Leslie ‘Phil’ Duncan Education and training: Higher School Certificate, Couralie High School, Moree Australian Institute of Company Directors, NSW, September 2018 Phil’s leadership skills have been developed throughout his career where he has had the opportunity to participate in a range of professional development and training courses, including: • Conflict resolution • Advanced Interview techniques • Communication and Networking • Policy Writing • Project Planning • Facilitation and Presentation Skills • Personal Presentation Skills Industry affiliations: Murray Darling Basin Authority – Basin Community Committee NSW Natural Resource Access Regulator - Board Member CSIRO - Indigenous Strategic Advisory Council (ISAC) Australian Freshwater Science Society Phil Duncan is from Moree New South Wales and is a member of the Gomeroi Nation and a member of the Gomeroi Nation Native Title Claimant Group. His homelands are Moree and Terry Hie Hie. Phil has over 40 years’ experience working with Aboriginal people and government to improve the lives of Aboriginal people through recognition of our rich cultural history, the return of our lands, the improvement of our living conditions and education of our next generation through both his employment and active volunteer community work. Phil provides high level policy and strategic advice and leadership to key Indigenous Representative Organisations, universities, State and Federal government agencies as well as key external stakeholder groups. His strategic advice, leadership and engagement is around issues of culture and heritage significance, community engagement in on-ground projects, as well as the design, delivery and implementation of programs in partnership with government. Phil has made significant contributions in a variety of domains from education and organisational reconciliation action through to areas of focus such as natural resource management, freshwater river management, forestry, native fish, water rights and allocations. Phil has strong interpersonal, caring, and networking abilities enabling him to engage inclusively and genuinely across boundaries (individual and organisational). He is active in managing and maintaining connections and representing and understanding different viewpoints which can be applied to creating trusting and collaborative relationships. Key skill areas: • Leadership • High level policy and strategy • Facilitation • Representation of Aboriginal interests • Organisational reconciliation • Project management Relevant projects: Description Role Client Year 2017-2019 Project Designed, developed and implemented the Aboriginal Cultural Macquarie Aboriginal cultural safety framework Training University training framework Coordinator Walanga Muru m. 0452 411 180 e. [email protected] w. www.alluvium.com.au
Project Description Role Client Year Macquarie University Aboriginal Cultural Macquarie 2017 -2019 Reconciliation Action Plan Provided leadership and project Training University 2009 -2017 Partnership facilitation management Coordinator Walanga Muru 2009 -2017 between LALCs and NSW Senior Program NSW Aboriginal 2009 -2017 Water Traders Increased income in the LALC network by Officer Land Council Collaboration with NSW $5 million through facilitating partnerships 2007 -2009 Fire and Rescue Service between LALCs with water licenses and Senior Program NSW Aboriginal 2006 -2007 Policy framework for Water Traders Officer Land Council Indigenous Water Rights 2000 - 2006 for the federal government Delivery of training and fire prevention Senior Program NSW Aboriginal products worth $500,000 to 21 Discreet Officer Land Council 2000 - 2006 Gamilaroi Nation Tribal Aboriginal Communities 2000 - 2006 Secretariat Community Gomeroi Nation As Chair of the National Water Facilitator/Project Project NTS Corp 1999-2000 Bi-annual Aboriginal Commission’s, First Peoples Water Manager Network Engagement Council, Phil provided Department strategic advice to develop the framework Corporate Environment Establishing cultural fishing which resulted in the NSW Aboriginal Programs Officer Climate Change, & rights within the NSW 1994 Water Initiative Water Fisheries Management Act Senior Aboriginal legislation Established the Gamilaroi Nation Tribal Policy and NSW Department Secretariat with the Traditional Owners Development of Primary Fisheries Advisory Council including holding and facilitating a Officer Industry gathering of over 500 members of the Aboriginal commercial Gamilaroi people with divergent views. Senior Aboriginal NSW Department fishing and aquaculture Policy and of Primary Established and managed the coordination Development Industry Business case for the unit of a bi-annual Aboriginal Network Officer for NSWALC gathering for over 2000 Aboriginal field Senior Aboriginal NSW Department officers in NSW resulting improved