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PUR$L – Nightmare? - or Vision Splendid?
PUR$L Poem
Mr Michael Lloyd (Conference Chairman)

Saltland in Australia: Opportunities and Goals for Action
Dr Graeme Robertson (Director General of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture WA)

Salinity: Where Are We Now?
Dr Mirko Stauffacher (Research Director, CSIRO Land and Water, ACT)

Overview of the Cooperative Research Centre for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity
Alex Campbell (Chairman)

Launch of Sustainable Grazing on Saline Land (SGSL)- People, Profitability and Potential
Col Dorber (Managing Director, Australian Wool Innovation Limited)

Turning Salt of the Earth into Wool for the World
Andrew Southwell (Property Owner, NSW)

Opportunities and Constraints to Grazing Saline Pastures
Dr Rob Kelly (CSIRO Livestock Industries, WA)

Pasture Legumes in Saline Environments - Past, Present and Future
Andy Craig (South Australian Research and Development Institute, SA)

Animal Production from Saline Land - case studies across southern Australia
Dr Andrew Thompson (Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Pastoral and Veterinary Institute, VIC)

Nutritive Value of Plants Growing on Saline Land
Hayley Norman (CSIRO Livestock Industries, WA)

Vetiver Grass for Saline Land Rehabilitation under Tropical and Mediterranean Climate
Dr Paul Truong (Department of Natural Resources and Mines, QLD)

Economic and Technical Assessment of Desalination Technologies in Australia: With Particular Reference to National Action Plan Priority Regions
Geoff Moyle (URS Sustainable Development, SA

Making Use of the Inland Oceans – Merredin Townsite Groundwater Pumping and Desalination Pilot Project
Rosemary Nott (Department of Agriculture, WA)

Groundwater Pumping to Evaporation Basins at Bodallin
Derek Hopkins (Bodallin Catchment Group, WA)

Soil-Water Flow Theory and Past Research Generate Confidence That Salinity can be Controlled and Agricultural Productivity Restored to Waterlogged and Saline Land
Greg Hamilton (Department of Agriculture, WA)

Explaining Groundwater Depths in Saltland: Impacts of Saltbush, Rainfall and Time Trends
Ruhi Ferdowsian (Department of Agriculture, WA)

Grazing and Feedlotting Sheep on Saline Land
Greg Tippett (Property Owner, WA

Green Feed in Dry Times
Les Payne (Property Owner, VIC)

Saltland Revegetation – Production and Diversity Farmer Case Study
Ian Walsh (Property Owner, WA)

Salinity: Think Total Change of Land Use
Wolford Parsons (Property Owner, SA)

Integrating Saltland Into the Whole Farm Operation
Gordon and Neville Stopp (Property Owners, SA)

Inland Saline Aquaculture
Jock McFarlane (PIRSA Rural Solutions, SA)

Managing Environmental Impacts from Inland Saline Aquaculture
Alan Lymbery (Murdoch University, WA)

Culturing Snapper in Dumbleyung – A Case Study for Determining the Potential for Inland Saline Groundwater to Grow Marine Fish in Western Australia
Gavin Partridge (Aquaculture Development Unit, WA Maritime Training Centre)

Saltwater Trout: Managed Productivity at the Interface Between Saltwater and Land
Jasper Trendall (Sea Dragon Farm, WA)

From Hobby to Industry: Forward Directions for the Development of Inland Saline Aquaculture in Western Australia
Rob Doupé (Murdoch University, WA)

Bedford Groundwater Interception Scheme
Tim Flowers (South Australia Research and Development Institute - Aquatic Sciences, SA)

NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Business Opportunities to Address Salinity
The Hon Pam Allan MP (Chair, NSW Parliamentary Select Committee on Salinity, NSW) 209

National Economic and Policy Issues in the Productive Use of Salinised Resources
Associate Professor David Pannell (Cooperative Research Centre for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity, University of Western Australia)

The Role of Saltland Pastures in the Farming System – A Whole-Farm Bio-Economic Analysis
Michael O’Connell (Regional Economist, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia)

