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 $70 per person or voucher for members and $90 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 2009:
Feb | March | April | May | June |

June 2009
Date	Friday, June 26th 2009.
Speaker	Tim Lee - Director/Chief Operating Officer research division Australia Agribusiness Group (AAG)
Topic	MIS: Great Southern and Timbercorp failure - Where to from here?
Corporate Members of the Month	TBC
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
June 2009
Date	Thursday, June 11th 2009. 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Speaker	Melinda Pavey
Topic	NSW Farmwriters' Agribuzz drinks
Corporate Members of the Month	TBC
Venue	Hyde Park Barracks, Macquarie St, Sydney
May 2009
Date	Friday, May 29, 2009
Speaker	Brenda McGahan - CEO of Australian Wool Innovation
Topic	Setting the vision for wool and turning the industry's fortunes around.
Corporate Members of the Month	TBC
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
May 2009
Date	Wednesday, May 13, 2008
Speaker	Tony Burke - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Topic	Federal Budget: Tony Burke Breakfast Briefing.
Corporate Members of the Month	TBC
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
April 2009
Date	Friday 24th April 2009
Speaker	Kel Baxter,ricegrower & Board member of Murray Irrigation Limited
Topic	Is it all over for irrigation in the Murray and Murrumbidgee Valleys?
Corporate Members of the Month	GHD Hassall
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
March 2009
Date	Friday, March 27, 2009
Speaker	Gary Brinkworth, Incitec Pivot’s General Manager Australian Fertilisers.
Topic	Why does the fertiliser industry stir up so much emotion?
Corporate Members of the Month	Carthona Agriculture
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney
February 2009
Date	Friday, February 27, 2009
Speaker	Moderator Sky Business News presenter Brooke Corte and panellists Paul Beiboer, Group Executive, Corporate Financial Services, Rabobank Australia Group; Andrew Hanlan, Senior Economist, Westpac and Peter Jolly, Head of Markets Research, National Australia Bank.
Topic	Global Financial Crisis and Agriculture: the Credit Squeeze for Farmers, Exporters and International Customers.
Corporate Members of the Month	PPB
Venue	The Accor Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington St Sydney