Publications
Horticulture Skills Capacity Framework to Build Resilience and Skills Retention
The urgency of finding a coordinated way to address the challenge of attracting and retaining staff in the local horticulture sector was a recurring theme in consultations run by the Victorian Drought Hub’s Northwest Irrigated Horticulture Node. Skills passports and competency frameworks were explored as ways to attract and embed skills into the main horticultural industries of almonds, citrus, table grapes, wine grapes, dried grapes, and summer fruits.
Drivers of Horticultural Growth in the Victorian Mallee
This paper reports on the factors that have driven the significant expansion in irrigated horticulture in the Victorian Mallee over the last twenty years. The report was commissioned by the Mallee CMA and was delivered by MRIC who led a multi-disciplinary team from the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University with considerable support from local experts and industry stakeholders.
Submission to Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) & TransGrid
In response to the Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector West (VNI West) Regulatory Investment Test for Transmission (RIT-T) Project Specification Consultation Report (PSCR) March 2020
Submission to Victoria State Government Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
In response to the Green hydrogen discussion paper Victorian hydrogen investment program, November 2019 February 2020
Submission to The Department of Agriculture on
Modernising the Research and Development Corporation System December 2019