October 27, 2017
South Burnett cattle producer Melissa Barnett has been elected president of the Queensland Rural, Regional and Remote Women’s Network (QRRRWN).
Melissa is a partner in a cattle-producing enterprise at Haly Creek, and also manages a farmstay and a vineyard on the property.
She began her career as a nurse before gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Post-Graduate degree in Library and Information Management and a Graduate Diploma in Writing, Editing and Publishing.
She has been the senior journalist for online business-to-business website, Forkliftaction, since 2009 and also writes freelance.
After living in Brisbane for 29 years, Melissa returned to the family property with her husband and son in 2011.
She is the immediate past-president of the Barambah branch of QRRRWN and is passionate about the paddock to plate movement.
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Nanango State High School students Anekah Hinchliff and Rebecca Clapperton found success at the recent QRRRWN Conference at Emerald.
Anekah won the Young Woman with a Vision award and Rebecca was runner-up in the Young Rural Woman award.
