Garry offers consulting services in the following areas
Providing local governments and agencies advice in the following areas -
Environmental impact assessment - providing advice on proposals subject to EIA; preparation of EIS; expertise in the WA and Commonwealth EIA processes;
Environmental policy and legislation;
Coastal adaptation planning taking into account the impacts of climate change;
Biodiversity offsets
Agency climate change adaptation planning - guidance and preparation of agency-wide (government. and industry) climate change adaptation planning;
Public open space planning - at both a regional scale (strategic planning) and site specific planning;
Meeting and workshop facilitation - especially related to environmental, land use planning ing and climate change issues.
Providing training in the following areas:
Environmental impact assessment - the WA and Commonwealth EIA processes;
Adapting to climate change;
The WA land use planning system;
Coastal planning and policy, especially the implementation of State Planning Policy 2.6;
Biodiversity offsets.
Meeting and workshop facilitation
Garry offers meeting and workshop facilitation service. Below are some examples of his experience in this area:
Workshop on Nature Positive and Impact Assessment, 2023 Impact assessment symposium, Canberra;
Workshop on Biodiversity Offsets at the at 2019 National Biodiversity Offsets Conference, Canberra;
Facilitating workshops for a Curtin University study into the socio-economic benefits of walking trails;
Conference convenor National Coast to Coast conference 2014;
Facilitating two workshops (2015 and 2013) of EIA practitioners and researchers;
Facilitating panels for determine CoastWest and Coastal Management Plan Assistance Program grants;
Facilitating meetings of the Great Victoria Desert Trust Fund Management Panel;
Symposium Organiser: A symposium for IA practitioners and researchers: Reimagining approvals - Strategic approaches to support Impact Assessment. February 15th and 16th, 2018, Melbourne.
Conference organiser/convener – 2017 State NRM and Coast Conference, August 2017, Curtin University.
Symposium Organiser: A symposium for IA practitioners and researchers: Doing impact assessment in the context of uncertainty and risk. February 20th and 21st, 2017, Sydney.
Symposium Organiser: A symposium for IA practitioners and researchers: How do we do more with less – responding to the challenges of reducing resources and streamlining. July 6th and 7th, 2015, Brisbane.
Symposium Organiser: Special symposium - State of environmental assessment in Australia. November 12th & 13th, 2012, Australian National University, Canberra.
Workshop Organiser: Aligning Federal and Western Australian EIA - The Future of Environmental Impact Assessment, 26 June, 2014.
Workshop Organiser: Coastal Planning and Management in WA, 30th -31st August 2012, Curtin University;
Workshop on environmental offsets for the Environmental Consultants Association WA;and
Facilitating workshop of WA EIA practitioners on Streamlining EIA in 2014.
Recent projects
Providing policy advice to Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation on the renewable hydrogen industry in WA;
NSW Central Coast Council - Coast Social and Recreational Activities Assessment
Appeals Committee investigating an Appeal against Minister’s Decision to refuse to assess application for Regulation 17 exemption – The Raffles Hotel, Applecross;
Identifying Planning Schemes and Planning Codes to be prescribed under new sections 48AAA and 48AAB Environmental Protection Act 1986, for the EPA Services;
City of Swan City’s Operations Divisional climate change risk action plan;
Symposium Organiser: Strategic approaches to support Impact Assessment;
Workshop facilitation and use of multi-criteria assessment for trails planning in Kalamunda ;
Training Courses for Office of the EPA;
Professional training course - EIA in WA;