Queenslanders participated across a range of activity at the annual FMA conference with Shoalhaven – City Council at Nowra, NSW in May and included:

• key note opening speaker – Prof Darryl Low Choy from Griffith University discussing “Improving Community Resilience through Community Led Planning”
• nine invited presentations – including Council initiatives from Ipswich, Toowoomba, Moreton Bay, Lockyer Valley, Gold Coast, Brisbane, SunWater and IGEM/QRA
• Flood Risk Management Project of the year from Moreton Bay Regional Council on its Regional Flood data Management Software – congratulations to Steve Rosso and Elissa McConaghy

On line conferences papers are now available. The 2017 National FMA conference will be in Newcastle.