Launching NEW projects…
The Northern Hub is pleased to advise we have funded the following new round of NINE projects for the next 12 months. The projects are in align with the Northern Hub’s key objective of “Supporting landowners and pastoralists in northern WA and throughout the NT to strengthen their resilience to climate challenges from drought to rising temperatures, through practical innovation and proven know-how!
1. Tindall Grower Group – NT Farmers (contact Andrew Bourne)
Establish a grower-informed regional planning pilot that identifies priority risks, local knowledge gaps, extension needs and practical resilience actions for plant-based agriculture in the Katherine region.
2. Cunningham Survey - Centralian Land Management Association (contact Liz Bird)
Complete a re-survey of the historically significant “Cunningham” monitoring sites of rangeland condition across 48 pastoral leases in central Australia. Increase public understanding of rangeland changes while upskilling pastoralists in identification and monitoring.
3. Pilbara Country Connection – Changing Childhood (contact Courtney Brooks)
Deliver a hands-on, place-based education program to improve engagement and learning outcomes for Year 3–6 students in remote Pilbara communities. Increase student engagement, confidence, and relevance of education in remote contexts, while creating a scalable model for other remote regions.
4. Cattle Handling Workshop – Gascoyne Pilbara Rangelands Initiative (contact Krystie Bremer)
Deliver a 5-day practical cattle handling and stockmanship workshop on a pastoral station in the Shire of Carnarvon region. The workshop will provide deeper learning for pastoral businesses, station staff, young people, indigenous youth and producers
5. Biodiversity Priorities – Charles Darwin University (contact Beth Penrose)
Identify practices that protect biodiversity and natural capital in each pastoral region of the NT and northern WA. Provide regionally tailored information back to producers on how they could participate in nature-based economies
6. Regenerative Agriculture workshops – Northern Tropical Agriculture (contact Fergal O’Gara)
Present workshops on two distinctly different farming systems and philosophies; one on regenerative farming and the second on conventional/conservation farming that incorporates zero-till crop establishment.
7. Expanding NT Rangeland Management Courses to WA - Kimberley Pilbara Cattlemen's Association (contact Mel McDonald)
Determine which components of the NT RMC are transferable, which are NT specific, and where additional WA specific content, data, partnerships or delivery approaches would be required. This work will establish the foundation and readiness required to progress future development of a WA-specific rangeland management course
8. Pilbara Grazing Fundamentals – Range Assist (contact Matt Fletcher)
Expand the standard one-day Grazing Fundamentals workshop into a two-day program to add value to the Spinifex Pastures Project. The extended format will incorporate topics such as spinifex biology, the role of burning in influencing feed quality, and practical approaches to wildfire mitigation.
9. Carnarvon Water Management Hub – Carnarvon Growers Association (contact Rafael Moser)
Provide a structured, data-driven water management support service in the Gascoyne that delivers agronomic interpretation, daily satellite irrigation data, and water use records captured in a regional database.