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3: MARCH 2019
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT |
Last month I had the pleasure of attending the Victorian 'Floodies' meeting and workshop in Melbourne and it really encompassed a wide range of issues and projects to share amongst the attendees.
If I heard right, there are 63 projects currently underway with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELPW). The 10 Catchment Management Authorities across the state are dealing with a huge range of matters including development issues, legal challenges, legislative changes, environmental and vegetation guidelines, storm surge, the inheritance of old drainage union systems and many more challenges too numerous to count.
The redevelopment of the Fishermens Bend precinct is the largest urban renewal project in Australia and it is flood prone. This is an amazing project and it will obviously come with some floodplain management challenges. Watch this space!
Matt Allen, Program Manager for DELWP, demonstrated FloodZoom, which is a very impressive tool with an enormous amount of flood data and history for use by CMAs, SES and government agencies across Victoria. Matt's visit to the NSW/ACT Workshop in Sydney was also very much appreciated, and enabled NSW FMA Members to see FloodZoom in action. Also discussed at the workshop was the development by NSW SES of a public website for
Local Government flood data, presented by Elliott Simmons and Duncan McLuckie. Both products are important tools but each with their own different users and purposes.
In the same week, FMA's Queensland Chapter held a workshop entitled 'Risk Based Approach to Flooding within Planning Scheme Instruments'. Led by Queensland Director Dwayne Honor, there were presentations from Toowoomba Regional Council and the Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning, followed by a fantastic Q&A session. The updates by Queensland Reconstruction Authority and the Bureau of Meteorology were particularly timely with TC
Oma occurring at the same time.
In view of a huge array of floodplain management work in Australia, its no wonder we again have a record number of abstracts submitted for our upcoming National Conference from 14-17 May in Canberra.
Also, with so many excellent projects worthy of highlighting, I urge everyone to consider nominating for the FMA-NRMA Insurance Flood Risk Management of the Year and the FMA-Allan Ezzy Flood Risk Manager of the Year awards. The nomination is easy to do, so just contact our Project and Services Coordinator Dominique, who will be pleased to assist you.
And I really look forward to seeing you all in Canberra.
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Ian Dinham | FMA President
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FMA EXCELLENCE AWARDS DEADLINE EXTENDED
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Due to FMA Member request, we have extended the closing deadline for the FMA Excellence Awards by a week to Friday 5 April at 11.59pm.
There is still time for you to prepare and submit your nominations for the FMA-NRMA Insurance Flood Risk Management Project of the Year and the FMA-Allan Ezzy Flood Risk Manager of the Year awards.
The nomination process is simple and the Awards are an unparalleled opportunity for you to showcase the hard work you (and your colleagues) have put in over the past twelve months.
The winners will take stage at the FMA Conference Gala Dinner held at the prestigious Old Parliament House and be presented with prizes that include:
You still have until Friday 5 April at 11.59pm to lodge your nominations (we encourage you to submit nominations in both categories), so get started now.
To download the information sheets and nomination forms, visit floods.org.au/ea.
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FMA CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED
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FMA is pleased to announce that our second Keynote Speaker at the FMA National Conference will be K. Harald Dragar, President of the International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS).
TIEMS was founded in Washington, USA, in 1993, and is registered as an international, independent, not for profit NGO in Belgium.
Mr Dragar is the Managing Director of QUASAR Invest AS in Norway, a consultancy in global safety, emergency and disaster management. He has done consultancy work for numerous clients internationally, including the World Bank/International Finance Corporation, NATO and the European Commission.
He was appointed Professor Chair for 4 years in 2014 at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Visiting Professor at North Western University in Xian in China in 2016 for 2 years.
Harald was one of the founders of TIEMS in 1994, and was the International Vice President until 2002, when he became TIEMS President.
As many of you would know, Neil Dufty, Principal of FMA Corporate Member Molino Stewart, is TIEMS’ Regional Director for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania and compiles the informative weekly email newsfeed “This Week in Disaster
Resilience”.
We are looking forward to Harald’s insights into emergency management around the world.
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UPDATED ARR2016 ADVICE FROM OEH + WORKSHOP INFO
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PRESIDENT SUPPORTS QLD FLOOD APPEAL
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Pictured: Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and FMA President Ian Dinham at the 2019 Queensland Parliament Flood Appeal in Brisbane.
FMA President Ian Dinham was among 500 attendees at a reception in Brisbane on 28 March to support the 2019 Queensland Parliament Flood Appeal.
Participants included Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington, agency and business representatives and members of the Flood Community of Practice.
Mr Dinham said that as well as raising much needed funds for flood affected people of Townsville and rural communities across the north-west, the function brought together a wide range of stakeholders involved in flood management, response and recovery in Queensland.
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NATIONAL CENTRE FOR FLOOD RESEARCH INVITATION
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Southern Cross University's National Centre for Flood Research is participating in development of a research proposal to examine how citizen science can be used to improve flood modelling. The Centre is collaborating with the University of Exeter, and the proposal overall is being coordinated by the University of
Thessaly, Greece. Funding is being sought from the European Union's Horizon 2020 program.
The Centre is looking for people who may be interested in participating on the External Advisory Board for this project.
The CORAL (Citizen science fOr Resilience and cApacity building to fLood related hazards) project will engage citizens with methodologies and tools to collect more detailed/accurate field information, feeding into the flood modelling tool to analyse the consequences of flooding. The results will be fed back to citizens for validation and to ensure that the model can appropriately
simulate flood scenarios. The project will involve Australian case studies to provide a Southern Hemisphere comparison.
For more information on how you can participate, please contact Professor Caroline Sullivan, Establishment Director, the National Centre for Flood Research.
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FMA would like to welcome it's newest Members this month, Jeremy Benn Pacific, Water Modelling Solutions and two Professional Members.
Jeremy Benn Pacific are a group of extreme weather risk management professionals. They are a combination of scientists, engineers, hydrologists, meteorologists and software developers working towards the sustainable and safe use of the natural environment. To find out more, visit jbpacific.com.au
Water Modelling Solutions is a small engineering firm on a mission to drive the development of water engineering globally. For more information, visit watermodelling.com.au.
As is custom, we do not circulate Professional Members' details however we are incredible honoured you have joined our ranks and look forward to having you join us at our upcoming Conference in May.
FMA Members receive discounted registrations to the Annual FMA Conferences, so if you are interested in joining Australia's largest network of flood risk professionals AND saving money off your registration, visit floods.org.au to find out how to join now.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS |
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NO CURRENT POSITIONS
If you are interested in promoting a vacant position with us, please contact us.
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SEEKING INTERNSHIPS
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FMA has been approached by two students studying water management at the Rotterdam University of Applied Science.
For the third year of their Course they are seeking internships to gain international work experience in floodplain management. The internships would be for four months, from September to December 2019.
Coming from a country that spends 97% of its flood related expenditure on prevention and only 3% on recovery they could provide some valuable input to Australian flood risk management activities.
If you may be able to assist one or both students please contact Glenn Evans for more information: [email protected].
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Pictured: Daughter of Dominique Jovanovic (FMA Project and Services Coordinator) enjoying her FMA Cap whilst attempting to free bunnies from a local petting zoo.
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