Engagement with Policy Makers
As part of our commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's), we engage with policy makers such as government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to form policies and provide policy advice aligned to SDG themes.
Our involvement with boards, professions and industry associations allows us to purposefully input into national government policy and strategy development aligned to SDG themes to actively identify problems and challenges.
Industry Associations
Through our involvement and engagement with industry associations, we impact, provide advice for and inform policies aligned to SDG themes.
SDG 4: Quality Education
The Regional Universities Network (RUN) is a network of seven universities with headquarters in regional Australia and a shared commitment to playing a transformative role in their regions. Through their educational and research contributions to regional economics, social, cultural and environmental development, the RUN member universities play an important and distinctive role in advancing Australia's national prosperity, productivity and identity.
RUN was established in October 2011 and CQUniversity is one of the foundation members.
For further information visit the RUN website.
SDG 4: Quality Education
CQUniversity is a member of Universities Australia (UA), the peak body for the sector representing 39 member universities. UA provides policy advice, analysis, and media commentary on higher education matters. For more information about UA, view their website.
SDG 14: Life Below Water
Andrew Irving, Amie Anastasi, and Emma Jackson provide advice on the Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Program technical sub-committee in relation to water, sediment and biological monitoring.
SDG 4: Quality Education and SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
CQUniversity is a member of many professional associations, represented by our Academic Leads including Deans or Head of Course for each discipline area. These organisations support Australian education and make submissions to government inquiries and implementing projects that improve the quality of education in Australia.
- Australian Council of Engineering Deans
- Australian Council of Deans of Education
- Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery
- Australian Council of Deans of Science
- Australian Council of Deans of Health Science
- Australian Universities International Directors Forum
- Victorian International Directors Forum
- National Association of Enabling Educators Australia
- National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium
- International Education Association of Australia
- Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council: this body is involved in matters pertaining to professional standards for Nursing and Midwifery. Moira Williamson, Dean of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences is a member of the Strategic Accreditation Advisory Agency Committee. Leeanne Heaton, Head of Course for the Bachelor of Nursing is a member of the Registered Nurse Accreditation Committee. See pages 76-81 for the full member list.
Boards, Associations and Committees
Fellowships, Board, Working Group and Advisory participation by CQUniversity Staff:
- Organising committee for the Social Enterprise World Forum (Associate Professor Olav Muurlink, Member)
- Management Committee (board) of Co-operation in Development (Australia) Incorporated, an Australian international non-government organisation building and running schools and kindergartens in remote and disadvantaged regions of Bangladesh (Associate Professor Olav Muurlink, Chair)
- Legal case Cumaiyi v Northern Territory Australia (NTD36/2019); and Gumbaduck v Northern Territory of Australia (NTD23/2021) (LT190084) examining health care provision in remote indigenous communities (Associate Professor Olav Muurlink, expert witness)
- The book marking the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh as a nation, The Emergence of Bangladesh, containing contributions by policy-makers and advisers to the Bangladesh government past and present, and copies of the book formally presented to the nation’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Attorney General AM Amin Uddin (Associate Professor Olav Muurlink, Edited and wrote a number of chapters)
Hospital, Health Service Boards, Other Board Participation, and Working Group Involvement by CQUniversity Staff
CQUniversity academics fulfill roles on many hospital and health-related service boards locally, nationally, and globally. These Boards and Committees provide input and expertise into a variety of health related policies. These board/committee/working group participation includes:
- Strongyloides Australia (Professor Jenni Judd, President)
