In this episode, Shonelle chats with two special guests, Dr Danielle Toase and Dr Lange Jorstad. Danielle Toase is an Environmental Manager, with a BSc in environmental science and PhD in environmental geochemistry. She has over 10 years experience across the fields of environmental research, regulation, remediation contracting, consulting and corporate environmental management. Danielle has worked at multiple complex PFAS contamination since 2016, particularly at aviation sites or sites...

Sarah Mansfield is an environment and planning lawyer based in Sydney with more than 14 years experience.  Sarah has extensive transactional, litigation and advisory experience. She advises and acts for government authorities, land owners, developers and financial institutions on matters related to contaminated land, pollution, waste, vegetation and planning and environmental approvals.  In this episode, Sarah and Shonelle discuss the numerous types of legal issues commonly addressed in...

Joel Little started his professional environmental career working in wildlife conservation across south eastern Australia. A move back closer to home saw him take up an offer for an Environmental Officer role in a regional NSW Council.     Fast forward over fifteen years and Joel has utilised the exposure to the wide range of situations that local government offered to start his own consultancy business, helping residents, businesses and Councils in dealing with the complex issues surrounding...

In this episode Peter Brennan joins Shonelle to share his extensive experience in the environmental industry. Peter currently works as Coordinator Environmental Services at Singleton Council in NSW and has previously worked as Senior Program Officer at the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), Regional Environmental Program Manager at Hunter Joint Organisation, and Environmental Security Project Officer at Lake Macquarie City Council. You'll hear Peter and Shonelle share their unique...

Anna Lundmark is the Director and Principal Consultant at StellaNord Consulting. She is a Certified Site Contamination Specialist under the CEnvP scheme, with 20 years’ experience in contaminated land.  Prior to starting her own business, she was the Manager for Science and Innovation at Hunter Water, Regional Program Manager for Contaminated Land at Hunter JO, and Principal Environmental Consultant at AECOM. In this episode, Anna discusses the benefit she's seen first hand in adopting a...

For the past three years, James Maxwell has served as Environment & Compliance Manager for Moree Plains Shire Council, a rural LGA in northwest NSW. While James still considers himself to be relatively new to local government, he brings 10 years of environmental consultancy experience into the role, with a focus on development impact assessment, contaminated land management and asbestos assessment. Since joining Moree Council, James has spearheaded the integrated management of a large and...

In this episode, we talk with Noel Schiller, Contaminated Lands Project Manager at Canberra Region Joint Organisation.  Noel has been involved in over 30 years of work within the environmental sector which has involved 20 years in NSW Local Government working in Environmental Compliance, Governance and Regulatory Management, 9 years within the energy sector working in Environmental compliance with Oil and Gas, and 4 years working with NSW Government as an Environmental Regulatory Project...