Policy and of Primary communication and coordination between Development Industry field staff Officer NSW Aboriginal Consultation with Aboriginal people on Manager Strategic Land Council behalf of the government to establish Policy & Planning cultural fishing rights within the NSW 1994 Unit Fisheries Management Act legislation resulting in the amendment of Act to include the cultural fisher. Established the inaugural Indigenous Fisheries Advisory Council for NSW Government. Facilitated the establishment of four Aboriginal commercial fishing ventures owned, managed and operated by Aboriginal people. Also supported LALCs entering into aquaculture ventures such oyster farming and the commercial industry. Established the unit for NSWALC including development of business case for unit, engagement of 6-8 employees, development of a unit budget, establishment of team operational plans. Ongoing work included the Management of unit including participation in NSWALC management team, management of unit budget, oversight of all policy papers and advice to the NSWALC board m. 0452 411 180 e. [email protected] w. www.alluvium.com.au
Jan Orton Education and training: Qualification Bachelor of Science (Urban Horticulture) – University Medal and Dean’s List for Academic Excellence – University of Technology Sydney, 1993 Training Company Directors Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Sydney, 2019 Professional memberships: Professionals Australia Jan is a well-respected and recognised champion, leader and strategist for liveability, sustainability and natural resource management. Over her 30 year career in local government, Jan has worked alongside communities, groups, elected representatives, state and federal government agencies, researchers and private interests to innovate and use best practice land management across open space and recreation, water and catchments, public domain design and management and green infrastructure. She is an expert in developing strategy and policy that meet the needs of place and the people. Jan has led change in many areas of sustainability and land management and been recognised through many awards. In 2008 Jan was named the public sector manager of the year by the Institute of Public Administration Australia for her leadership and impact in applying research around integrated urban water management to the local government sector. Jan has extensive experience in engaging communities and other stakeholders in public land / public interest plans. She was at the forefront of open space planning in NSW working alongside the State Government in the implementation of the first plans of management for community land. Since then Jan has expanded the craft of collaborative planning across recreation, rivers, open space, infrastructure and services. Her strengths lay in using the evidence available with a wide range of voices and experiences bringing together diverse groups, interests and disciplines to address what are often complex urban management issues. Jan has held senior management positions in local government for the past 15 – 20 years, she has managed and led large and diverse teams across environment and sustainability, parks and recreation, waste and recycling, works and infrastructure. Jan has recently completed Company Directors course at the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Sydney. This has improved Jan’s knowledge and application of best practice governance and reinforced the importance of stakeholders’ involvement in good decision making. Key skill areas include: • Urban water management • Sustainability strategy, planning and • Integrated planning for people and plan policy • Stakeholder and community engagement • Green infrastructure strategy and • Climate Change planning planning • Resource Recovery and Circular Economy • Open space strategy m 0419 460 072 e [email protected] w www.alluvium.com.au
Relevant projects: Client Year Project Description DPIE + 2020 Western Sydney Provision of high-level assessment and advice on planning Western Aerotropolis principles, outcomes and benchmark solutions for water, Sydney 2020 Sustainability and waste, energy and heat. Planning Heat Report Partnership Blacktown WSUD Capacity Evaluation of the Capacity Building program and benchmarking City Council Building Evaluation of current organisational practice with respect to water and Water Sensitive sensitive cities Sydney Water 2020 Cities Benchmarking Urban Cooling Modelling the urban cooling impact of water sensitive urban Inner West 2019 Modelling – typologies suggested for development of the South Creek Council Western Sydney catchment Climate and In response to the community and Council vision for a zero Inner West 2019 Renewables emissions community IWC developed its first strategy to Council Strategy respond to climate pressures and