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Podcast: Defence & Security Podcast Network
Episode: Regional business and the defence supply chain, with Mandy Walker
Description: In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, the 2024 Western Australian AgriFutures Rural Women's Award winner, Mandy Walker, joins senior journalist Robert Dougherty to discuss new ways to integrate regional businesses into the defence supply chain to resist seasonal challenges in Australia. The pair discuss the 2024 WA AgriFutures Rural Women's Award, the national finals, and working in Western Australia. Walker, co-manager of Walkers Diesel Services, then explains a new initiative expected to pave the way for regional engineering businesses to participate in the defence industry supply chain. Walker and Dougherty wrap up the podcast by looking at decision...