abc.net.au/news/calls-to-revitalise-ag-education-amid-worker-shortage/102347770Kate Waugh knew nothing about life on the land before she threw in her job as a project administrator in Melbourne and headed for a new life as a station hand, blissfully ignorant of what lay ahead at remote Gladys Downs in south-west Queensland.
"It is such a big part of Australia's economy … so I think it's definitely something important to learn about," she said. "We need to have as many options available as we can, so that we can attract the best and brightest into the industry," she said. "I see them at their best and then we come back into Brisbane, they go to school, and they don't learn about it.