Investigating the Model of Community-Based Case Management in the New South Wales Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program

Data from the New South Wales Rivers Survey on the occurrence of platypuses have provided the most recent and comprehensive record of platypus distribution in the State. The species was most commonly reported from the montane and coastal regions, being less common on the western slopes and uncommon in the rivers of the western lowlands. The observations confirmed those from earlier community-based surveys. In contrast to the distribution of native fish species, there appears to have been little change in the overall state-wide distribution of the platypus in response to degrading processes in the rivers of New South Wales, although nothing is known of the stability of their population numbers.

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Modelling the economic impact of environmental flows for regulated rivers in New South Wales, Australia

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2003.0436 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 48 (7) ◽

pp. 157-164

Author(s):

R.T. Jayasuriya

Keyword(s):

Economic Impact ◽

Environmental Flows ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Water Source ◽

Regulated Rivers ◽

Community Based ◽

South Wales ◽

Groundwater Aquifers

The management of water resources across Australia is undergoing fundamental reform in line with the priorities identified by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) in 1994. This includes reforms to the specification of property rights, the way the resource is shared between the environment, irrigators and other users, charges for water use and the operational management of the river systems. In New South Wales (NSW), a series of water sharing plans (WSPs) is being developed for each water source in the State including regulated rivers, unregulated rivers and groundwater aquifers. These plans, which are the mechanisms by which COAG reforms are being implemented, are being developed by community-based water management committees (WMCs). The role of the WMCs is to develop a plan that achieves a balance between environmental, economic and social outcomes. NSW Agriculture has assisted a number of WMCs by quantifying the economic impact of proposed WSP options on the irrigation community. This paper outlines the approach taken by NSW Agriculture to quantifying economic impacts on irrigators in regulated catchments and provides results of case studies in the Lachlan River Catchment which is heavily developed for irrigation.

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The contribution of the community to defining the distribution of a vulnerable species, the spotted-tailed quoll, Dasyurus maculatus

Wildlife Research ◽

10.1071/wr00018 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

pp. 537 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Daniel Lunney ◽

Alison Matthews

Keyword(s):

Field Survey ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Vulnerable Species ◽

Community Based ◽

Private Lands ◽

Survey Techniques ◽

European Settlement ◽

South Wales ◽

Port Stephens

Community-based wildlife postal surveys, which included the spotted-tailed quoll, were undertaken in Eden, Port Stephens, Bellingen and Iluka. This resulted in 68 records for spotted-tailed quolls for Eden, 40 for Port Stephens, 39 for Bellingen and 7 for Iluka. Such a high number of records from coastal New South Wales, with many on private lands, identifies postal surveys as a major source of previously overlooked sightings. Spotted-tailed quolls have declined in range by as much as 50–90% since European settlement, which has seen them listed as a nationally vulnerable species. There have been few surveys of spotted-tailed quolls in New South Wales due to their difficulty of detection using standard field survey techniques, such as cage trapping and hair tube sampling. Their unique appearance makes them an ideal species to include in community-based surveys. Future use of these surveys has the potential to contribute significantly to conservation programs of spotted-tailed quolls that involve private lands and local support.

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Validation of the Visual Recognition Slide Test with stroke: A component of the New South Wales occupational therapy off-road driver rehabilitation program

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal ◽

10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00699.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 55 (3) ◽

pp. 172-179 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Stacey George ◽

Michael Clark ◽

Maria Crotty

Keyword(s):

Occupational Therapy ◽

Visual Recognition ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Rehabilitation Program ◽

South Wales ◽

Slide Test

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A Community-based Survey of the Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, in the Eden Region of South-eastern New South Wales

Wildlife Research ◽

10.1071/wr94034 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 111 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Daniel Lunney ◽

Carol Esson ◽

Chris Moon ◽

Murray Ellis ◽

Alison Matthews

Keyword(s):

National Parks ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Dry Forest ◽

Management Options ◽

Regional Survey ◽

Community Based ◽

Phascolarctos Cinereus ◽

South Eastern ◽

South Wales

A community-based postal survey (questionnaire and map) was undertaken in the Eden region of south-eastern New South Wales in 1991–92 to help determine the local distribution of koalas and to obtain information on which to base a regional plan of management for koalas. The 1198 replies from the II 600 households in the region represented all parts of the area surveyed. The survey responses suggest that koalas are rare in the Eden region, and that the number of koalas has been constantly low for the last four decades. The records are scattered both chronologically and geographically. National Parks and Nature Reserves have never been the stronghold of local koala populations, and freehold land, particularly farmland, is not a major reservoir of koalas. Most koalas reported were in, or adjacent to, State Forests, particularly Murrah–Berrnagui and Tantawangalo–Glenbog–Yurammie. These areas appear to contain the core of the surviving koala population of the region. An assessment of the vegetation where koalas were sighted indicated that dry forest is the preferred habitat. The once abundant and widespread local koala population of late last century has been reduced by habitat loss and fragmentation to a few small, isolated populations. This regional survey, which was undertaken by use of a carefully constructed questionnaire, revealed an invaluable source of records and contributed 70% of the records in the database used for this study. This study also laid a basis for assessing koala management options in south-eastern New South Wales.

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