Hancock Prospecting is set to return as the presenting partner for the 2024 National Bush Summit, an annual event now in its sixth year.

The week-long event, which brings together influential decision-makers and community leaders to discuss issues facing regional Australia, will kick off in Townsville (QLD) on August 23, before travelling to Bendigo (VIC), Launceston (TAS), McLaren Vale (SA), Orange (NSW), and finally ending in Port Hedland (WA) one week later.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver the keynote address in Townsville, marking his sixth time attending the event. The 2024 National Bush Summit will be supported by an editorial campaign across The Courier-Mail, Herald Sun, The Mercury, The Advertiser, The Daily Telegraph, The Australian, The Weekly Times and AgJournal. All live events of the summit will be broadcast on Sky News Australia.

In 2023, the National Bush Summit was globally recognised for its outstanding advocacy, winning the International News Media Association award for Best Public Relations or Community Service Campaign and the standout entry for the Asia Pacific region.

"We are committed to ensuring the conversations around rural and regional challenges and opportunities are on-going and elevated. The positive impact that the Bush Summit makes year after year is long term. Its ideas have inspired action and resulted in solutions being found for problems that are often unique to regional areas," said Michael Miller, Executive Chairman of News Corp Australasia.

Executive Chair of Hancock Prospecting, Gina Rinehart AO, also expressed her support for the event. "We welcome again the Bush Summit partnership with News Corp Australia which helps to highlight the importance of our bush areas and essential primary industries. Australians are truly fortunate to be able to enjoy the high quality of the agricultural products our farmers work so hard to produce, through all weather and despite facing increasing difficulties. And let’s not forget the engine room of Australia, our mining industry, which provides Aussies with world-envied standards of living and supplies the world with the minerals essential for our everyday lives from our homes to hospitals."

Editor of The Courier-Mail, Chris Jones, highlighted the significance of the Bush Summit. "The Bush Summit has become a critical advocacy campaign for people living in rural and regional Australia, because it's making a real difference. We saw that again last year when hundreds of millions of dollars were committed to regional health, drought, tourism and infrastructure programs. We are all passionate about making a difference to regional communities, telling their stories and celebrating life in the bush."