deliver a 100% carbon neutral Council and 100% renewable energy. It involved Inner West Ongoing Scoping for Low working across all areas of green infrastructure, energy Council / ISF Carbon Precincts contracts, community energy, fleet and food organics. Jan lead (UTS) the ambitious project with her team and with input from Organics Evolution Kinesis Australia and 100% Renewables. Inner West 2018/2019 In the current climate emergency and requirements for new Council Transition to a Zero land use planning priorities for Greater Sydney, Inner West Waste Community Council commenced Investigations into the creation low EPA / NSW 2018/2019 carbon communities. In partnership with Kinesis Australia IWC Treasury / Resource Recovery hosted a workshop and developed an initial scoping report on Inner West Partnerships what a low carbon community would look like. Participants Council included the Environment Commissioner from the Greater Sydney Commission, NSW DPIE, Open Cities. Up to 40% of materials sent to landfill from households is organic material from food and garden waste. Even greater amounts come from the commercial sector in food, fats, oils and greases. Inner West Council In partnership with Institute for Sustainable Futures (UTS) started this project to gather essential data on organics. The project mapped organic outputs across the Inner West, transport of materials will use this data to plan for a more sustainable organics future. Inner West Council came into being in 2016 following the amalgamation of Marrickville, Ashfield and Leichhardt councils. To become a single council required a review of all services. This combined with the International ban on recycled materials, changes to organic management in NSW and increased community awareness of waste provided the opportunity to completely review the services provided by the Inner West Council so that a zero-waste target could be reached. A Transition Plan was required to shift the organisation from business as usual operations to services that maxmised recovery of materials, supported the community to reduce reuse and recycle and delivered value for money. In the wake of the China National Sword policy the NSW EPA and Treasury were seeking partners in a project to review the commercial arrangements ween local government and industry for the processing of recyclables. This project involved a complete review of processes and outcomes to • establish a new commercial framework for local government recycling processing procurement and contract management, and • pilot the new framework in IWC. m 0419 460 072 e [email protected] w www.alluvium.com.au
Dr Paul Maxwell Education and training PhD (Ecological resilience) Griffith University, 2014 Bachelor of Science (Honours, 1st Class) University of Queensland, 1999 Industry affiliations University of Queensland, Adjunct Associate Professor Griffith University, Adjunct Australian Marine Sciences Association Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation The Moreton Bay Foundation (Research Advisory Committee) Paul is a coastal ecologist with 20 years experience working for state government, universities and not-for- profit organisations. He has extensive project management experience in habitat management and assessment; water quality and river health management; water resource management; monitoring and evaluation; science translation and communication; landscape scale assessment and monitoring and stakeholder and community engagement. Paul has a PhD in the application of ecological resilience theory to the assessment and restoration of coastal ecosystems. Paul has extensive experience in developing and implementing environmental, social and economic monitoring and research programs across Australia for local councils, natural resource management organisations and water utilities. He has most recently been responsible for the complete evaluation and redesign of the multi- million-dollar Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program (EHMP) and SEQ Catchment Report Card, one of Australia’s most comprehensive catchment monitoring and report card programs. The outcome was one of the first examples in Australia of a truly integrated environmental, social and economic monitoring program focussed on improving the health of waterways. Throughout his career, Paul has maintained an active research profile by partnering with universities and industry collaborators nationally and internationally. He has been involved in a diverse range of research projects which has led to extensive publications in top-tier journals in the fields of environmental management, ecological resilience, biodiversity conservation, environmental chemistry and marine and freshwater ecology. His research and monitoring outputs have directly influenced state and local government policies. Paul is recognised