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.


Claire Miller, CEO, NSW Irrigator’s Council
Claire Miller is the CEO of the NSW Irrigators’ Council, representing water users across the State since 1983. Claire has a professional background in journalism, working for The Age newspaper in Melbourne for more than 20 years covering the environment, politics and general news. She switched careers, becoming the senior ministerial water policy adviser to Victoria’s Water Minister from 2007 to 2010 during the worst of the Millenium drought and the emergence of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. She has since worked in various roles for irrigated agricultural industries and communities. Claire has a Masters Degree in Environmental Studies, and is a director on the East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority board. Claire is also a regular volunteer in wildlife conservation in South Africa

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.


Claire Miller, CEO, NSW Irrigator’s Council
Claire Miller is the CEO of the NSW Irrigators’ Council, representing water users across the State since 1983. Claire has a professional background in journalism, working for The Age newspaper in Melbourne for more than 20 years covering the environment, politics and general news. She switched careers, becoming the senior ministerial water policy adviser to Victoria’s Water Minister from 2007 to 2010 during the worst of the Millenium drought and the emergence of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. She has since worked in various roles for irrigated agricultural industries and communities. Claire has a Masters Degree in Environmental Studies, and is a director on the East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority board. Claire is also a regular volunteer in wildlife conservation in South Africa