Media release no.
Outlook 2001 Conference in Canberra. The annual conference brings together leaders in the field of agriculture, commerce, finance, manufacturing, mining, energy, applied economic research and government. Rural Towns Program Manager Mark Pridham discussed the threat of salinity to WA's rural towns and the role of the program in arming towns to combat it. He said more than 40 West Australian country towns were taking steps to tackle townsite salinity with help from the Rural Towns Program. This damage can be a major threat to rural towns, which are the hub of the surrounding farming communities.