More about our Advisory Board members
Phil Duncan
Some of Phil's involvements past and present:
Murray Darling Basin Authority - Community Stakeholder Taskforce (Current)
· Murray Darling Basin Authority - Demonstration Reach Advisory Committee (Current)
· Inaugural Chair – DECC Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee (2005 – 2006)
· NSW State Water Management Advisory Committee (2002 – 2003)
· NSW DPI Indigenous Fisheries Strategy Working Group (2002 – 2003)
· NSW Wetlands Advisory Committee (2002 – 2003)
· NSW AGD Redfern Waterloo Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee (Past)
· Pearlers Netball Club Executive Committee (Current)
· Coach Randwick Netball Association State Championship [Over 40’s] (2008 – 2009)
· Manager Under 16 Years NSW Aboriginal Rugby League Team (2005 – 2009)
NSW Rugby League Academy Indigenous Advisory Committee (2005 – 2009)
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Jim Barret
jimb[a]grapevine.com.au
Jim Barrett was the founding Director of the Native Fish Strategy (NFS) for the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), which is a 50 year plan supported by six governments to rehabilitate native fish populations, which are estimated to have declined to 10% of their levels in the last 200 years.
Prior to this he coordinated a National Management Strategy for Carp Control, and also co-authored a national research plan for carp control and a guide to enable regional community groups to prioritise carp management activities in their own catchment.
Jim has also managed national programs on feral animals, wildlife management, and a comprehensive reserve system for Australia. He co-conducted a Review into the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982, and participated in on-ground initiatives to band migratory birds, tag turtle and eradicate rats on Australia’s small island territories.
As Director of the NFS, he has authored numerous papers on carp and other invasive fish in the MDB; the provision of fishways (including a program nearing completion that will provide 2500km of continuous fish passage along the Murray river); and the design and implementation of large-scale rehabilitation reaches.
Since leaving the Murray-Darling Basin Authority in 2010, Jim is continuing his interest in natural resource management issues both as a private consultant and as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Institute of Applied Ecology.