Letters to the editor

Updated September 25 2015 - 6:53pm, first published 8:41am
Letters to the editor
Letters to the editor

Changchun trade praise

I wish to congratulate Warrnambool City Council on their visionary approach to developing trade and trust between rural and regional Australia and regional China. I was fortunate enough to be part of the recent agricultural and education delegation to Changchun. The Asian century is well and truly with us, however, trust in relationships has to be earnt and it starts with education and networking from a very early age. The Warrnambool council’s vision in bringing both education and agriculture together is a model other rural centres should follow. This is about developing long-term relations and trust and eventually trade for the next 50 years or more. The council’s vision is to increase milk production from 2 million to 3 million litres over the next 10 years in south-west Victoria, the marketing of this will need the long-term trust that the Changchun relationship will deliver. Regional Victoria in fact is the export powerhouse of the state and the Warrnambool council’s approach is visionary, sound and long-term in its thinking. It’s what this country badly needs, good long-term leadership and thinking that’s not coming from our cities.

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