Passion Vine August 2016

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The Passion Vine

The Passion Vine – August 2016

21 Turramurra Road, Tarragindi, QLD 4121

Passionfruit Strategic Investment Advisory Panel meets for the First Time

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August 2016 Your panel members are:  Brian Westwood from North Queensland  Ross Brindley from the Widebay region  Melissa Smith and Keith Paxton from the Sunshine Coast region  Sue Granger and Tim Johnson from Northern NSW, and  Tina McPherson and Jim Gordon who are representing Passionfruit Australia, plus  Astrid Hughes from HIA. Appointments to the panel are for a minimum of 3 years. They will meet twice a year face to face.

Pictured above are Jim Gordon, Tina McPherson, Keith Paxton, Astrid Hughes, Sue Granger, Monique Emmi, Brian Westwood, Melissa Smith, Ross Brindley, Tim Archibald, Andy Harvey The 26th July 2016 was the date for the first meeting of the Passionfruit Strategic Investment Advisory Panel (SIAP), held in Brisbane. As reported in the May Passion Vine each industry SIAP will help Horticulture Innovation Australia (HIA) in its charter to “bolster industry output and returns”.

have “an ear to the ground” and be able to represent the sentiment of their industry while executing their responsibilities as Panel members. Panel members are also selected to cover the many regions of the industry, and two are selected to represent their industry association and a HIA Relationship Manager.

Panel members of the Passionfruit SIAP have been appointed based on their expertise and experience. Panel members are expected to

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Growers are encouraged to contact panel members if they have any ideas for the industry that they would like to see included in the industry levy program. HIA also asks growers to go “on-line” and input ideas into the concept form on the Hort Innovation website www.horticulture.com.au or to contact the HIA Passionfruit Industry Relationship Manager, Astrid Hughes on 07 3198 6751, 0405 306 334 or astrid.hughes@horticulture.com.au . HIA has developed a specific information page on their website that you can look at to keep up to date with Passionfruit SIAP

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