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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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Progress against 'river weed menace' reported 

Published on 17 October, 2008 

Researchers recently (Oct 15) gathered at a Rockhampton forum to report progress in finding the best ways to combat the 'river weed menace'  hymenachne.

Members of the National Hymenachne Management Group, including the National Coordinator, also attended.

PhotoID:6446, With National Hymenachne Management Group Coordinator Rob Cobon (seated) are Dr Susan Kinnear and Dr Leo Duivenvoorden (CQUniversity), Murray Bullock from Fitzroy River Coastal Catchments and Professor John Rolfe (CQUniversity).
With National Hymenachne Management Group Coordinator Rob Cobon (seated) are Dr Susan Kinnear and Dr Leo Duivenvoorden (CQUniversity), Murray Bullock from Fitzroy River Coastal Catchments and Professor John Rolfe (CQUniversity).

Hymenachne is an aquatic Weed of National Significance and has recently been ranked as the number-one priority weed in the Capricorn region by the Fitzroy Basin Weed Management Strategy.

It was this same weed that was flushed out of the river during the floods earlier this year and which ended up on the beaches of the Capricorn Coast.

In 2007, CQUniversity received funding under Land and Water Australia's ‘Defeating the Weed Menace' Program to carry out triple-bottom line research on hymenachne in Central Queensland.

Key researchers involved have been Dr Susan Kinnear, Professor John Rolfe, Dr Jill Windle, Wayne Houston and Dr Leo Duivenvoorden .

The project has focused on the environmental effects of herbicidal sprays and on stakeholder opinions about weed management options and potential control costs for property owners.

CQUniversity's Dr Susan Kinnear said project findings were presented during the forum involving around 40 participants, including landholders and stakeholders.

"Apart from providing the research results, the morning also provided an opportunity to give feedback about the study, to scope areas for further research and to develop further ideas about the future management and control of hymenachne in the CQ region," Dr Kinnear said.

She said that research factsheets and the information package developed by the National Hymenachne Management Group were made available on the day.

This project has involved researchers from CQUniversity's Institute for Sustainable Regional Development (ISRD) and its Centre for Environmental Management.