Media Reports and Articles
REGIONAL NATURAL ASSETS & SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE
Update by: Travis Sydes, Regional Strategic Infrastructure Coordinator Natural Assets and Sustainability - December 2024 In the final months of 2024, we have been busy working with Councils on updating biosecurity plans, preparing the next steps for the Regional Mountain... Continue Reading...
REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE
Update by: Amanda Hancock, Regional Strategic Infrastructure Coordinator The Regional Road & Transport Group Technical Committee have been working with Shepherd Services to develop our new Program Management Tool. I am pleased to confirm that the existing works program has... Continue Reading...
REGIONAL WATER UPDATE
Update by: Amanda Hancock, Regional Strategic Infrastructure Coordinator FNQ Regional Water Capability Plan I am pleased to confirm that at their recent meeting, the FNQROC Board endorsed the Regional Water Capability Plan, and the focus for the FNQ Water Alliance next year... Continue Reading...
REGIONAL WASTE UPDATE
Update by: Amanda Hancock, Regional Strategic Infrastructure Coordinator Work is continuing on developing an implementation plan to deliver the action identified in our Regional Resource Recovery (RRR) Plan, with participating councils recently nominating a representative to... Continue Reading...
CLIMATE RESILIENCE UPDATE
Update by: Maria Anselmo, Regional Climate Resilience Coordinator Representing the Far North Queensland region, the Australia Climate Service invited FNQROC on Wednesday 6 November 2024, to participate in a two-day National Climate Risk Assessment Second Pass workshop. Set... Continue Reading...
REGIONAL PROCUREMENT UPDATE
Update by: Ieva Pradal, Regional Procurement Coordinator Wow, where did the time go? I can't believe December is already here! With the festive season upon us, I want to thank all our internal and external procurement stakeholders for helping FNQROC successfully wrap up... Continue Reading...
REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE
Update by: Amanda Hancock, Regional Strategic Infrastructure Coordinator I am pleased to confirm that despite an extremely challenging year, the 2023-24 Transport and Infrastructure Development Scheme (TIDS) program was delivered successfully, with just under 100% of... Continue Reading...
CLIMATE RESILIENCE UPDATE
Update by: Maria Anselmo, Regional Climate Resilience Coordinator Climate Resilience The climate resilience space is as dynamic as ever, with recent months seeing changes in climate reporting legislation for large organisations, new research on extreme weather events in... Continue Reading...
REGIONAL WATER UPDATE
Update by: Amanda Hancock, Regional Strategic Infrastructure Coordinator FNQ Regional Water Capability Plan On Thursday 3 October 2024, Stantec presented to the FNQROC Board the much-anticipated FNQ Regional Water Capability Plan. The Plan is now with member Councils for... Continue Reading...
REGIONAL NATURAL ASSETS & SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE
Update by: Travis Sydes, Regional Strategic Infrastructure Coordinator Natural Assets and Sustainability 2024 seems to be racing by as we head into October on the back of a drawn-out wet season which caused widespread chaos and disruption to the region. The lead-up to the... Continue Reading...