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Brisbane City, QLD, AU

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Southbank

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, Australia

LMA is a business focussed on the development of people – using proven and highly effective processes to obtain measurable results and a clear return on investment for both the individual and organisation. As part of the LMA TKM Group in Brisbane, I provide tailored coaching and mentoring to managers and executives of companies such as Airbus, Queensland.

Brisbane, Australia

Brisbane, Australia

• Earthtrade is a small business providing brokerage services for environmental offsets under both Local, State and Commonwealth legislative frameworks. In this key role I provided strategic, policy, legal briefings and.
• Presenting to the 2016 annual conference for the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand on behalf of Earthtrade and co-author of National Environmental Law Association Conference (2015) paper ‘Realising the.
• Providing strategic advice on opportunities to expand their business through amalgamation of offset arrangements
• Provision of briefings on implications of recent legislative changes to environmental offsets including associated reviews of Commonwealth Environmental legislation
• Undertaking a critique of technical reports and audit for compliance with approval conditions (State and Commonwealth level)

Brisbane, Australia

Comprising one of the most significant reviews of the State’s water resources legislative frameworks, I had oversight of several work streams and over 26 discrete projects addressing interdependencies, risks, governance, business reform, change and communication across the entire Water Portfolio to ensure achievement of benefits and mitigation of risks..

Brisbane

• Significant achievements from my leadership of the Strategic Policy Unit included:
• A complex analysis of the entire Queensland State Water Resource Plans and Resource Operations Plans which delivered options for the removal of unnecessary red tape and provided draft ‘mock up’ instruments and an.
• Direct input, supervision and advice to team members working on reform of the Water Act 2000. Reform topics included Special Agreement Acts, small scale and low risk activities, groundwater, watercourse determinations.
• Development and delivery of awareness sessions for all water policy staff on how to ensure minimum regulatory burden requirements
• Design and delivery of workshops and forums with regional senior staff in relation to proposed changes to reduce regulatory requirements
• Delivery of legislative reforms with Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR) where DNRM was successful in not having to prepare a Regulatory Impact Assessment (a first for the business since OBPR was established)

Brisbane

• Leading a team of ten staff and engaging with several regionally based experts, we developed groundwater baseline assessments and delivered against existing targets. In this role, I:
• attended and provided input and advice into working group forums on the Murray Darling Basin Plan (MDBP)
• coordinated and progressed legislative amendments to Queensland legislation to align with Commonwealth requirements
• prepared and facilitated workshops, meetings and forums across affected agencies and with Commonwealth representativesAchievements:
• Represented Queensland Government during Commonwealth forums relating to the MDBP
• Negotiated the MDBP which led to implementation of initiative requirements with minimal changes to existing process and procedures.

Brisbane

• As Project Manager I was responsible for delivering the Rewards Based Tariff Trial, using the new smart meter technology, across both ENERGEX and Ergon Energy. This was the largest trial of its kind at that time, and.
• Recipient of Energex Excellence Award for delivery of the project despite major flooding and extreme weather events in trial areas (Cairns, Toowoomba and Brisbane)
• Obtained over a 20% improvement in the volume of meter installations for the project through appropriate contract management.

Brisbane

As Principal Lawyer, I had carriage of Munya Lakes Supreme Court Judicial Review action for $20 million in damages. I also reviewed legal advices prepared by team members and providing strategic options analysis. Achievements in this role included representation of the State's interests in a range of legal forums, provision of strategic legal briefings to.

Certificate Iv In Leadership And Management, Business

Results Based Coaching System

coaching system based on the science of how the brain works

Brain Based Converstation Skills Certification

Diploma Of Management And Leadership

equivalent to Advanced Diploma in Business Management

Mediation Skills Training

Admitted As A Solicitor Of The Supreme Court

Grad Dip Legal Professional Practice, Graduate Diploma, Legal Practice

Llb Law/ Bsc (Environmental Science), Law And Science, Hons Div 2A

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