Professor Emeritus - sustainability innovation & sustainable regional development

Joined April 2010
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Earlier this year Forbes Magazine warned: "The question is no longer whether to embrace AI but how quickly and effectively organizations can harness its potential to secure their place in an increasingly AI-powered world". Food & fibre is in the mix too. queenslandcountrylife.com.au…
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A write up of a talk I gave in Toowoomba last week to the National Agriculture & Renewables conference @karinstark79 @Ben_Lyons_ @JoSheppard04 @QldFarmers @Indigocathy @chamboak
Creating strategies for effective regional engagement with the energy transition #renewables #agriculture #regions profjohncole.com/2024/07/10/…
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It’s a nation building visionary project on the threshold of being realised - the 2700 km sealed shortcut #outbackway Winton to Laverton - great to be in CBA with key stakeholders planning its future - this exciting journey is only just beginning #outbackwayforum2024
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Quirk review provides #Olympics #Brisbane2032 opportunity to be be above politics. @StevenJMiles @DavidCrisafulli the editorial in todays @couriermail makes sense - bipartisanship essential to get the job done #qldpol #auspol
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$570m battery deal pushes Queensland closer to goal as renewables superpower inqld.com.au/?p=100741 via @InQldMedia
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Great to be in the room for the ⁦@QldFarmers⁩ celebrating #NationalAgricultureDay. There is no sector more essential to our national future than the people who grow our food and fibre.
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Former CEO of @LGAQ Greg Hallam gives some valuable insights into the context of marginalised #rural and #regional #poverty in Plight of the blockies: The fires and a community's complex problems exposed inqld.com.au/?p=92780 via @InQldMedia @RegionalAus @regstud @ResearchRural
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Climate change driven #bushfire risk means Australia must have a sovereign #firefighting air fleet capacity to be deployed to hot spot emergencies across the continent as needed #resilientregions @abc730 #resilientcommunities
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The denial of additional flights into Australia by international carriers is a disgrace. Protecting #Qantas from #competition is not in our national interest. It means higher fares to travellers and costs the economy big time. Let’s open our skies.
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#Regional #resilience in action, the South Burnett’s Red Earth Foundation reminds that #community self-organisation, purposeful focussed capacity building, local collaboration and shared vision, are crucial ingredients for regions adapting successfully in an ever changing world.
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Kicking off in Kingaroy a celebration of community and growing local leaders by Red Earth Foundation ⁦@GeorgieSomerset⁩ ⁦@SouthBurnettRC⁩ ⁦@NorthBurnettRC⁩ ⁦@KristyFrahm⁩ ⁦@ProfJohnMcVeigh⁩ ⁦@ProfJohnCole⁩ ⁦@ResearchRural⁩ ⁦
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