Sir Clement William Bailey Renouf AM was born in Ingham, Qld, on April 19, He was one of six children who all spent two years at boarding school in Charters Towers, as there was no high school in Ingham. Sir Clem, who said after graduating from Year 9 “with a...
Rotary celebrates 100 years of service in Australia and New Zealand
During the one-hour event, the Governor-General and Mrs Hurley took part in the ‘Passing the Baton’ ceremony and the audience enjoyed musical performances by Josh Piterman, Nick Jones and Leo Sayer. To celebrate 100 years of Rotary in Australia and New Zealand, Rotary is reflecting and celebrating the past, but...
A clean green new era for Rotary
Since The Rotary Foundation’s new grant system was adopted in 2013-14, Rotary International has supported six key Areas of Focus for Rotary projects (see page 12). Now, for the first time in history, a seventh Area of Focus has been unanimously approved by both The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees...
Celebrating our Indigenous Peoples
There are an estimated 476 million Indigenous people in the world, living across 90 countries. They make up less than five per cent of the world’s population, but account for 15 per cent of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world’s estimated 7000 languages and represent 5000...
A sprint to the finish line to reach $50m polio goal
Special thanks to all district teams in Australia and New Zealand who allocated 20 per cent of district designated funds (DDF) in their original The Rotary Foundation plan for 2019-20 – or recognised the shortfall in polio giving and tipped DDF residue into End Polio Now fundraising at year’s end....
Feed for fire and drought affected graziers
District 9570 can be immensely proud of the response it has delivered to victims of the devastating bushfires and drought in Queensland’s Bundaberg region. PDG Rod Medew, of the Rotary Club of Bundaberg East, was successful in applying for two Rotary Foundation Disaster Grants to assist farmers in the region....