• Females in management will benefit from grants for leadership development.
    Females in management will benefit from grants for leadership development.
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Women & Leadership Australia has announced it will administer a national initiative to support the development of female leaders across all industry sectors.

The initiative will provide women in management positions with grants for leadership development. Senior management and executive level women leaders can apply for $12,000 individual grants to undertake the Advanced Leadership Program, and all women managers can apply for $5000 individual grants to undertake the Accelerated Leadership Performance Program.

The deadline for expressing interest for this funding ends on 29 April.

The form can be accessed by emailing Ian Johnson at the National Industry Scholarship Program, Australian School of Applied Management, here.

Food & Drink Business

Gold Coast brewery, Black Hops, has entered administration for the second time, with an urgent sale campaign underway for the business.

In the final chapter of court action regarding the 2020 collapse of Freedom Foods Group, the Federal Court has found former managing director and CEO, Rory Macleod, breached his duties as a director and officer, and failed to take all reasonable steps to secure the company’s compliance with its financial reporting obligations.

Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing industry is converging on Melbourne this week for foodpro 2026, the country’s leading trade event for processing, packaging and innovation. Held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) from 26-29 July, foodpro 2026 will be opened at 10am on Sunday 26 July by Victorian Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing and Minister for Skills and TAFE, Colin Brooks.