National Drought & North Queensland Flood Response & Recovery Agency visit
The Mulloon Institute was very honoured to welcome the Hon Shane Stone AC QC, Coordinator General of the Federal Government’s National Drought & North Queensland Flood Response & Recovery Agency to view the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative with his team this September.
Peter Hazell (MRI Project Coordinator) points out a feature in the landscape.
To his right are Nico Padovan PSM (NDNQFRRA - Deputy CEO & COO), Hon Shane L Stone AC QC (NDNQFRRA - CG), Carolyn Hall (TMI - CEO), Gary Nairn AO (TMI - Chairman).
They are joined Australian Government staff members.
Shane and the Agency work hand-in-hand with communities, all levels of government, charities and agricultural organisations to support farmers and other rural and regional Australians living through the immediate and longer-term effects of drought and flood. Their aim is to ensure that people and communities are given the support they need to be better prepared for droughts and floods, now and into the future.
Shane has previously visited one of our demonstration farms in North Queensland, but was keen to see our Mulloon Rehydration Initiative (MRI) first-hand and to discuss how we can work together to make Australia’s agricultural lands and people more resilient to weather extremes.
The Mulloon Rehydration Initiative is jointly funded through the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program and is supported by various affiliates.
Representatives from the NDNQFRRA visiting the hilltop pond at Duralla.
The group were taken to Duralla to see the hilltop pond and a freshly installed leaky weir (structure DM2.1, two months old), a more established leaky weir (18 months old) with tree plantings at Westview, and Peter’s Weir at the Home Farm (10+ years old).
We look forward to providing further input into the great work that Shane and his Agency are doing on the ground, right around Australia.
Gary Nairn explaining how scientific monitoring plays an integral role in the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative.