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AWI Industry Relations Officers: Here to help

Meet the four AWI Industry Relations Officers that operate in Australia’s largest wool-growing states. They each manage AWI’s on the ground relationships and engagement with woolgrowers and wool industry networks in their state. You can contact them if you want to share your thoughts or need some input regarding wool-related activities and events in your state.

New South Wales

Kristen Frost

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Based near Crookwell, Kristen commenced in the role in April.

Kristen grew up in Crookwell and has been around sheep and wool her whole life. She is a woolgrower and a partner in a Merino Stud. Kristen also has a background in rural and agricultural communications, most recently as National Sheep and Wool Writer at Fairfax Agricultural Media.

kristen.frost@wool.com

0427 393 601


Victoria

Holly Byrne

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Based near Bendigo, Holly commenced in the role in July.

Holly grew up on her family's sheep and cropping property near Axedale, where her family still farms. She undertook a wool-classing certificate during her final years at school, starting her career in wool with a short stint in a bulk wool handling facility before then continuing a decade long career working in shearing sheds across central Victoria and Southern NSW.

holly.byrne@wool.com

0459 326 091


South Australia

Shannon Donoghue

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Based near Jamestown, Shannon commenced in the role in April.

Shannon grew up on a sheep farm at Naracoorte. She went straight into the sheds after finishing school and has a background in wool classing and wool handling training with SCAA Shearer Woolhandler Training Inc. Shannon also completed AWI’s Breeding Leadership course in 2022.

shannon.donoghue@wool.com

0459 293 919


Western Australia

Tennille Norrish

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Tennille is a woolgrower based in Kojonup, WA, where she and her husband operate a merino enterprise. Tennille is passionate about wool, the people who produce it, the people who work with it and the whole pipeline thereafter. Tennille has most recently been the Social Media Manager for SMBAWA, with the MerinoWA platforms.

tennille.norrish@wool.com

0474 875 222

 

This article appeared in the December 2023 edition of AWI’s Beyond the Bale magazine. Reproduction of the article is encouraged.

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