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14TH QUEENSLAND WEED SYMPOSIUM4 -7 D E C E M B E R 2 017, P O R T D O U G L A S

Our place. People, priorities and practice in weed management

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Symposium Program // 2

DAY ONE: MONDAY, 4 DECEMBER 20175:00pm - 7:30pm Registration Desk Open Sugar Wharf

5:30pm - 7:30pm Welcome Reception Sugar Wharf, Dixie Street, Port Douglas QLD 4873Dress: Tropical Proudly Sponsored by Douglas Shire Council

6:00pm Welcome Address Cr Julia Leu, Mayor Douglas Shire Council


DAY TWO: TUESDAY, 5 DECEMBER 20177:00am - 4:00pm Registration Desk Open Port Douglas Community Hall

PLENARY SESSION 1: BIOLOGICAL CONTROL – RESEARCH INVESTMENT Chair: Travis Sydes

8:15am – 8:25am Welcome Address & Housekeeping Travis Sydes, Chair, QWS 2017 Organising Committee

8:25am - 8:30am Opening Address Cr Julia Leu, Mayor Douglas Shire Council

8.30am - 8.38am Welcome to Country Traditional Owners

8.38am - 8:40am Gold Sponsor Presentation: Quik Spray

8:40am - 9:10am Keynote Address: Biological-Based Weed Management, Past Successes and Future Opportunities Dr Andy Sheppard, Research Director, Managing Invasive Species & Diseases, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity Proudly Sponsored by Quik Spray

9:10am - 9:20am Q&A with Keynote Speaker, Dr Andy Sheppard

9:20am - 9:35am At Last, Biological Control of Bellyache Bush Dianne Taylor, Queensland Government

9:35am - 9:40am Update on Biological Control Agent, Aceria Lantanae (Lantana Budmite) on Lantana Camara in Northern Queensland Kelli Pukallus, Queensland Government

9:40am- 9:55am Implementation of the Land Protection Fund Coinvestment Model Kristy Gooding, Local Government Association of Queensland

9:55am - 10:00am Q&A with Speakers

10:00am - 10:30am Morning Tea, Exhibition & Poster Viewing

PLENARY SESSION 2: ERADICATION – TWO STEPS FORWARD ONE STEP BACK Chair: Steve Turton

10:30am - 10:45am Eradication of Red Witchweed – One Step at a Time! Peter Austin, Biosecurity Queensland

10:45am - 11:00am Siam Weed - the Recent Past and Options for the Future David Green, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

11:00am - 11:15am Koster’s Curse Project Damon Sydes, Cassowary Coast Regional Council

11:15am - 11:30am Advancing Prickly Acacia Management Through the War on Western Weeds Initiative Nathan March, Biosecurity Queensland

11.30am - 11.45am Understanding and Improving the BMP (Best Management Practice) of MBT (Mexican Bean Tree) in the Wilderness of Tropical North Queensland Michael Graham, Biosecurity Queensland

11:45am - 11:50am Flexible Objectives and Approaches to Managing Gamba Grass Impacts on Hann Tableland National Park Robert Miller, Queensland Government

11:50am - 11:58pm Q&A with Speakers

11.58am - 12:00pm Silver Sponsor Presentation: Dow AgroSciences

12:00pm - 12:53pm Lunch, Exhibition & Poster Viewing Proudly Sponsored by Dow AgroSciences

PLENARY SESSION 3: PROTECTING VALUES Chair: Bart Dryden

12.53pm - 12.55pm Platinum Sponsor Presentation: Douglas Shire Council

12:55pm - 1:25pm Keynote Address: Weeds, Wildlife and Forest Restoration: Rethinking Non-Native Species as Enemies or Allies for Anthropocene Biodiversity Professor Carla Catterall, School of Environment, Griffith UniversityProudly Sponsored by Douglas Shire Council

1:25pm - 1:35pm Q&A with Keynote Speaker, Professor Carla Catterall

1:35pm - 1:50pm Conserving Black-throated Finch Habitat Jaymie Rains, NQ Dry Tropics

1:50pm - 2:05pm Lantana Control on Eastern Torres Strait Islands using Splatter Gun Technique Janine Buist, Aaron Bon & Boggo Gela, Torres Strait Regional Authority

2.05pm - 2.20pm Bridging Barriers Through Partnerships for Weed Management on Cape York Peta-Marie Standley, Cape York Natural Resource Management & Wunthulpu Aboriginal Land Trust

2:20pm - 2:30pm Q&A with Speakers

2:30pm - 3:00pm Afternoon Tea, Exhibition & Poster Viewing

PLENARY SESSION 4: BIOCONTROL RELOADED Chair: Barbara Waterhouse

3:00pm - 3:15pm Broad Scale Introduction of Crown Rot in Weedy Sporobolus Grasses Jeremy Bradley, Beechwood Biological Solutions

3:15pm - 3:30pm Biological Control of Parthenium: Progress on Collection, Mass-Rearing and Redistribution of Established Agents to Southern Queensland Jason Callander, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

3:30pm - 3:45pm Biological Control – Not as Easy as it Sounds Elizabeth Snow, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries


3:55pm - 4.00pm Day One Concludes & Housekeeping

Free Night for Delegates in Port Douglas, WSQ Members Function or Optional Sunset Cruise Optional Sunset Cruise departs from Reef Marina at 5.00pm (check-in at 4.30pm)

5:00pm - 7:00pm WSQ Members Only Function Hemingway’s Brewery – Reef Marina, 44 Wharf St, Port Douglas QLD 4877 A function for members of the Weed Society of Queensland only. Drinks and canapés provided. Dress: Smart Casual


The organisers reserve the right to make necessary changes without notice.

