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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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CQU role in Yeppoon-Fitzroy pipeline 

Published on 27 February, 2008 

A sod-turning ceremony will be held this Friday (Feb 29) at the Pineapple Patch to mark the beginning of construction of the Yeppoon-Fitzroy pipeline. 

This project will end the coastal community's reliance on water from the Sandy and Waterpark Creeks in the Byfield area.

CQU Associate Professor Kerry Walsh was involved in the Livingstone Shire Environmental Reference Group, which was instrumental in convincing planners of the need for a Fitzroy River to Capricorn Coast water pipeline, and in the successful bid for Federal funding.

A characterisation of the environmental issues (hydrology and biology) related to continued reliance on the Waterpark-Sandy system by French intern student Thomas Aubron, supported by recently retired Associate Professor Jurek Piorewicz, and contract biological survey work by the Centre for Environmental management also supported this bid.

The project is a joint federal, state and local government initiative.

PhotoID:5412, Waterpark Creek
Waterpark Creek

PhotoID:5413, French intern Thomas Aubron
French intern Thomas Aubron