What's in this EOFY edition It's Membership Renewal Time! EOFY Fundraiser - Growing Skills. Growing Community. Restoring Nature AABR's 40/40 Forum – Save the Date- 26-27 November RegenTV - Don't Pea afraid, Grassland Resurrection Forum Good Governance for a Growing Association Seeking Contractors to Support AABR ERIK : Ecological Restoration Guidance Assessments underway Every bush [...]
The ERIK Project Team is excited to share that we’ve had a fantastic response to our invitation for ecological restoration practitioners to join Expert Panels for specific vegetation types. As a first priority, panel members have assessed 25 resources using the online assessment form. Assessors are reviewing the quality of each resource, identifying where improvements [...]
Good Governance for a Growing Association AABR is reviewing its governance, policies and procedures to ensure the Association continues to grow with confidence. With increasing membership, the establishment of State and Territory Branches, more walks, talks and events following COVID, and our move towards ACNC charity registration, now is the right time to review [...]
For 40 years, AABR has been connecting people, sharing knowledge and championing best practice in bush regeneration. As we celebrate this milestone, we’re investing in the future — expanding our education, outreach and communications so we can support even more people restoring Australia’s ecosystems. This EOFY, we’re raising funds to strengthen [...]
On the Ground with Transdev: Small Wins for Native Plants on the Light Rail Line- (A Sydney member’s mission) Many members will know Transdev as the operator of Sydney’s Light Rail network, including the L1 Dulwich Hill Line stretching from Central Station to Dulwich Hill. Alongside running public transport services, [...]
Renewal time is coming around again. And this year, we’re doing things a little differently. Following last year’s transition to a new CRM system, we’ve taken the opportunity to refine how we manage memberships. While that shift has set us up well for the future, we know the 2025–26 renewal process didn’t land as smoothly [...]
The Occupation Standard Classification for Australia (OSCA) is the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ framework for defining and categorising jobs across the national workforce. It shapes how occupations are captured in official data and directly informs government policy, workforce planning, education and training design, migration settings, and procurement frameworks. The current OSCA review presents a timely [...]
WeedScan is an innovative biosecurity tool and community resource designed to help people identify, record and map priority weed species across Australia. Here's a presentation on WeedScan V2.0 It combines an AI-powered identification model with practical weed management information, so users can quickly assess whether a plant is a weed of concern and contribute records [...]
February 2026 AABR's 40th Anniversary is starting with an abundance of events and more in store as working groups and branches swing into action. AABR, as a volunteer organisation, provides opportunities for members to broaden their networks through attending events, making events happen, progressing issues of interest that effect all bush regenerators and strenthening connections [...]
November 2025 As we edge toward the end of 2025, the energy across AABR is unmistakable. Our 40th year is just around the corner and the anniversary sparks are already flying, working groups forming, events rolling out, new resources landing and branches gearing up for a big year of restoration, learning and connection. This issue [...]
