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  Symposium Two: Darwin 17 - 18 July 2003 Beyond the frontier: Sustainable futures for North Australia  
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Program Two

THURSDAY 17th JULY 2003

 
VENUE:  Mal Nairn Auditorium  
HOSTS:  Robyn Williams and Mark Horstman,
               Science Show Programs, ABC Radio National


Arrival and Seating
4.30-5.00pm


SESSION ONE: SUSTAINABLE CITIES
5.00pm-9.00pm


Introduction to Symposium

5.00-5.15pm
Professor Ken McKinnon, AO
Vice-Chancellor, Northern Territory University  


KEYNOTE ADDRESS

5.15-6.00pm
Professor Ian Lowe
Emeritus Professor at Griffith University  
Why depending on oil and gas is incompatible with the goal of sustainable communities in the Territory.
 


Professor Peter Newman  
6.00-6.30pm
Director, Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy    
Sustainability and town planning: some potential applications to the north.  


QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
6.30-7.00pm


Short break - break for refreshments, tea and coffee
7.00-7.30pm


Barbara Norman

7.30-8.00pm
Discipline Leader, Environment and Planning, RMIT University  
Implementing sustainability in the Northern Territory - from governance to education.  
 
Hully Liveris

8.00-8.20pm
Hully Liveris Design Company  
From the blank slate to the bessa block: missed opportunities and progress we may yet make.  


ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

8.20-9.00pm
  • Finding pride of place out of a chequered colonial past.
  • Can we direct any wealth-generation from oil and gas to create sustainable cities in the Territory?
  • Avoiding building tomorrow’s ghettoes through better planning.
  • Out of the legacy of lost opportunities, can Darwin become the exemplar of a first world tropical city?
  
 

FRIDAY 18 July 2003

SESSION TWO: SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC FUTURES
8.00am-12.30pm


Arrival and Seating
7.30-8.00am


Galarrwuy Yunupingu AM  
8.00-8.30am
Chair, Northern Land Council    

Land Rights, the Northern Territory and "development" in the 21st Century

  • the continuity of cultural and spiritual value of the land for Aboriginal people.
  • the change in non-Aboriginal values - coming more into line with an Aboriginal appreciation of the value of land management.
  • potential areas of agreement and conflict between emerging Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal views of the land.
  • the challenge of bringing the two systems closer together constitutionally, culturally, and economically.
   


Alan Morris  
8.30-9.00am
Chair, Commonwealth Grants Commission    

Powerhouse or mendicant? Is the Territory an engine of growth or a drag on the Federation?

  


Dr Neil Conn AO  
9.00-9.30am
Former Administrator and CEO, NT Treasury    
How the Territory can sustain a second-class future.


QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
9.30-9.45am


Morning tea  
9.45-10.15am


The Hon Barry Coulter  
10.15-10.40am
Former Minister and key investor in the Northern Territory    

Why big investments are critical to our future.


Professor John Chappell  
10.40-11.10am
Geomorphologist, ANU    
Retrospective and prospective changes of climate and environment in northern Australia: implications for sustainable development.  


Dr Rosemary Hill  
11.10-11.30am
Australian Conservation Foundation, North Australia    
Creating an ecologically sustainable northern Australia.


ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

11.30-12.30pm
  • What is the vision for northern development?
  • At what point does the NT become economically self-sustainable and reduce its reliance on interstate subsidy? Is continued resource extraction the answer?
  • Is environmental sustainability a pipedream given the realities of global climate change and the pressing need to develop northern Australia?
  • What are the options for sustainable Indigenous futures?
  


Lunch
12.30-1.30pm


SESSION THREE: SUSTAINABLE LAND USE
1.30pm - 5.30pm


Dr Steve Morton  
1.30-1.50pm

Chief, Sustainable Ecosystems, CSIRO
Balancing biodiversity and economic development in northern Australia.


Professor Grahame Webb  
1.50-2.20pm
Chief Scientist, Wildlife Management International, Darwin  

Using wildlife for economic benefit: strengths and weaknesses.


Joe Morrison
2.20-2.40pm
North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Coordinator, Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Savannas Management.  

A personal perspective on Indigenous natural and cultural resource management.

  


QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
2.40 3.00pm


Afternoon Tea  
3.00-3.30pm


Barry Chambers
3.30-3.50pm

CEO, Department of Infrastructure, Planning and the Environment, Northern Territory

  
The balancing act for Government: developing the north and protecting our uniqueness.  


Dr David Bowman
3.50-4.10pm

Principal Research Fellow, Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management, NTU

  
A recipe for belonging to northern Australia: the roles of traditional, scientific and adaptive ‘knowledge’.  


AUDIENCE DISCUSSION

4.10-5.10pm
  • Can the nation find an economic basis that allows the conservation of the largest tracts of tropical savanna landscapes on Earth?
  • Will biotechnology make currently marginal lands economically productive? Can new technologies substitute the intensive and localised management of biodiversity by Indigenous people?
  • How can Indigenous people maintain cultural links to their ancestral lands yet find their place in the national and global economy?
  • What are the research and policy priorities to underpin the solutions to these problems?
  


SYMPOSIUM CLOSE
5.10-5.30pm
Professor Jon Altman
Director, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU
Bringing it all together: key implications for research and policy

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All Enquiries: Conference Convenors:

Allison Harris
Events Officer
Northern Territory University
Darwin, Australia
Email:  cdss2003@ntu.edu.au
Phone: (+61 8) 8946 6554

 

Dr Tess Lea
Email:  cdss2003@ntu.edu.au
Phone: 0418 823 200

Dr David Bowman
Email:  cdss2003@ntu.edu.au
Phone: (+61 8) 8946 7763