Regenerative Rangelands Forum, 20 -21 April, Longreach Director, David and Indigenous Entrepreneur in Residence, Darryl attended the Regenerative Rangelands Forum in Longreach on the 20-21 April where the focus was on building drought resilience through soil and pasture health, biodiversity, productivity, natural capital and tapping in other emerging markets. The
There is lots of news below, so I will keep my update brief as we wind down for the year. On that note, we will have limited staff on board from the 20th December until the 10th of January next year. However, one of the team will be checking the
Node Leaders Planning Day, 30 November Following on from the Network Partners Planning Day, we held a Hub and Node Planning day on the 30th of November 2021. Similar to the roving ideas storms, we used Conversation Stations to hold one on one Node/Activity Lead chats where each Activity Lead
Network Partners Planning Day, 16 November Approximately 45 people attended the recent Network Partners Planning day on the 16th November 2021. This was the first opportunity for the Network Partners to come together and provide input into the Node activity planning. While we held the first meeting in a face
Northern Australia Indigenous Datathon, 5-9 November The TNQ Drought Hub was proud to be a sponsor for the Northern Australia Indigenous Datathon. Developed by Entrepreneur in Residence, Darryl Lyons, the2-day event held at the Nguma-bada Campus, James Cook University, Cairns that brought together a diverse group of data professionals, indigenous
AgTech21 Emerald, 3 November The Central Highlands Development Corporation (CHDC) hosted the AgFrontier AgTech21: Build it, Use it, Profit, a major biennial innovation and technology event for the Australian agricultural community. The event brought together the smartest minds at the intersection of agriculture, machinery and technology to explore the future
This past month has seen the first meetings with the Node Leaders, beginning with the Gulf Savannah Node led by the Gulf Savannah NRM (formerly Northern Gulf Resource Management Group, then with the Burdekin Node (led by NQ Dry Tropics), Gulf of Carpentaria Node (led by Southern Gulf NRM), the
Fly in Morning Tea at Donnington Airfield Rachel and Simon attended the Fly in Morning Tea at Donnington Airfield to introduce the TNQ Drought Hub to the local Burdekin Node community. There was around 30 people in attendance and we were able to talk directly to 12 producers on the
Second Indigenous Local Government Disaster Resilience Forum, 7 October Simon and Rachel attended the Second Indigenous Local Government Disaster Resilience Forum Thursday 7 October 2021 in Cairns. It was interesting to hear about the water and food security issues in the Cape and what is being done to solve them