde Agriculture and PPB
Venue	Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St
July 2008
Date	Monday 28 July 2008
Speaker	Gordon Davis, Managing Director of AWB Ltd
Topic	AWB in a brave new world
Corporate Members of the Month	Agricultural Appointments and Rural Press Agricultural Publishing
Venue	Grace Hotel, 77 York St
June 2008
Date	Thursday 26 June, 2008
Speaker	Dr Mark Howden, CSIRO
Topic	From the Global to the Local: Climate Change and Australian Agricultural. Is Climate Change good or bad news for Australian Agriculture?
Corporate Members of the Month	Grain Growers Association and H & T
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
May 2008
Date	Friday 30 May, 2008
Speaker	Paula Fitzgerald, Executive Director of Agrifood Awareness Australia (AFAA)
Topic	The future of genetic modification
Corporate Members of the Month	Cox Inall and Virbac
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
April 2008
Date	Thursday 24 April, 2008
Speaker	Richard Koch, Managing Director of ProFarmer Australia
Topic	Are the days of cheap grain over?
Corporate Members of the Month	GHD Hassall
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
March 2008
Date	Friday, March 28, 2008
Speaker	Ingrid Richardson, Rabobank; Rob Gordon, Renewable Fuels Australia; Jim Cudmore, Australian Lot Feeders Association; Michael Condon, ABC NSW Country Hour.
Topic	"Fuel or Food" panel discussion
Corporate Members of the Month	Rabobank
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
February 2008
Date	Friday, February 29, 2008
Speaker	Max Ould, Chairman Goodman Fielder Pty Ltd and Rabobank Agribusiness Leader of 2007
Topic	TBC
Corporate Members of the Month	National Australia Bank and Agricultural Appointments
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney