Presenters

Mike Young, Professor Emeritus, Water and Environmental Policy, University of Adelaide
Mike Young is Professor Emeritus in Water and Environmental Policy at the University of Adelaide, was the Founding Executive Director of its Environment Institute, is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and is a Distinguished Fellow of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Mike is a specialist in water policy reform and his research led to the unbundling of Australia’s water licences and the resultant development of an efficient trading system and the Australian Government decision to transfer responsibility for the administration of the Murray Darling Basin’s water resources to an independent expertise-based authority. He played a key role in establishing Australia’s National Land and Water Resources Audit. Mike has held the Gough Whitlam and Malcom Fraser Chair at Harvard University, has served on Global Water Partnership's Technical Committee and the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Water Security. He was a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists. In 2006, Mike was awarded Australia’s premier water research prize – the Land and Water Australia Eureka Award for Water Research. He has played a critical role in the consideration of options for the Murray Darling Basin. Prior to joining the University of Adelaide, Mike spent 30 years with CSIRO where, amongst other things, he established their Policy and Economic Research Unit. In 2003, Mike was awarded a Centenary Medal “for outstanding service through environmental economics”. His full curriculum vitae lists over 240 publications.


Amy Dula, Director of Programs, Natural Resources Commission
Amy Dula has worked in the field of environmental and natural resources management for over 25 years. She has been a Director, Programs at the NSW Natural Resources Commission since 2016. She recently served as the Chair of the Connectivity Expert Panel, which provided advice to the NSW Minister for Water on how to improve connectivity between the northern and southern portions of the Murray Darling Basin. She currently leads the Commission’s review of water sharing plans under Section 43A of the Water Management Act 2000. She has led the review of over 20 water sharing plans, including review of the Barwon-Darling Water Sharing Plan, and served on the Minister’s Panel for overseeing audits of water sharing plans in 2018/19. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering with a focus on environmental engineering from Brown University, and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management from the University of New South Wales.

Presenters

Mike Young, Professor Emeritus, Water and Environmental Policy, University of Adelaide
Mike Young is Professor Emeritus in Water and Environmental Policy at the University of Adelaide, was the Founding Executive Director of its Environment Institute, is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and is a Distinguished Fellow of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Mike is a specialist in water policy reform and his research led to the unbundling of Australia’s water licences and the resultant development of an efficient trading system and the Australian Government decision to transfer responsibility for the administration of the Murray Darling Basin’s water resources to an independent expertise-based authority. He played a key role in establishing Australia’s National Land and Water Resources Audit. Mike has held the Gough Whitlam and Malcom Fraser Chair at Harvard University, has served on Global Water Partnership's Technical Committee and the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Water Security. He was a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists. In 2006, Mike was awarded Australia’s premier water research prize – the Land and Water Australia Eureka Award for Water Research. He has played a critical role in the consideration of options for the Murray Darling Basin. Prior to joining the University of Adelaide, Mike spent 30 years with CSIRO where, amongst other things, he established their Policy and Economic Research Unit. In 2003, Mike was awarded a Centenary Medal “for outstanding service through environmental economics”. His full curriculum vitae lists over 240 publications.


Amy Dula, Director of Programs, Natural Resources Commission
Amy Dula has worked in the field of environmental and natural resources management for over 25 years. She has been a Director, Programs at the NSW Natural Resources Commission since 2016. She recently served as the Chair of the Connectivity Expert Panel, which provided advice to the NSW Minister for Water on how to improve connectivity between the northern and southern portions of the Murray Darling Basin. She currently leads the Commission’s review of water sharing plans under Section 43A of the Water Management Act 2000. She has led the review of over 20 water sharing plans, including review of the Barwon-Darling Water Sharing Plan, and served on the Minister’s Panel for overseeing audits of water sharing plans in 2018/19. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering with a focus on environmental engineering from Brown University, and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management from the University of New South Wales.