New Industries for Saline Land: Stepping into the Unknown
Dr Richard Price (National Manager, National Dryland Salinity Program, ACT)

Development of a Cereal Tolerant to Salinity and Waterlogging
Dr Tim Colmer (Plant Physiologist, Cooperative Research Centre for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity and School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia)

Identifying the Opportunities: How the Concept of Ecosystem Services Can Help
Dr Steven Cork (Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, ACT)

The Social Impacts of Salinity: Farmer Semi-Structured Interviews Analysing Social Issues in Relation to Natural Resource Management
Pamela I’Anson (Department of Agriculture, WA)

The Multiple Use of Saline Water; Turning an Under-Utilised Resource into a Viable One
Neil Smith (Nuffield Farming Scholar)

A Consideration of Mechanisms for Realising The Benefit of Carbon Sequestered by Revegetation Projects
Arnon Musiker (Deutsche Bank AG)

Western Australia’s 1MPULS> Project – ‘One Million Hectares of Productive Use of Land With Salinity’
Justin Hardy (Department of Agriculture, WA)

Using Salinity Hazard Mapping Makes $ense - Evaluation of EM31 System in Assessing Salinity Hazard in South-West Victoria
Lee-anne Fairbairn (Department of Natural Resources, VIC)

Effects of Drainage on Processes in Saline Soil Profiles in the South-East of South Australia
Dr Rob Fitzpatrick (CSIRO Land and Water / Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration)

Tree-Pasture Interactions in Alley Farming Systems Established on Mildly Saline Land
Dr Geoff Woodall (Department of Agriculture, WA)

Salt Tolerant Eucalypts for Commercial Forestry: Progress and Promise
Dr Glenn Dale (Saltgrow Pty Ltd, QLD)

Tree Performance and Rootzone Salt Accumulation in Discharge Plantings in the 400 – 600mm Rainfall Zone of Western Australia
Robert Archibald (Department of Conservation and Land Management, WA)

Managing Saline Groundwater to Improve Farm Productivity and Enhance Biodiversity
David Cornwall (Department of Natural Resources and Environnment, VIC)

River Saltbush: Outstanding Survivor Amongst Old Saltland Agronomy Plots
John Paul Collins (Department of Agriculture, WA)

An Overview of the Mid Macquarie Community Salinity Prioritisation and Strategic Direction Project
Judith Crockett (Mid Macquarie Landcare, NSW)

Faster Growing Black Bream Make More Cents
Rob Doupé (Murdoch University, WA)

Groundwater Investigations in the 500-800mm Rainfall Zone of the Murray-Darling Basin
Pauline English (CSIRO Land and Water, ACT)

Alternative Legumes Produce and Persist Well on Mildly Saline Acid Soils of Central Victoria
Pedro Evans (Department of Natural Resources and Environment, VIC)

Investigating Salty Soils and Water
Nicole Gammie (NSW Agriculture)

Feeding Saltbush with Wheat Header Residue to Sheep
David G Masters (CSIRO Livestock Industries)

Revegetation of Salt-Affected Land for Biodiversity (Wildlife?)
Jack Mercer (Western Australia)

Carcass Quality of Sheep Fed a Saltbush and Barley Ration
Kelly Pearce (Murdoch University, WA)

Native Victorian Fabaceae Species: A Potential Source of Salt Tolerant Material?
Mary-Jane E Rogers (Institute of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, VIC)

Developing Forage Resources for Saline Discharge Areas
Mary-Jane E Rogers (Cooperative Research Centre for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity, WA)

A Field Study of Irrigated Distichlis Spicata var.yensen-4a (NyPa Forage)
Mark R Sargeant (NyPa Australia)

Production of Maize and Wheat under Saline/Saline Sodic Environment
Muhammad Shafiq (National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad)

The Legal Responsibilities of Emission Trading in Carbon Sinks
Robert Vincin (Emission Traders International Pty Limited, NSW)