Congratulations to the following local conservationists who have been honoured with an Order of Australia Medal today: Mrs Elizabeth June BARRACLOUGH, For service to conservation and the environment, and as a volunteer educator. Inaugural Field Officer, Balcombe Estuary Rehabilitation Group (BERG), since 1997. Member, Mount Martha Foreshore Advisory Group, since 2007. Member, Community Reference Group for South East Sewerage Authority. Committee Member, Devilbend Foundation. Inaugural Member, Balcombe and Moorooduc Landcare Group. Member, Mornington Peninsula Bay to Bay Biolink. Voluntary Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, since 2009. Coordinator, environmental educational program for Balcombe Grammar School, since 2010. Involved in educating students on Indigenous plants and bushland management policies at Mount Martha Primary School, current. Dr Brian David CUMING, For service to environmental conservation in the Westernport region. Research Fellow, Westernport and Peninsula Protection Council (WPPC), since 2007; Research Coordinator, 1997-2007; President, 1987-1997; Member, since 1970s. Instrumental in gaining Ramsar listing for Westernport Wetlands, 1982. Founding Member, Devilbend Foundation Inc., since 2006; Established Devilbend Reserve. Environment Victoria Representative, Community Stakeholder Reference Group, Review of the Environment Effects Act, 2001-2002. Recipient, Environment Victoria Award, 2014. Former Member, Conservation Council of Victoria. Former Member, Liaison Committee, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve Foundation. Conservation Representative, Westernport Regional Planning and Coordination Committee, for many years; Member, Western Port Strategies Committee. Member, Community Reference Group, Port of Hastings Corporation, 2005-2007. Member, General Assembly, Greenpeace Australia, for several years. Mrs Nanette CUMING, For service to the Australian native plant industry, and to the community. Pioneer of the Australian native plant industry since 1968 including propagating, wholesaling and retailing native plants and growing cut flowers for domestic and export markets. Member, Society for Growing Australian Plants, 1969-1997. Founding President, Crib Point Community Garden, since 2006. Member, International Plant Propagators Society (IPPS), 1975-1982, Western Port Community Support, (formerly Hastings Citizens Advice Bureau CAB) andHastings Community Information and Support Centre: President, 1992-1994; Vice-President, 2001-2003, 1995-1998 and 1990-1991; Committee Member, 2004-2012, 1999- 2000 and 1989;Community Support Worker, 1989-2014; Volunteer, since 1988; Life Member, 2003. Chair, Hastings Community Village Project Committee, 2002-2005.
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