Speakers

Speaker Date Topic
Adrian & Mandy Campbell Jan 22, 2025 6:00 PM
Road Trip

Adrian & Mandy will share their awesome Adelaide to Darwin trip highlights
Marnie Higgs Jan 29, 2025 6:00 PM
Country Needs People

Marnie will be speaking about Country Needs People and the programs they are involved with.

The Country Needs People campaign is a growing group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians calling on decision-makers to:

  1. Double the number of Indigenous rangers.
  2. Create a fund for ranger training, capacity building, networking and capital costs.
  3. Double the funding for the Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) program. 
  4. Ensure equal employment opportunities for women rangers by 2030. 

Indigenous rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas deliver outstanding success for people and nature. Indigenous land and sea management programs are a contemporary expression of the unbroken and ancient connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to this continent. 
Amadini Perera Feb 05, 2025 6:00 PM
Member Behind the Badge

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Graham Ross Feb 19, 2025 6:00 PM
The Gardiners Creek Catchment....just how important is it?
Graham Ross moved to Australia from Scotland 26 years ago. He was a Director with International Commercial Real Estate company for 12 years before moving to a senior role in a private property investement company. He retired from commercial property in 2020 to study Conservation and Land Management.
Since that change in direction, he formed the KooyongKoot Alliance, now incorporated including over 20 Friends groups from the Gardiners Creek Catchment. He is also a founding member of Rewilding Stonnington a community group focused on reintroducing native plants to nature strips and underutilised spaces. He is also a Member of Back 2 Nettleton Friends Group. He is a board member of both Greenfleet and The South Gippsland Landcare Network, also formed The Deer Control Action Group in South Gippsland, aimed at the strategic control of feral deer in the region. Graham has been a member of Gardiners Creek for over 20 years.
Graham will briefly review the challenges facing our creek catchment and the brief but fast paced evolution of the KooyongKoot Allialance (KKA), made up of over 20 friends groups. He will also talk on the wider Regional Collaboration of 16 stakeholders (Councils Melbourne Water etc) and their collective vision and objectives and an insight into how that collaboration will work together to restore balance to the catchement and care for this tremendously important asset.
Graham could have chosen any football team when he moved to Australia, but settled on St Kilda. Graham does not always choos the easy path!
Lindy Anderson Apr 09, 2025 6:00 PM
Member Behind the Badge

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