- Council for Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) (Dr Elise Rivera, Chair for CAPHIA Early Career Academic Committee)
- Public Health Association of Australia (Professor Jenni Judd, Member)
- World Federation of Chiropractic Public Health Committee, (Dr Dawn Dane, Member)
- Council on Chiropractic Education Australasia - Overseas Assessment Committee, (Dr Dawn Dane, Member)
- Australian Standards for Health Practitioner Pain Management Education, (Dr Colleen Johnston-Devin, Stakeholder Consultation Workshop member)
- Pain Nurses Australia, (Dr Colleen Johnston-Devin, Alternate Research Director)
- Australasian Sleep Association Research Committee, (Dr Grace Vincent, Member)
- International Association for the Study of Pain Early Career Network Governance Task Force, (Dr Colleen Johnston-Devin, Task Force Member)
- International Association for the Study of Pain Ethics Committee, (Dr Colleen Johnston-Devin, Committee Member)
- Legacy Brisbane Board of Directors, (Dr Amy Johnson, Director)
- Australian Council of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (Professor Jenni Judd, Life Member; Dr Elise Rivera, Vice President of the Victorian Branch)
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Association Australia (EMDRAA), (Dr Karen Klockner, Board Member)
- International Collaboration for Workplace Resilience and Wellbeing (ICWRW), (Dr Karen Klockner, Panel Member
- Australian Automobile Association Road Safety Research Program’s Expert Advisory Panel, (Dr Karen Klockner, Co-Lead)
- Australian Dental Association Queensland, (Dr Kelly Hennessy, Vice-President)
- Chiropractic Australia (Dr Bianca Zietsman MChiro, Association Board Member),
- Sports Science Course Accreditation Working Group - Exercise and Sports Science Australia, (Associate Professor Aaron Scanlan, Member)
- International Basketball Research Network, (Associate Professor Aaron Scanlan, Member)
- Accessible Beaches Australia, (Sasha Job, Board of Directors)
- ANMAC Midwifery Education Review Committee/Working Party (Bridget Ferguson, Member)
- COVID-19 Clinic Evidence Taskforce (Bridget Ferguson, Member)
- Death Literacy Working Group for Adelaide Primary Health Network (Dr Lauren Miller-Lewis, Member)
- Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (Professor Moira Williamson, Member of the Professional Reference Group)
- Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) Strategic Accreditation Advisory Committee (Professor Moira Williamson, Member)
- Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of QLD (Dr Pammie Ellem, Board Director)
- Cancer Nurses Society Australia (Dr Pammie Ellem, Director & Board Member)
- Central Queensland Clinical Council for the PHN (Primary Health Network) (Associate Professor Sonja Saluja, Member)
- Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery (Australia & New Zealand) (CDNM), Executive Committee (Professor Moira Williamson, Member)
- CRPS Awareness – The Purple Bucket Foundation, Our Recovery and Australian Pain Management Association (Dr Colleen Johnston-Devin, Member)
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India (Dr Olasupo Owoeye, Resource Person)
- Nursing in the Community COI, Australian College of Nursing (Dr Pammi Ellem, Communication Director)
- Parkinson’s Australia Carers Committee (Professor Eileen Willis, Member)
- Paramedicine Accreditation Committee, Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Authority (Professor Eileen Willis, Member)
- Queensland Statewide Persistent Pain Management Clinical Network Steering Committee (Dr Colleen Johnston-Devin, Member)
- Queensland Persistent Pain Education Working Group (Dr Colleen Johnston-Devin, Member)
- Queensland Nursing & Midwifery Executive Council (QNMExC) (Professor Moira Williamson, Member)
- Queensland Child and Youth Clinical Network (Katrina Lane-Krebs, Advisory Member)
- Qld Health Working Party for the Development of the Maternal and Neonatal State-Wide Clinical Guidelines (Bridget Ferguson, Member)
- World Health Organisation (Dr Olasupo Owoeye, Resource Person)
- Health and Wellbeing Queensland Public Health Programs (Associate Professor Amanda Rebar, Consultant)
- Australian Royal Flying Doctors Services Drought Relief Program (Associate Professor Amanda Rebar, Consultant)
- Peer Community in Health and Movement Sciences (Associate Professor Amanda Rebar, Recommender and Member of the Managing Board)
- Exercise and Sports Science Australia (Associate Professor Robert Stanton, Chair of publications committee and Professional Development Review Committee member)
- Surf Life Saving Australia (SLA) Policy Advisor and Chair for the Queensland Research Panel, creating policies and governance processes (Dr Sam Fien, Project Lead and Chair of the research panel)
- Surf Lifesaving Australia National Wellbeing (Dr Sam Fien, Advisor)
