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Higher education key to keeping kids in the country

03/10/2022 by The Coonamble Times

PHOTO: Emily Mosely is studying a Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, and is excited to soon bring her skills back to her hometown of Cobar.

Emily Mosely was just 12 years old when she drove out the dusty front drive of her family farm near the western New South Wales town of Cobar in search of a quality education.

Fortunately, with her sights now set on a career in agriculture, Cobar is unlikely to permanently lose her to alternative career and employment opportunities in a bigger, better resourced town. But that’s not the story for many of her fellow graduates.

“With agriculture as a career path, coming home is easier for me than for people in other industries,” said Emily…

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