Coorong Partnership
Incorporating the experience and knowledge of the local community and First Nations is critical to successfully restoring the health of the Coorong.
As part of the broader Project Coorong initiative, a new Coorong Partnership has been established to provide local communities and groups with an unprecedented opportunity to help shape the work to be undertaken to restore the health, vitality and visitor experience of the Coorong.
The Coorong Partnership comprises a cross section of the community with a broad range of interests and expertise including conservation, recreation, science, agriculture, local government, tourism, fishing, heritage and First Nations culture.
This Coorong Partnership will have a key role in providing ideas and community insights into the development, implementation and performance of the various Project Coorong initiatives.
The members of the Coorong Partnership are:
- Hon Dean Brown AO (Chair)
- Mr Keith Parkes, Mayor Alexandrina Council
- Ms Bridget Mather, Coorong District Council
- Mr Clyde Rigney Snr, Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal Corporation
- Mr Geoff Gallasch, community member
- Mr Paul Harvey, community member
- Mr Joel Hirsch, community member
Read the Coorong Partnership communiques
- Inaugural Meeting – 12 March 2020
- Communique #2 – 15 April 2020
- Communique #3 – 13 May 2020
- Communique #4 – 17 June 2020
- Communique #5 – 29 July 2020
- Communique #6 – 18 September 2020
- Communique #7 – 26 November 2020
- Communique #8 – 4 February 2021
- Communique #9 – 25 March 2021
- Communique #10 – 6 May 2021
- Communique #11 – 10 June 2021
- Communique #12 – 29 July 2021
- Communique #13 – 2 September 2021
- Communique #14 – 14 October 2021
- Communique #15 – 25 November 2021
- Communique #17 – 7 April 2022
- Communique #18 - 2 June 2022
- Communique #19 – 6 October 2022
- Communique #20 – 13 December 2022
- Communique #21 - 21 February 2023
- Communique #22 - 6 April 2023
- Communique #23 - 1 June 2023
- Communique #24 - 9 November 2023
More ways to get involved
- Sign up to receive the River Murray Update
- Sign up to receive Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin updates and opportunities, including citizen science activities and community consultations
- Visit the Coorong and discover why the wetlands are internationally renowned
