Andrew O’Dea
Industry Recovery and Resilience Officer
Supporting Maranoa, South Burnett, Southern Downs, Toowoomba and Western Downs
Supporting Maranoa, South Burnett, Southern Downs, Toowoomba and Western Downs
About Andrew O’Dea
Andrew is an Industry Recovery and Resilience Officer based on the Southern Downs. He supports primary producers in Maranoa, South Burnett, Southern Downs, Toowoomba and Western Downs.
Andrew is passionate about family farming and regenerative agriculture. He takes a proactive approach to managing farming enterprises in a challenging climate. With firsthand experience managing drought, floods and bushfires, he is committed to helping primary producers develop effective strategies to manage these events.
Andrew is a fifth-generation grazier from the Southern Downs. Since 2001, he has been running a family cattle operation on their home property near Warwick, as well as leased and agistment properties across Southern Queensland and Northern Territory.
His background in rural finance and commercial lending, along with his recent work with the QRIDA Drought Preparedness Team, has equipped him with a deep insight into the financial and operational aspects of agribusiness.
Andrew holds a degree in Agribusiness from the University of Queensland (Gatton).
He works as part of an Industry Recovery and Resilience Team.
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Industry Recovery and Resilience
The Industry Recovery and Resilience Officer program, recovery loans and grants are jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA)
Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) Southern Queensland
The RFCS Southern Queensland offers free, impartial and confidential financial counselling to primary producers in Southern Queensland.
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