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Text SizeThe Natural Resource Management Committee (NRMC) is a sub-committee of the North Central Catchment Management Authority Board. The NRMC advises the Board about environmental investment priorities in the region with a primary emphasis on protecting the region's rivers.
In November 2007 the North Central Catchment Management Authority continued the development of its advisory committee structure by launching the new Natural Resource Management Committee, which is an evolution from our previous Implementation Committee structure.
The key role of the NRMC is to provide community and local perspectives on the projects and functions of our organisation that have direct public benefits for current and future generations.
(Rob Loats absent)
Malcolm Brown (Chair)
Malcolm is a communications professional, who also runs a small farm forestry and prime lamb enterprise. He has past experience as an irrigation farmer and is currently an active member of the Northern United Forestry Group.
Malcolm's passion for natural resource management comes from his involvement in working for the Victorian Government implementing salinity management plans and developing landcare policy.
As the Chair of the NRMC, Malcolm's vision is to increase community participation in natural resource management.
Christine Brooke
Christine runs a beef cattle and walnut enterprise with her husband John on an irrigated property near Pyramid Hill. Christine is currently Mayor of Loddon Shire and is involved in many other community groups and activities.
Christine has a passionate interest in the health of our environment, as well as a desire to ensure we have a sustainable future in agriculture.
Charlie Gillingham
Charlie is an irrigation / dryland farmer from Lake Charm. He is a past member of the Loddon Campaspe Irrigation Implementation Committee and currently a member of the Torrumbarry Water Services Committee.
Charlie is enthusiastic about encouraging greater community participation in all natural resource management issues, and hopes that this will assist the North Central Catchment Management Authority deliver appropriate and meaningful outcomes when protecting the region's environmental assets.
Charlie Gillingham
Ken Coates
Ken is a mixed farmer from Natte Yallock producing grain, wool and prime lambs. He is currently Treasurer of his local Landcare Group and has been actively involved since its inception.
Ken sees his involvement on the NRMC as vital to having input into programs resulting in the general health and well-being of the catchment for all users.
Ann Dunstan
Ann is a partner in a dryland farm enterprise near Donald with a record of conservation and sustainable land management practices.
Ann has a longstanding record of participation in the social and political life of her community and has a genuine appreciation and concern for our region's unique natural environment and how it will be managed into the future.
Marie Jones
Since moving to Central Victoria 12 years ago from a teaching background, Marie has become involved in the local environmental movement.
Marie's strong commitment to community, biodiversity and water quality, as well as her belief that working in partnerships is the key to improved natural resource management, will help deliver real outcomes across the catchment.
John Knight
John is a fourth generation farmer at Quambatook whose property borders the Avoca River. He is a previous member for the Avoca and Avon Richardson Implementation Committee.
John sees his new role on the NRMC as an opportunity to increase the profile of the North Central Catchment Management Authority, its roles and responsibilities; importantly create greater community participation in the projects and programs that are implemented so that our prized waterways are utilised as a recreational outlet for the community to enjoy.
Ron Cosgrave
Ron operates a small farming enterprise at Smeaton in the upper catchment and is a member of Landcare.
Ron is an active community member who has a dedicated interest in natural resource management, with a strong passion towards water quality and river health.
John Storey
John is a primary producer from Glenloth, near Wycheproof and was previously a member of the Avoca-Avon Richardson Implementation Committee.
John views his strong interest in the environmental health of the Avoca catchment and the floodplain outlet as beneficial to the new committee in delivering river health outcomes.
David Jones
David is currently the Mayor of the City of Greater Bendigo.
David has a long interest in natural resource management and the environment and is an Al Gore accredited ambassador. With a background as a teacher in economics, politics and history at Bendigo Senior Secondary College, David provides depth and analytical skills to the important issues faced by this committee.
Shane O'Loughlin
Shane brings a wealth of experiences to the NRMC as a member of the Laanecoorie Foreshore Committee of Management and is a past member of North Central CMA Implementation Committee.
Shane sees that a role of the committee is to continue to have the issue of chemical residue and pollutants entering our waterways addressed. Together with well-researched on-ground programmes and inclusive community participation, he is confident in a sustainable future for our region's important waterways and wetlands.
Laurie Maxted
Laurie runs a mixed farming enterprise near Durham Ox; he also has a dairy farm at Calivil and a mixed farming enterprise at Skipton in the Western District.
Laurie brings a broad knowledge of irrigation with sustainable farming practices, and has a desire for the NRMC to work towards leaving the land in a better condition for the next generation.
Rob Loats
Rob is a dryland primary producer from Laen and is actively involved as a member of a number Victorian Fisheries Committees. He is also a past member of the Avoca-Avon Richardson Implementation Committee.
As an NRMC member, Rob hopes to help identify and implement community-identifed restoration projects that provide long-term benefits for the regional community, especially projects that enhance our riverine, floodplain and wetland systems.
Denise Acocks
Together with her husband and sons, Denise runs a farm at Rochester as well as leasing and share farming in a number of locations in the region where they currently grow cereal grains, fodder and produce prime lambs and beef steers.
Denise's family has generational attachment to the Campaspe River, which has always been important to their farming and recreational lives. Denise sees her role on the NRMC as being able to extend her interests around community actions and landcare to deliver lasting riparian protection works, revegetation and off-stream stock watering systems.
Dan Halloran
Raised on the family farm in Kyneton, Dan is tertiary educated in Agricultural Management. This was followed by an extended career in the nation's primary industry including the horticulture, fodder, crop and livestock sectors.
Dan has a strong understanding and experience in sustainable farm systems and natural resource management programs. He is seeking to share his skills and knowledge with the committee to deliver on the catchment's broader stakeholder interests. Dan's goal is to ensure that investment in the catchment's assets returns a positive dividend to the region.
Diane Bunnett
Diane has been a dryland farmer for over 30 years at Derby near Bridgewater, growing grain and prime lambs. As an active community member, Diane is involved in a number or rural and conservation networks.
Diane is keen to lend her knowledge and passion to the NRMC around the effects of drought on groundwater usage and the land, viewing her role on the committee as working towards preserving the assets in the north central catchment and to increase public awareness of the North Central Catchment Management Authority.
