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Water Futures: Local Communities Leading Change
Explore how local communities in the Murray–Darling Basin can turn conflict into a driver for water justice, collaboration, and lasting change.
About
Join our expert panel as they discuss how communities can shape their own water futures. The panel will present their research on:
• What supports community action on their own water futures,
• How community-led change is possible in a complex system like the Murray-Darling Basin.
From case studies, the panel will demonstrate that communities care deeply about place and the future, and that they are adaptable, interconnected and dynamic.
Presenters
Margot Rawsthorne
University of Sydney
Associate Professor Margot Rawsthorne has lectured in community development with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney since 2005. Her research has focused on the experie... Read more
Kelsy Burns
One Basin CRC
Kelsy is a PhD student from the University of Sydney based in Mildura, who is examining divergent perspectives in governance of sites within the Murray–Darling Basin and how these are navigated to b... Read more
Panel Members
Julie Ahrens
Our Town Berri
Julie is the Community Steward for community led, place based Berri charity, Our Town Berri.
She is a passionate volunteer and social innovator in her community, who leads others to look at... Read more
Neville Crossman
One Basin CRC
Dr Neville Crossman has over 20 years of experience working at the interface of research and policy for managing land, water and biodiversity in agricultural systems.
His career has spanned the res... Read more
