The Goulburn Valley has long been a thriving hub for business, and the stories in the Our Goulburn Valley Magazine bear this out. Through these pages, there are examples of innovation, resilience and commercial smarts that would be the envy of any other region in Australia. This has been backed up by recent analysis by accounting experts Bristax, who crunched the data and found that Shepparton is the most entrepreneurial city in the nation.
We should all be very proud of this. There has been such an effort in recent times to ensure that business, community, and educational organisations are collaborating, and that the Goulburn Valley is a place that driven and capable people want to come to. All this is yielding dividends, as the region goes from strength to strength.
I think being the Member for Nicholls must be one of the best jobs anyone could have in Parliament. The diversity of the people, the determination of the business community, the sheer ‘goodness’ of what we produce, and the beauty of the landscape make it easy to constantly sing the praises of the region.
Congratulations to Our Goulburn Valley Magazine for telling the stories of what is without doubt the business community aspiration of every city in the land.