- Australia Institute of Sport (AIS) Female Performance and Health Initiative (FPHI) Research Reference Group (Dr Melanie Hayman, Member)
- Hologic Women's Tennis Association (WTS) Health Taskforce(Dr Melanie Hayman, Member)
Fellowships, Board, Working Group and Advisory participation by CQUniversity Staff:
- Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership, Teacher Education Expert Steering Committee (TEESC). TEESC was formed to advise the AITSL Board on matters relating to initial teacher education programs including those that relate to implementation, maintenance and further development of the national approach. Refer to page 26 of the 2020-21 AITSL Annual Report for more information about the role of TEESC (Professor Helen Huntley, Committee member)
- Co-operation in Development (Australia) Incorporated – an Australian international NGO building and running schools and kindergartens in remote and disadvantaged regions of Bangladesh (Associate Professor Olav Muurlink , Chair of Management Board)
- Head of Country - Bangladesh, a non-Government organisation in Bangladesh (Associate Professor Olav Muurlink , leading operations)
- Advisory Board for Pro-Amazonia (Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil) (an association supporting education and health for Amazonian people) (Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald, Member)
- Summer Institute of Linguistics (Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald, International Consultant)
- Australian Linguistic Society, (Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald, Member)
- Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea, (Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald, Member)
- Association of Linguistic Typology, (Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald, Member)
- Associacoa Linguistica Brasileira (Abralin), (Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald, Member)
- Australian Academy of the Humanities (Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald, Fellow)
- Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences (Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald, Fellow)
- Academy Europaea, (Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald, member)
- Australian Academy of the Humanities (Professor Robert (Bob) Dixon, Fellow)
- British Academy of the Humanities (Professor Robert (Bob) Dixon, Fellow)
- Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia (SCEAA) (Dr Karen Menzie-Ballantyne, Member)
- Social Citizenship Educators Association of Queensland (SCEAQ), (Dr Karen Menzie-Ballantyne, Member)
- Academic Network of Global Education and Learning (ANGEL), (Dr Karen Menzie-Ballantyne, Member)
- UNESCO Asia Pacific Global Citizenship Education (GCED) Network, (Dr Karen Menzie-Ballantyne, Member)
Fellowships, Board, Working Group and Advisory participation by CQUniversity Staff:
- Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Sub-Committee (Dr Gemma Mann, Member)
- BreastScreen Queensland Rockhampton Service LGBTIQ+ Advisory Group (Dr Gemma Mann, Member)
- Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs Council for Women and Families United by Defence Service (Dr Amy Johnson, Member)
- Queensland Government Child Death Review Board (Dr Heather Lovatt, Member)
- Queensland Sexual Assault Network, (Dr Heather Lovatt, Member)
- Queensland Domestic Violence Services Network, (Dr Heather Lovatt, Member)
- Australian Evaluation Society, (Dr Heather Lovatt, Member)
Fellowships, Board, Working Group and Advisory participation by CQUniversity Staff:
- Partners Network, Mackay-Whitsunday-Isaac Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership (Nicole Flint)
- Independent Science Panel, Fitzroy Partnership for River Health (Nicole Flint)
- Local Marine Advisory Committee for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Emma Jackson and Nicole Flint)
- Regional REMP Working Group (John Rolfe)
- Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)
- Australian Institute for Mining and Mineralogy (Associate Professor Larelle Fabbro, Member)
- Australian Society for Limnology, (Associate Professor Larelle Fabbro, Member)
- Australian Systematic Botany Society, (Associate Professor Larelle Fabbro, Member)
- Australian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany, (Associate Professor Larelle Fabbro, Member)
- International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae, (Associate Professor Larelle Fabbro, Member)
- International Association for Cyanophyte Research, (Associate Professor Larelle Fabbro, Member)
Fellowships, Board, Working Group and Advisory participation by CQUniversity Staff:
- Queensland Government Sub-Committee for Skills and Training for Hydrogen (Professor Steve Hall, Member)
- Queensland Manufacturing Institute (QMI) (Paul Hodgson, Chair)
