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22 December 2003 The Australian Woolgrowers Association says a plan to eliminate the gene for black sheep will not benefit woolgrowers...more
13 December 2003 Allegations fly in Country Newspaper... more
10 December 2003 The AWI funded, SARDI operated, Selection Demonstration Flock (SDF) project compares Merino selection techniques. Field day to be held on March 24 2004 at Turretfield Research Centre...more
Monday, 24 November 2003 The finalisation of the recent wool poll ballot and the stability of the Australian Wool Innovation Annual General Meeting have been welcomed by the Australian Wool Growers Association however Australian Wool Innovation must do more to inspire all woolgrowers...more
4 November 2003 Australian Idol finalist Shannon Noll is living proof that country people have what it takes to be a star...more
7 October 2003 It has been worrying me for some time that issues in the wool industry are not fully understood and this concern became more evident to me when a major rural weekly inadvertently branded an article about recent changes to the A.W.I. constitution with the Woolpoll logo. An open letter from AWGA Chairman Will Crozier...more
3 October 2003 Wool Poll 2003 Crucial to Wool Future Directions. The forthcoming Wool Poll 2003 presents an opportunity for woolgrowers right across Australia to have a say on the future of their industry... more
2 September 2003 Former Australian Wool Innovation Directors, Col Dorber and Maree McCaskill, will demand public apologies for damaging and false statements made about them in the past year, legal counsel, Shane Simpson, said today...more
29 August 2003 Landmark joins AWB Limited...more
22 August 2003 Machine washable wool suit now at David Jones Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) has announced that it's latest apparel innovation - the machine washable woollen suit - is now available around Australia.
7th August 2003 Entry forms for the 2004 World Sheep and Wool Congress Fleece Competition now available ...more
5th August 2003 Recently announced changes to the management and direction of the Falkiner Memorial Field Station have raised concerns amongst woolgrowers...more
28 July 2003 I write to express my concern and amazement at the reported assertion by Dr Len Stephens, CEO of Australian Wool Innovation, that AWI regards a shareholder vote of anything less than one per cent (for the wool levy effective 2004) as a ‘massive vote of no confidence in the Company’ which would lead to liquidation of the business...more
2 July 2003 Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) has supported calls from woolgrowers and industry to invest in the development of shearers and shed hands, with the announcement today of a Pilot Shearer and Shed Hand Training Initiative...more
1 July 2003 The Corriedale Breeders Society of Uruguay has the pleasure to organize the 12th World Corriedale Congress at the Radisson Victoria Plaza Hotel, Montevideo, Uruguay, in September 2003... more
23 June 2003 The Australian Wool Growers Association has emphatically rejected claims it is motivated by "sour grapes" in its push to cut grower funding for Australian Wool Innovation by 75 per cent... more
18 June 2003 At its meeting in Melbourne last Friday the AWTA Ltd Board accepted a recommendation from management that AWTA Ltd's testing fees be held at 2002/2003 levels for the coming financial year...more
10 June 03 An open letter to Woolgrowing Levypayers
As a wool grower I would like to question the reasoning behind the continued
time and funds use, in a witch hunt being undertaken by Australian Wool
Innovation to try to discredit the previous board and the expenditure
incurred during the election process...more
29 May 2003 The latest calls for a Senate inquiry into the wool industry based on the publicised and yet to be substantiated allegations demonstrate the political influence being exerted once again on the wool industry. “It is bitterly disappointing to see the wool industry being used as a political football" ...more
6 May 2003 Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) and leading UK retailer Marks and Spencer have signed a two year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop joint projects aimed at bringing new and innovative wool and wool blend products to the market... more
16 April 2003 All Australian wool growers are being urged to vote in the 2003 wool levy poll to have their say in the level of activity of their research company...more
ELDERS VP VICTORIA MERINO SIRE EVALUATION BALMORAL OPEN DAY - TUESDAY 1st APRIL, 2003...more
18 March 2003 The wool levy should drop to 0.5 per cent in 2004 and to zero by 2007, the Australian Wool Growers’ Association (AWGA) announced today...more
13 March 2003 The Countryman, WA. An exclusive interview with AWGA Chairman,
Will Crozier. Read the full interview...more
11 March 2003 Amended 21 August 2003# The Australian Wool Testing Authority (AWTA) cannot have a two way bet on the issue of the $45m capital maintenance fund held in reserve since 1995, the Australian Wool Growers’ Association Chairman, Will Crozier, said today...more
10 March 2003 Ian McLachlan's comment last week that merino wool producers haven't achieved "anything like" the 2 per cent gains experienced by the beef cattle and dairy industries has been slammed by wool growers...more
25 February 2003 The highly successful Australian Wool Growers Association is up and running again, this time to make sure the cultural change it started in 1996 is realised...more
10 February 2003 AWI confirmed the consolidation of its Trade Policy services division today with the announcement that its Canberra office will be closing immediately, as part of a restructure aimed to achieve greater efficiencies in the organisation...more
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