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Engaging Indigenous people within Higher Ed

CQUniversity's Office of Indigenous Engagement recently hosted a visit from the Oodgeroo Unit of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), at Rockhampton Campus.

Professor Anita Lee Hong, Director of the Oodgeroo Unit, and Lone Pearce, Project Officer, met with Office of Indigenous Engagement staff to discuss employment issues and best practice models for engaging Indigenous people within the higher education sector, including governance matters.

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Coal industry specialists converge on campus 

Published on 14 June, 2011 

CQUniversity Rockhampton has again hosted coal industry specialists from across Queensland for their biennial two-day meeting.

The specialists have been attending the Combined Bowen Basin Geologists' Group & ACARP (Australian Coal Association Research Program) Meeting last week (Thursday and Friday).

PhotoID:10981, Specialists gathered included L-R Joan Esterle (BBGG Secretary); Todd Harrington (BBGG Chairman); Roger Wischusen (ACARP); Wes Nichols (Geological Society of Australia, Coal Geology Group Chairman) and Col Greensill (CQUni)
Specialists gathered included L-R Joan Esterle (BBGG Secretary); Todd Harrington (BBGG Chairman); Roger Wischusen (ACARP); Wes Nichols (Geological Society of Australia, Coal Geology Group Chairman) and Col Greensill (CQUni)

BBGG secretary Joan Esterle said day one was focused on geophysical tools for characterisation of rock mass, to identify and mitigate hazards in open cut and underground mines.

Day two's focus is on improving the quantification and reporting of fugitive emission and green house gases from open cut mines, preparing for the Carbon Price Reduction Scheme.

Dr Esterle says the two-day gathering also has an AGM function, with election of office bearers.

"The event enables report backs from ACARP projects which are active or recently completed," she said.

ACARP is a company established by the coal industry  to research,  develop and demonstrate technologies that lead to the safe, sustainable production and utilisation of coal.

These projects cover:

  • Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
  • Safety & Occupational Health
  • Environment & Rehabilitation of Mined Land
  • Community Concerns & Land Access
  • Cost of Production
  • Technical Support for Marketing Australian Coals
  • Sustainable Use of Coal