News

5 May 2016

With the recent and welcome focus on liveable and prosperous cities in Australia – let’s not forget our many thriving regional communities – you could be forgiven for thinking we are on the cusp of rolling out great visions and strategies for green urban corridors, urban habitats and canopy.

4 April 2016

WSAA is in the business of sharing and collaboration. So it wasn’t too much of a stretch to say ‘yes’ when the Japan Water Works Association (JWWA) asked WSAA to host a delegation of Japanese water utility executives.

18 February 2016

Congratulations to the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) for organising a thought provoking, alliance building, and soul searching symposium in Parliament House on progressing a Living Cities agenda in Australia. Following quickly on the heels of Minister Hunt’s game changing speech from the 18 January on the Federal Government’s priority to ‘green’ cities and increase urban habitat and canopy coverage.

21 January 2016

The early rise was more than compensated for by the very open, honest and engaging presentations by six very impressive panellists. Melissa Meeker (Executive Director, WateReuse, US), Cynthia Mitchell (Deputy Director, Institute of Sustainable Futures), Karlene Maywald (Strategic Adviser, Water Opportunities and former Minister for Water Security in South Australia), Anne Barker (Managing Director, City West Water), Leith Boully (Board Chair, Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence), and Sue Murphy (CEO, Water Corporation) shared openly the highs and lows of their careers and how they successfully balanced family and work. The morning was MC’ed by Louise Dudley, WSAA’s Chair and MD of Queensland Urban Utilities, and there was great discussion between the panellists, and with the audience.

16 December 2015

And so it’s goodbye to 2015! While the year may have passed quickly there has been a lot achieved through the Board, Board Committees and Networks at WSAA and I thank the WSAA staff and our members for another great year. I’m very proud of the WSAA staff who continue to do their best to plan and coordinate ‘value-filled’ programs, but who are also very frequently travelling away from their families to run workshops and participate in meetings.