Details about the award can be found on our website, but essentially it is about recognising those people who provide a brightness and optimism amongst the ‘blue’ that tends to dominate many of our work environments.

Please take the time to have a think about someone you think is worthy and get in touch with me via email.  I look forward to hearing from you,  Siwan

The Report provides a  comprehensive analysis of the interactions between climate change policy and water policy across seven key sectors that supply water, use water or otherwise affect water policy. These were urban water, rural water, the environment, agriculture, electricity generation, forestry and mining.  An assessment framework was used to identify and assess the potential impacts on water resources and service provision of:

• climate change mitigation policies or actions designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• climate change adaptation policies or actions designed to better manage the impacts and/or risks associated with climate change.

Based on this assessment, the report makes five overarching recommendations to address areas where improvement is warranted. They focus on areas assessed to be priorities because of the high ‘materiality of climate change related impacts, and because current policy settings may be insufficient to deal with changes brought about by climate change. Each recommendation is supported by a number of more detailed actions.  Follow this link to learn more about the  Water policy and climate change in Australia report.

The ‘plumbing’ part of the presentation is all the facts and figures that we tend to get immersed in and which, when not delivered with some ‘poetry’ tends to leave the audience wishing they were somewhere else!  ’Poetry’ is the story, the heart, the inspiration, the ‘why are these facts so important’ part of your presentation – it is what connects the presenter to the audience.

I encourage you to take a look at the full article, and also consider accessing the free videos on storytelling that Gabrielle and Yamini will send to you once you sign up.   Siwan

Now more than ever, it is important that the rec fishing community come together to discuss important issues, share ideas, and develop a vision for a bright future for recreational fishing in Australia.   The National Recreational Fishing Conference 2012 will be held on the Gold Coast between 17-19 August.  The event  is a collaboration between Recfish Australia and the Australian Fishing Trade Association and will be part of a  full week of events and activities relating to recreational fishing.

So join the conversation about the future of rec fishing in Australia, jump on the conference website and register today. I look forward to seeing you there!

Matt Barwick, Recfishing Research Extension Manager

We all benefit from sharing knowledge and expertise, and at the ARRC we are extremely fortunate to have our newly formed ARRC Advisory Council.

We welcome Albert Blair, Leith Boully, Peter Davies, Sandra D’Souza and Ian Rutherfurd to our Council, and thank them for donating their time, thought and energy to the ARRC on a volunteer basis.

To learn more about this group of fantastic people follow this link to our Advisory Council page.

I am hoping that the Advisory Council will provide us with the ‘advice’ we need so that the cartoon accompanying this blog does not occur!!!  Siwan

Water is key to Australia’s long-term productivity and quality of life, which will be underpinned by better understanding and managing it, based on technological innovation and scientific advances  (more here)

Find out about the ground-breaking capabilities of Source for integrated water management and hear from experts on environmental flows, modelling river systems and urban water management at the Source 2012 conference.

Water and environmental management training is also offered on  Thursday 31 May & Friday 1 June, Canberra. Following the Source 2012 conference, eWater presents hands-on professional training courses for water management on the Source modelling platform, stormwater modelling with music, Eco Evidence and the new Eco Tool suite.
Find out more and register

Jo Webb, eWater

It will provide a unique opportunity to learn about the latest science and knowledge in key groundwater areas and gain an understanding of Australia’s groundwater resources.  The workshop will also highlight the future challenges for integrated groundwater management.  There will be time during the workshop for Q&A and panel discussion.

If you have already registered to attend OzWater there is no additional fee for this workshop. However, if you would like to attend this important workshop you will need to register for OzWater.  Registration can be completed at http://www.ozwater.org/registration

The National Water Commission looks forward to meeting you at the workshop.

Sue Aiesi

Melbourne and Sydney workshops are sold out, however, in May there are some spaces for the Perth workshops, and then there are spots free in the June-July events running in Canberra, Newcastle, Brisbane and Adelaide.  I am going to the Canberra workshop to get a refresher ….  Register now.

Siwan