for his excellent communication and interpersonal skills developed through many years of professional experience in co-ordinating challenging multi-organisational partnership programs and facilitating and chairing professional and scientific advisory groups. He is a member of the Monitoring and Evaluation Scientific Expert Panel for Healthy Land and Water, the Research and Advisory Committee for The Moreton Bay Foundation and the Resilient Rivers Blueprint Expert Panel for the International River Foundation. He regularly facilitates multi-disciplinary workshops that bring together stakeholders with diverse agendas to focus on common NRM outcomes. Key skill areas • Coastal and estuarine habitat assessment • Research project management & coordination • Strong project management skills and • Environmental, social and economic experience monitoring and reporting framework • NRM program development, implementation development • Program/project design, management and and evaluation evaluation • Stakeholder engagement and communication • River health and waterways management m. 0432 981 028 e. [email protected] w. www.ecofutures.com.au
Key projects Description Role Client Year Analyse and evaluate 15 years of the Council’s waterway Project Brisbane City 2021 Project health monitoring program. Evaluation of the program manager Council structure led to a redesign of the program’s framework 2020 - Brisbane City Project Burnett Mary 2021 Council Local Design of a monitoring and reporting framework aligning manager NRM 2020- Waterway Health with Reef 2050 targets and Regional WQIP and NRM Plans City of Gold Coast 2021 Monitoring Project 2020- Program Evaluated 31 management options available to City of Gold manager Terrain 2021 Evaluation Coast for mitigating cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Hugh Munts, a man-made lake in the canal estates of the coast. Project Sunshine Coast 2020 Burnett Mary Analyse and evaluate 2 years of data from a high efficiency manager Council regional Group sediment basin designed to mitigate sediment run-off from 2014- Report Card agriculture. Provided recommendations for improvement to Project Healthy Land and 2020 the design of the program. manager Water 2014- Lake Hugh Muntz Facilitated a workshop to evaluate the Pumicestone Passage Healthy Land and 2020 Management Plan Catchment Action Plan to establish gaps and opportunities Program Water 2009 for the updated plan Director Seqwater Terrain Wet 2010 Tropics evaluation One of the longest running integrated environmental, social Program Great Lakes of a high efficiency and economic catchment monitoring programs in Australia Director Council 2019- sediment basin International 2020 Re-design and implementation of the annual report card of Project River Foundation Facilitation - catchment health in south east Queensland. Required Manager 2017- Pumicestone extensive engagement and collaboration with stakeholders. Healthy Land and 2018 Passage Developed a monitoring, reporting and evaluation program Project Water, Seqwater 2017- Catchment Action for Seqwater’s three largest water storages Manager Healthy Land and 2018 Plan Evaluation Water Assisting Council with the development of a reporting and Independent 2016- Ecosystem Health evaluation program including a Report Card for release to the Advisor Griffith University 2020 Monitoring public Program Assisting the International River Foundation to develop a Project University of 2015- Blueprint for incorporating resilience into River Basin Manager Sunshine Coast 2016 SEQ Catchment Management Plans and Griffith Report Card Independent University Developed a collaborative research project between Healthy Advisor Seqwater Water Land and Water, Alluvium and Seqwater to evaluate Storage Report sediment sources and risks in SEQ catchments Partner Card Advised on the redesign of the Great Barrier Reef Seagrass Investigator Monitoring Program as part of the Reef 2050 Review Great Lakes Project Council (NSW) ARC Linkage project with Griffith University to better Manager Report Card understand the fate of organic nitrogen from riparian vegetation. The project lead to better calibration of International River catchment models Foundation Collaboration with Uni of Sunshine Coast and Griffith Resilient Rivers University to assess how catchment land uses and habitat Blueprint availability affects fish in estuaries Integrated Sediment Assessment in SEQ Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program Redesign Will catchment revegetation cause unintended consequences? Assessing the land use and seascape drivers of estuarine fish assemblages m. 0432 981 028 e. [email protected] w. www.ecofutures.com.au
