Experience

National Centre for Farmer Health

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Sep 2022 - Present

• • Mar 2021 - Sep 2022



Federation University Australia

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Mar 2017 - Present

• • Dec 2016 - Jan 2021

  The Rural Institute for Social and Economic Research (RISER) is a world-class think tank to link rural research with tangible and commercial outcomes to drive economic development in the region. With investment from Federation University, the Wimmera Development Association, Regional Development Victoria and Regional Development Australia Grampians region, RISER is positioned to transform rural research from "papers" to productivity.



Rural Researcher

• Preliminary candidate for PhD



The Dunstan Plantation & Farm Events

• Telangatuk East, Victoria

• Co-Founder, Manager of Business & Projects

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  Farm Events is a user-generated website for farming and land management events, but is currently on the back burner as I return to full time study. The Dunstan Plantation continues to offer row crop planter and machinery hire, together with limited consultancy and project management. This company is owned by farmers, for farmers. Farm Events is a user-generated website for farming and land management events, but is currently on the back burner as I return to full time study. The Dunstan Plantation continues to offer row crop planter and machinery hire, together with limited consultancy and project management. This company is owned by farmers, for farmers.



Victorian Catchment Management Council

• Melbourne, Australia

• Council Member

  • Nov 2015 - Present

  The Victorian Catchment Management Council (VCMC) is the State Government’s key advisory body on catchment management. As an independent, expert body, the Council is well placed to influence change in working towards its vision for catchment management in Victoria, taking a statewide, long-term and strategic view. The Victorian Catchment Management Council (VCMC) is the State Government’s key advisory body on catchment management. As an independent, expert body, the Council is well placed to influence change in working towards its vision for catchment management in Victoria, taking a statewide, long-term and strategic view.



Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member, Interdepartmental Reference Group for Victorian Rural Drainage Strategy

  • Feb 2016 - Present



Victorian Department of Primary Industries

• Assistant Project Officer

  • 2009 - 2010



The University of Melbourne

• Course Coordinator

  • Mar 2004 - Apr 2008

  I primarily coordinated the training and education of 40 farm apprentices across western Victoria, together with classroom delivery of Whole Farm Planning, Communications, Report Writing and Liaising with Local Media to full time tertiary students. I primarily coordinated the training and education of 40 farm apprentices across western Victoria, together with classroom delivery of Whole Farm Planning, Communications, Report Writing and Liaising with Local Media to full time tertiary students.



Central Western Regional Development Board

• Cowra, New South Wales

• Lachlan Farm Forestry Project Officer

  • Jan 2000 - Nov 2003

  The Lachlan Farm Forestry Project was funded by NHT to demonstrate the viability of farm forestry for economic development in the Central West of NSW. In three years, 50 ha of randomized plot design trials were planted to indigenous species, with the characteristics and potential for future woodlot forestry production. The trial sites were strategically selected for the mitigation of salinity. The Lachlan Farm Forestry Project was funded by NHT to demonstrate the viability of farm forestry for economic development in the Central West of NSW. In three years, 50 ha of randomized plot design trials were planted to indigenous species, with the characteristics and potential for future woodlot forestry production. The trial sites were strategically selected for the mitigation of salinity.