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DAY THREE: WEDNESDAY, 6 DECEMBER 2017FIELD TRIPS Proudly Sponsored by Douglas Shire Council

Dress: Closed-in shoes, appropriate walking clothes, water bottle, sunglasses, hat & sunscreen

Trip 1 - THE FOOD BOWL OF FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND 7:30am bus departs Port Douglas Community Hall, returns 4:30pm

Trip 2 - WHAT GARDEN PLANT IS THAT? 7:45am bus departs Port Douglas Community Hall, returns 4:45pm

Trip 3 - WORLD HERITAGE COUNTRY 8:00am bus departs Port Douglas Community Hall, returns 5:00pm

7:00pm Bus departs Port Douglas Community Hall for the Symposium Dinner

7:30pm - 10:30pm Symposium Dinner Flames of the Forest – 29 Barrier St, Port Douglas QLD 4877 Proudly Sponsored by James Cook University, Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change Dress: Tropical

DAY FOUR: THURSDAY, 7 DECEMBER 20178:00am - 3:00pm Registration Desk Open Port Douglas Community Hall

PLENARY SESSION 5: INVASIVE GRASSES Chair: John Clarkson

8:30am - 8:38am Welcome & Housekeeping Travis Sydes, Chair, QWS 2017 Organising Committee

8:38am - 8:40am Gold Sponsor Presentation: Cape York Natural Resource Management & Terrain NRM

8:40am - 9:10am Keynote Address: High-Biomass Invasive Grasses in Tropical Australia: Still the Burning Issue for Weed Management Dr Samantha Setterfield, Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia Proudly Sponsored by Cape York Natural Resource Management & Terrain NRM

9:10am - 9:20am Q&A with Keynote Speaker, Dr Samantha Setterfield

9.20am - 9:35am To Burn or Not to Burn: Using Fire to Manage a Complex Grass Ecosystem Wayne Vogler, Queensland Government

9:35am - 9:50am Managing Buffel Grass to Promote Species Richness and Facilitate Ecosystem Recovery Rhonda Melzer, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

9:50am - 10:05am Giant Rat’s Tail Grass: Lessons Learnt from Control Trials and Landholder Engagement in the Mackay Whitsunday Region Emily Wood, Reef Catchments (Mackay Whitsunday Isaac) Limited

10:05am - 10:20am The Potential for Fertilizer to Control Sporobolous Spp. in Central Qld, the Byfield Results John Reeve, Biosecurity Queensland

10:20am - 10:30am Q&A with Speakers

10:30am - 11:00am Morning Tea, Exhibition & Poster Viewing

PLENARY SESSION 6: SURVEILLANCE TOOLS AND APPROACHES Chair: Martin Hannan-Jones

11:00am - 11:15am Testing the Utility of Novel, Pre-Emptive Surveillance Techniques to Achieve Earlier Detection of Five High-Risk Weeds Steve Csurhes, Biosecurity Queensland

11:15am - 11:30am UAVs – A Snazzy Toy or a Real Solution for Aerial Surveillance? Jochem van der Reijden, Queensland Government

11:30am - 11:45am Bitou Bush Surveillance UAV Trial Stacy Harris, Biosecurity Queensland & Peter Trotter, Aspect UAV Imaging

11:45am - 12:00pm What Can I do With Weed Control Data? Simon Brooks, Biosecurity Queensland

12.00pm - 12.15pm Some Rapidly Emerging Woody Weeds in South-Eastern Queensland Sheldon Navie, IVM Group


12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch, Exhibition & Poster Viewing

PLENARY SESSION 7: INFORMED DECISIONS Chair: Travis Sydes

1:30pm - 1:45pm Survival and Buoyancy of Hygrophila Costata Stem Fragments in Salt, Brackish, and Fresh Water Melissa Setter, Biosecurity Queensland

1:45pm - 2:00pm Implementing Pest Planning on the Ground: Keeping the Pigs out of the Chocolate Pudding Geoff Lundie-Jenkins, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

2:00pm - 2:15pm Flinders Shire Council Good Neighbour Program Robyn Young, Flinders Shire Council

2:15pm - 2:30pm Successful Community Engagement for Weed Control on Private Land. Conservation Partnerships - City of Gold Coast Todd Burrows, City of Gold Coast

2.30pm - 2.35pm Q&A with Speakers

2:35pm - 3:00pm Awards & Closing Remarks

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