Jim Binney - Director Education and training: Bachelor of Business (Finance), 1994 Bachelor of Economics (Honours), 1997 Jim is a resource and environmental economic practitioner with over 22 years’ of postgraduate experience. A major focus of his work is the integration of environmental values into mainstream decision making and investment. Jim has experience across a broad range of resource and environmental management issues including water management (allocations, urban and rural infrastructure investment, water use efficiency, water quality, and stormwater), catchment management, economic analysis of natural disasters, climate change, coastal management, vegetation management, biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development, waste management, development policy, impacts of resource development projects, and natural capital valuation. Jim has undertaken consulting assignments in all states and territories across Australia as well as numerous international assignments in Tuvalu, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, China, Federated State of Micronesia, Myanmar, and for multinational organisations (e.g. SPREP, UN, FAO, OECD, GIZ). Prior to commencing his consulting career in 2006, Jim was the Director of Economics for the Department of Natural Resources in Queensland Australia. In addition to his consulting work Jim is also a Board Member of Queensland Trust for Nature and has previously been the Economic Advisor on the Queensland Water Minister’s Expert Panel. Key skill areas include: • Economic assessment (CBA, CEA) of water • Gateway reviews. projects, agricultural development, natural resource management, and • Analysis and design of market-based climate change options. instruments for natural resource and environmental management. • Economic regulation of water infrastructure and associated service • Program and project management and charges. review. • Non-market valuation. • Infrastructure and regional development. • Economic and social impact assessment. • Multidisciplinary research and policy development. • Reviewing institutional and policy arrangements for natural resource, • Development economics. environmental and sectorial management. • Capacity building and training. • Economics of land management. • Cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural project management and communication m 0407 032 552 e [email protected] w www.nceconomics.com
Relevant projects: Regulatory Impact assessment (confidential), for DELWP. 2019. Regulatory and Economic analysis of cost-sharing for the Burdekin Falls Dam upgrade, for Lower pricing projects Burdekin Water. 2019. Design of groundwater management levy for the Burdekin Groundwater Strategy, for DNRME. 2019. Provision of economic inputs and advice to Lower Burdekin Water for the QCA’s 2020- 2024 pricing review, for Lower Burdekin Water. 2019. Financing options for Warrens Gully pumping station augmentation, for Lower Burdekin Water. 2016. Water Pricing review, for Lower Burdekin Water. 2014. Research and development of a discussion paper on the introduction of stormwater water quality offsets, for Healthy Waterways Ltd. 2014. Mainstreaming ecosystem services into core business – opportunities and constraints, for Coliban Water. 2013. Business case for investment in WSUD, for the City of Casey. 2013. Measuring the regulatory burden of Water Sensitive Urban Design requirements in SEQ, for the Queensland Office of Best Practice Regulation. 2012. Economic evaluation of rainwater tanks in Queensland, for the Master Builders Association – Queensland. 2012. Identification and analysis of externalities associated with urban water management, for the Brisbane City Council. 2009. Example projects – Costs of achieving the water quality targets for the Great Barrier Reef. For the water services, Queensland Chief Scientist. 2016. watershed investment and Reef Trust – alternative financing and investment models, for the Department of water policy Environment. 2015. Realising the Reef Trust – concepts, options and opportunities, for WWF International and Griffith University. 2014. Economic and social drivers of change in the GBR, for the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. 2013. Sharing the load: A collaborative approach to investing in South East Queensland’s waterways, for CEO’s Committee for NRM. 2012. Economic and social aspects of changes to water quality management in the Fitzroy Basin, for the Department of Environment and Resource Management. 2010. Integrated water cycle investment framework, for Brisbane City Council and the National Water Commission. 2010. Economic and social impacts of Water Quality Improvements Plans in the Great Barrier Reef Catchments, for the Department of Environment and Resource Management. 2009. Business case for water sensitive urban design, for the SEQ Healthy Waterways Partnership. 2009. m 0407 032 552 e [email protected] w www.nceconomics.com
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