Regional areas fear losing their young people to bigger towns or cities, so a rural South Australian council with $1m of funding is asking students how to keep the town thriving beyond the drought.
A rural South Australian council is asking a group of school students for input on how to spend $1 million to ensure their region not only survives but thrives, beyond the challenging drought conditions.
At the last Census, the population of the Karoonda East Murray council district in the state's Mallee region was 1,100 and about 130 of those were young people. Regional areas often fear losing their young people to bigger towns or cities due to a lack of study or employment opportunities, but this council is facing that head-on.
It has decided that the region's young people, who account for more than 10 per cent of the population, should have their voices heard as to how the funds should be spent. The $1 million, from the second round of the Federal Government's Drought Communities Program, is designed to economically stimulate farming communities and encourage rural residents to stay local.
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