Below is a list of the selected participants for Australia 2020’s “Future directions for rural industries and rural communities”.

If you’ve got ideas for this topic; opinions about those participants chosen - or not chosen - by all means use the comments section on this blog to express yourself and let the web know how you feel!

Who are these people? Why do you think they were chosen? Are they good choices? Who is missing?

Mrs Susan G Bradley J P Female WA
Mr Everald Ernest Compton Male WA
Mr George Etrelezis Male WA
Dr James Paul Fitzpatrick Male WA
Mr John Laurence Gosper Male WA
Professor Fiona M. Haslam McKenzie Female WA
Mr Paul Lane Male WA
Mrs Karen Diane Morrissey Female WA
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Nenke Female WA
Mrs Jacqueline Stutt Female WA
Dr Susan Wong Female WA
Ms Susie Allison Female VIC
Mr David Ansell Male VIC
Mrs Deborah Bain Female VIC
Ms Genevieve Mary Barlow Female VIC
Mr Dean Belle Male VIC
Ms Anne Champness Female VIC
Mrs Lynette Coulston Female VIC
Mr John Fisher OAM Male VIC
Mr Frederick Sheppard Grimwade Male VIC
Ms Serenity Hill Female VIC
Mr James Graham Houston Male VIC
Ms Alana Johnson Female VIC
Ms Kate Maree Lord Female VIC
Ms Catherine McGowan Female VIC
Mr John Martin McQuilten Male VIC
Mr Sidney Hordern Myer Male VIC
Mr Scott Pape Male VIC
Ms Elaine Janet Paton Female VIC
Ms Claire Anne Penniceard Female VIC
Professor Timothy Gerald Reeves Male VIC
Ms Linda Sewell Female VIC
Dr Susan Jennifer Lambert Female TAS
Dr Suzanne Elizabeth Martin Female TAS
Dr Julianne Maree O’Reilly-Wapstra Female TAS
Mr Steven Victor Richardson Male TAS
Mr Donald Ian Blesing Male SA
Mr Ben Scott Haslett Male SA
Mrs Michelle Leanne Thiele Female SA
Ms Sue Ann Adair Female QLD
Mrs Maxine Margaret Baldwin Female QLD
Ms Robyn Claire Boundy Female QLD
Mrs Bobby Brazil Female QLD
Mr Monte Dwyer Male QLD
Mr Robert Geoffrey Granger Male QLD
Mr Brett Heading Male QLD
Mr Stuart James Higgins Male QLD
Ms Kerrina Victoria King Female QLD
Professor Bob Lonne Male QLD
Dr Mark Francis McGovern Male QLD
Ms Marion Murphy Female QLD
Mrs Georgina Jane Persse Somerset Female QLD
Mrs Mary Ann Walsh Female QLD
Mrs Beth Louise Welden Female QLD
Ms Kate Andrews Female NT
Mr Roy Chisholm Male NT
Ms Terry Underwood Female NT
Ms Diane Walsh Female NT
Professor Margaret Alston Female NSW
Mr Peter Bailey Male NSW
Mr Kenneth Arnold Boundy Male NSW
Ms Merrill Joan Boyd Female NSW
Mr Drew Braithwaite Male NSW
Ms Lucy Broad Female NSW
Mrs Helen Marguerite Reading Cathles Female NSW
Mr Joel Michael Clark Male NSW
Mrs Lucinda Lee Flinders Corrigan Female NSW
Associate Professor Anthony English Male NSW
Mr Roger Fletcher Male NSW
Ms Susan Natalie Frater Female NSW
Ms Jodie May Goldsworthy Female NSW
Mr Robert Beresford Hudson Male NSW
Dr Bill Hurditch Male NSW
Mr Gary Richard Johnston Male NSW
Dr John William Kramer Male NSW
Professor Deidre Lemerle Female NSW
Mr Alexander Ian Macintosh AM Male NSW
Mr Charles Jeffreys Prell Male NSW
Ms Vanessa Rankin Female NSW
Ms Frances Marie Shapter Female NSW
Councillor Robert Ian Wilson Male NSW
Mrs Heather Adelle Wilton Female NSW
Ms Rosemary Young, AM Female NSW
Mr David Charles Crombie Male ACT
Mr Bryan Geoffrey John Nye Male ACT
Mr Peter Reading Male ACT
Mr Richard (Dick) Wells Male ACT
Mr Simon Mansfield Male