- Queensland State Practitioners' Network Committee (Paul Hodgson, Member)
- Engineers Australia (Professor Mohammad Rasul, Member)
- Australasian Association for Engineering Education (Professor Mohammad Rasul, Member)
- Railway Technical Society of Australasia, (Professor Mohammad Rasul, Member)
- Subject matter expert on Standards Australia Hydrogen Technology Committee ME093 working group WG6 on fuel cells that mirrors IEA TC105 and involved in IEA TC105 working groups for creating and maintaining international fuel cell standards (Professor Johnathon Love)
- Stanwell Professorial Chair in Hydrogen at CQUniversity (Professor Johnathon Love)
Fellowships, Board, Working Group and Advisory participation by CQUniversity Staff:
- Work Health and Safety Board advising safety to the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations. The Work Health and Safety Board is an authority under the Queensland, Work Health and Safety Act and is a Queensland Government entity (Dr Linda Colley, Chair)
- Queensland Police Commissioned Officers’ Union of Employees - safe work practices for senior police decision-makers (Associate Professor Olav Muurlink , advisor)
- Reef 2050 Independent Science Panel (John Rolfe)
- Gladstone Ports Corporation Channel Duplication Stakeholder Reference Group (Emma Jackson)
- Gladstone Ports Corporation, Port of Gladstone - Technical Advisory Consultative Committee (Emma Jackson)
- Gladstone Ports Corporation, Port of Bundaberg - Technical Advisory Consultative Committee (Emma Jackson)
- Reef 2050 Independent Science Panel (John Rolfe)
- Working Time Society Board (2024 - 2027) (Member - Charli Sargent) (Co-opted member - Greg Roach)
- Industrial Engineers Australia - Federal Councilor - Abdul Mazid
- Let's Work for Bangladesh - Member, Executive Committee - Olav Muurlink
Fellowships, Board, Working Group and Advisory participation by CQUniversity Staff:
- Analysis of Granular Media ( ANAGRAM), (Dr Shah Neyamat Ullah, Member)
- CQ Beef Research Committee, (Dr Simon Quigley, Member)
- Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry (ASAR) Course Accreditation Review Project, (Deanne Chester, Member)
- Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry (ASAR) Course Accreditation Committee, (Deanne Chester, Member)
- Australasian Sonographer's Association (ASA) Clinical Supervisor Special Interest Group, (Deanne Chester, Member)
- Future of Aviation Reference Panel (Aruna Ranganathan, Doug Drury)
- Australasian Railway Association Rail Industry Group Committee (Colin Cole, Member)
- Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (Colin Cole, Member)
- Rail Manufacturing Leaders Advisory Group (Queensland Government), (Colin Cole, Advisory Group)
- Rail Knowledge Bank Advisory Group (Colin Cole, Member)
- Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board - Infrastructure Standing Committee (Colin Cole, Member)
- Australian Space Agency’s Technical Advisory Group (Steven Moore, Member).
- Australian Standard Development Group (Dr Shah Neyamat Ullah, Member)
- IEEE Standard Association committee - Critical Infrastructure Protection initiative (CIPi)” lead by IEEE & IoTSec Australia (Dr. Biplop Ray, Member)
- Asset Management Council (Subhash Sharma, Australian Member)
- IEEE Victorian Section and IEEE Victorian IoT Community (Nahina Islam, advisor in pest practices, policies on IoT and IEEE related matters)
- Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)
Fellowships, Board, Working Group and Advisory participation by CQUniversity Staff:
- BHP Chair in Indigenous Engagement, (Professor Adrian Miller, Chair)
- Queensland Resources Council project titled W.I.D.E. Resources which focuses on developing diversity and inclusion of the workforce in resources organisations in Queensland, Australia, (Associate Professor Huong Le, Leads a team)
- Gender and Diversity in Organisation (GDO) Division of the Academy of Management, USA, (Associate Professor Huong Le, Global Ambassador)
- Strongyloides Australia INC (a not-for-profit professional group working to change the gap in Strongyloides for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, (Professor Jeni Judd, President)
- International Union of Health Promotion and Education, (Professor Jeni Judd, Member)
- International Network of Indigenous Health Promotion Professionals, (Professor Jeni Judd, Member)
- COVID-19 Technical Expert Response Committee (PHAA, AHPA and Epidemiological Association), (Professor Jeni Judd, Member)
Fellowships, Board, Working Group and Advisory participation by CQUniversity Staff:
- Queensland Government-Wide Bay/Burnett/Fraser Coast (WBBFC) Regional Forum (Dr Karen Menzie-Ballantyne, Member)
- National Advocate for Arts Education Council (Linda Lorenza, Councillor)
- Local Marine Advisory Committee for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Emma Jackson and Nicole Flint)
- Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership Management Committee and Independent Science Panel (Emma Jackson, John Rolfe)
- Rockhampton Regional Council Marine Infrastructure and Fishing Tourism Strategy Reference Group (Andrew Irving)
- Great Barrier Reef Foundation – Burnett Mary Community Action Plan – Steering Committee (Emma Jackson)
- Gladstone Ports Corporation Channel Duplication Stakeholder Reference Group (Emma Jackson)
- Gladstone Ports Corporation, Port of Gladstone - Technical Advisory Consultative Committee (Emma Jackson)
- Gladstone Ports Corporation, Port of Bundaberg - Technical Advisory Consultative Committee (Emma Jackson)
Fellowships, Board, Working Group and Advisory participation by CQUniversity Staff:
- Reef 2050 Independent Science Panel (John Rolfe)
- Partners Network, Mackay-Whitsunday-Isaac Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership (Nicole Flint)
- Independent Science Panel, Fitzroy Partnership for River Health (Nicole Flint)
- Local Marine Advisory Committee for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Emma Jackson and Nicole Flint)
- Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Project Technical Scientific Committee (Emma Jackson, Andrew Irving, Amie Anastasi)
- Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership Management Committee and Independent Science Panel (Emma Jackson, John Rolfe)
- Rockhampton Regional Council Marine Infrastructure and Fishing Tourism Strategy Reference Group (Andrew Irving)
- Regional REMP Working Group (John Rolfe)
- Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)
- Australasian Seagrass Restoration Network (Emma Jackson)
- Global Seagrass Nursery Network (Emma Jackson)
- Great Sandy Strait Wetlands – Ramsar Management Advisory Group (Emma Jackson)
- Great Barrier Reef Foundation – Burnett Mary Community Action Plan – Steering Committee (Emma Jackson)
- Gladstone Ports Corporation Channel Duplication Stakeholder Reference Group (Emma Jackson)
- Gladstone Ports Corporation, Port of Gladstone - Technical Advisory Consultative Committee (Emma Jackson)
- Gladstone Ports Corporation, Port of Bundaberg - Technical Advisory Consultative Committee (Emma Jackson)
- Reef 2050 Independent Science Panel (John Rolfe)
Fellowships, Board, Working Group and Advisory participation by CQUniversity Staff:
- Native Plants Queensland (Dr Bob Newby, Secretary Rockhampton Branch)
- Victorian Young Farmers Advisory Council (Associate Professor Amy Cosby, Member)
- Fitzroy Basin Association (Michael Thomson, Board Member)
- Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management (NRM) (Prof. Phil Brown, Member)
- International Society for Horticultural Science (Prof. Phil Brown, Member)
- Australian Society of Horticultural Science (Prof. Phil Brown, Member)
- Australian Association of Animal Sciences (AAAS), (Dr Diogo Fleury Azevedo Costa, Member)
- Brazilian Society of Animal Sciences (RBZ), (Dr Diogo Fleury Azevedo Costa, Member)
- Australian Near Infra-red Spectroscopy Group, (Professor Kerry Walsh, Member)
- International Society for Near Infrared Spectroscopy, (Professor Kerry Walsh, Member)
- International Society for Horticultural Science, (Professor Kerry Walsh, Member)
- Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)
- Great Sandy Strait Wetlands – Ramsar Management Advisory Group (Emma Jackson)
- Great Barrier Reef Foundation – Burnett Mary Community Action Plan – Steering Committee (Emma Jackson)
Expert Commentary
As part of our purposeful involvement and engagement with policymakers, CQUniversity researchers and academics provide expert advice and commentary to external stakeholders and organisations on matters relating to the themes of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Explore the examples below of the expert commentary provided by our team.
Economics
- Angelique McInnes discusses cost of living struggles for people with mortgages amid riding interest rates.
- Steven Boyd discusses housing in Queensland regions.
- Madeline Sprajcer and Charlotte Gupta discuss the financial uncertanty that faces 'gig-workers'
Climate Change and Environment
- Steve Turton provides expert insight into La Nina weather events and stalled weather impacts.
- Raj Sharma discusses the increase in rainfall induced landslides
- Peter Hayes discusses sources of information you can trust in a disaster
- Nicole Flint provided review services to the Queensland Department of Environment and Science, as part of the revision of the Water Plan (Mary Basin) 2006.
Education
- Meenha Jha discusses cheating and exams, as well as cheating in online assessments.
- Ken Purnell, discusses NAPLAN results and young boys' reading levels.
- Amy Johnson and Dr Benjamin Jones discuss due dates for university assignment vs hyperflexible formats.
