AWARDS PROGRAM 2019

TIME 5.00 pm Drinks and canapes FORUM2019 5.30 pm Presentation of the Ipswich Enviro Awards Winners

6.00 pm Hear from award winning director of the documentary ‘2040’, Damon Gameau Our wildlife

7.00 pm Close

DAMON GAMEAU Damon Gameau is an Australian actor and director. He has starred in several feature films, including Rolf De Heer’s critically acclaimed THE TRACKER, Darren Ashton’s THUNDERSTRUCK and RAZZLE DAZZLE, Robert Connolly’s BALIBO opposite Anthony LaPaglia, PATRICK with Rachel Griffiths and Charles Dance and SAVE YOUR LEGS! with Stephen Curry and . Damon’s performance in BALIBO earned him and AFI Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His television credits include , HOWZAT, , PUBERTY BLUES, SECRETS AND LIES, GALLIPOLI and THE KETTERING INCIDENT. As a director he wrote, directed and performed vocals for the 2011 winning short film, ANIMAL BEATBOX, which has now played at over 25 festivals worldwide. He was also a finalist in 2010 with his film, ONE, which he co-directed with Gareth Davies. THAT SUGAR FILM was Damon’s first feature length film as a director and won Best Documentary at the Australian AACTA awards and was a hit at the Australian box office. THAT SUGAR BOOK is his first published book.

Thank You Thank you for attending EnviroForum 2019. Thanks to our local and nearby organisations enabling Ultimately we are all neighbours and can all connect to protect and connected neighbourhoods: grow in urban and natural environments. You have received a free plant today and once planted will bring new and colourful friends to  Native Plants Queensland your neighbourhood.  Ipswich Koala Protection Society EnviroForum is part of Sustainable Ipswich Week where you can live,  Bat Rescue eat and play the sustainable way. For more events and sustainable  living information visit Ipswich.qld.gov/sustainableipswichweek  Pollinator Links Share your sustainability actions which protect our wildlife Ipswich.qld.gov.au/enviroforum neighbours #sustainableipswich FORUM PROGRAM SPEAKERS DR GILLIAN PAXTON 2019 School of Social Science, University of Queensland / Queensland Department of Environment and Science Gillian is an environmental anthropologist with an interest in what she likes to call ‘wildlife TIME SESSION SPEAKER diplomacy’: non-violent ways to manage our relationships with those not-so-rare wildlife species. She is an adjunct research fellow at the UQ School of Social Science and also works 1.15 pm Registration Open as a senior social scientist with the Queensland Department of Environment and Science. 1.30 pm Welcome TAMIELLE BRUNT 1.45 pm Wild Urban Companions: Presented by Dr Gillian Paxton Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland Living with common native wildlife How do we live with wildlife and can we negotiate how to live together in the one environment so that we all thrive? Tamielle is a PhD Candidate at the University of Queensland, studying platypus populations within south-east Queensland. Tamielle is also an assistant project officer at the Wildlife 2.15 pm Who are our wildlife neighbours We will discuss: Preservation Society of Queensland (WPSQ), running their PlatypusWatch Network, and how do I value them? 1. Who are our neighbours? including the implementation of the environmental DNA program, which has completed its 2. What do we value about our natural areas? fourth year of sampling. 3. How can we live as neighbours? Tamielle hopes her research will increase the conservation status of this iconic species and 2.40 pm Afternoon Tea overall enhance the protection of freshwater waterways within the region.

Presented by Tamielle Brunt and Tim Shields 3.10 pm Discovery through DNA TIM SHIELDS Practical implementation of using DNA to research and protect Ipswich City Council the platypus. As Planning Officer (Biodiversity) with Ipswich City Council, Tim has worked on a number of varied projects from 3.40 pm Supporting community Presented by Nicole Bray conservation planning and management programs for threatened species, city-wide conservation planning and conservation efforts How can we support each other to live with our wildlife contributing to state and local policy reviews. In under 5 years, Tim has developed and overseen implementation neighbours? of the Brush tailed rock wallaby Recovery Plan, Councils Koala Conservation and Habitat Management Plan, Flying-fox Roost Management Plan, Ipswich’s Significant Local Species Project, Pest Animal Management 4.10 pm What does your neighbourhood Hear from some of our established groups and organisations Framework, Fauna Infrastructure Priority Mapping and co-produced Councils Conservation Works prioritization watch look like? who currently work in our neighbourhoods: framework for Natural Areas.  Ipswich Koala Protection Society  Native Plants Queensland – Ipswich Branch  Bat Rescue NICOLE BRAY  Pollinator Links Ipswich City Council Nicole is a fresh face at Council, starting as the new Community Partnerships Officer in April. She is passionate 4.45 pm Networking Please enjoy the afternoon sharing your stories and meeting about communities building climate resilience together through environmental projects and has lead the roll-out new neighbours. of the new Bushcare and Parkcare program. Nicole will be talking about the difference Bushcare projects make and how you can get involved.

Our wildlife neighbours