- Susan Galletly call for reform for literacy in Australian schools.
- Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Nick Klomp discusses the vital role regional universities play.
Business
- Reg Hamilton discusses simplifying the bargaining system
- Imran Ali discusses the need for better business resilience strategies
Health
- Mischa Bongers discussed caesarian births and pelvic floor impacts, men's pelvic floors, and how to exercise pelvic floors with games.
- Dr Michael Cowling, Ritesh Chugh and Corneel Vandelanotte discussed gamifying challenges to increase health prospects.
- Sarah Blunden discusses the impact of sleep on teen mental health and co-sleeping with children.
- Cassy Dittman discusses grief and children attending funerals
Indigenous commentary
- Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Nick Klomp discusses the University's Reconciliation Action Plan
- Jacob Deem and Adrian Miller discuss Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Voice to Parliament and Ben Jones discusses why non-indigenous Australia's should not fear the Voice
- Sarah Blunden discusses the results of the Indigenous Sleep Study
- Alexandra Aikenvald discusses the importance of preserving indigenous languages
Technology
- Ritesh Chugh discusses the waterproof phones, mobile phone viruses, and social media bots.
- Steven Moore discusses the world's first 'parastronaut'
- Brendan Murphy discusses AI image generation software and the Lensa AI app
Media and Government
- Heather Lovatt discusses Australia's DV leave laws
- Ben Jones discusses Winston Churchill
- William Mude discusses the impacts Australian children escaping Syrian refugee camps will experience
Government-Created Working Parties
CQUniversity has input into Governmental policy development via membership on government-created working parties. These activities align to SDG themes such as SDG11 Sustainable Cities and Communities and SDG 15 Life on Land.
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
At CQUniversity, we have a wealth of research experts involved in major local, national, and international research projects focusing on sustainable business practices. The industry linkages and research activities of Work, Employment, Regulation and Governance Research (WERG) group members principally focus on the rapidly changing workplace environment, transformation in institutional and leadership practices, and emergent social, economic, regulatory, and policy challenges influencing business and society.
The WERG team is committed to addressing industry needs through undertaking action research in partnership with private, public, and non-profit sector organisations relating to gender and diversity in employment, business ethics and governance, and the intersection of new technology with new forms of work.
Working with organisations in health, employment, local government, and social services, WERG offers a range of capabilities that can translate knowledge into a hybrid workplace working model, public policy initiatives, small business development, and institutional architecture for inclusive community engagement practices.
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
The following Local and National Working Parties address matters aligned to the themes of the United Nations SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities. Members of the CQUniversity team play an active role in these working parties.
LOCAL WORKING PARTIES
Capricorn Enterprise (Kim Harrington,, Board Member)
Advance Cairns (Jodie Duigan-George, Director)
Advance Rockhampton Committee of Rockhampton Regional Council (Kim Harrington, Committee Member)
NATIONAL WORKING PARTIES
Advance Queensland Expert Panel (Professor Grant Stanley, Member)
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
Qld Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research was set up under an agreement between the Qld Government and the University, with the Centre to deliver research-informed practice which provides training and resources to practitioners in the domestic violence space
SDG 15: Life on Land
The following Local Working Parties address matters aligned to the themes of the United Nations SDG 15 Life on Land. Members of the CQUniversity team play an active role in these working parties.
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Regional Development Australia is an Australian Government initiative that seeks local input into policy development of Regional Australia. Members of the CQUniversity team actively participate in the following Regional Development Australia Working Parties:
- Regional Development Australia – Mackay-Isaac-Whitsunday (Rob Brown Committee Member)
- Regional Development Australia – Far North Queensland and Torres Strait Inc (Jodie Duignan-George. Committee Member)
- Regional Development Australia – Fitzroy and Central West (John Abbott, Deputy Chair)
Professor John Rolfe is the project manager on Growing Central Queensland. John presents to the steering committee on the progress of the project, and the progress on agricultural innovation projects which the respective joint organisations fund.
Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (QCDFVR) is based in Mackay and contributes to the prevention of domestic and family violence by informing, promoting and supporting the actions of individuals, communities, services and governments through state-wide leadership in research, professional development, education and community engagement.
The 18th Annual Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum was hosted by QCDFVR in 2022. The forum featured presentations and workshops on research, prevention, trauma, and healing.