Contamination Station: Safer Environment Together

Michael Seller is the Membership Development Manager at the Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA), the leading industry body representing professionals working in contaminated land and groundwater management across Australia and New Zealand. In his role, Michael leads initiatives to grow and support ALGA’s member community, connecting practitioners, regulators, consultants, scient...

Ana Serra is an Environmental Engineer with over 20 years of experience across multiple countries and states, including Portugal, Ireland, Angola, Western Australia, and New South Wales. Ana is a Certified Environmental Practitioner and a Licensed Asbestos Assessor, and is currently the Coordinator of Asbestos and Remediation at Liverpool City Council, NSW. Over the past 15+ years, her career has...

Andrew Mitchell is an environmental engineer with over 25 years of experience in regulation, policy, emergency management, pollution incidents and site contamination.  Andrew currently leads the national environment team for ADE Consulting Group. His previous roles have included being a regulator of contaminated land, funding the clean-up of derelict sites, developing policy and preventative...

Elizabeth Wild has more than 30 years of experience in environmental law, with a particular focus on managing issues related to contaminated land and remediation law. She has worked with government clients, listed property trusts, property developers, and large manufacturing, transportation, energy, infrastructure and resources companies. Liz is recognized as a leading or pre-eminent practitioner...

Dr. Sophie Wood is the Program Manager for the Contaminated Sites Assessment, Remediation and Management (CSARM) Short Courses at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). The CSARM course has been delivered over the past 15 years and has seen great success in upskilling the industry. In this episode, we focus on the Contaminated Site Management and Regulation Short Course (CSMR) which launched...

John Hunt is a renowned expert in contaminated land remediation and Senior Technical Adviser at Ventia. John has qualifications in geology and is Certified Site Contamination Specialist with more than 30 years’ experience in contaminated site assessment and remediation. He started in the industry in 1992 with Groundwater Technology Australia as a contamination consultant. After 5 years with ADI Li...

Howard Waldron is the co-founder of Lotsearch, a company that has pioneered the development of environmental information and insights, with a particular focus on potential contamination. Since the company was founded in 2014, they have been a provider of environmental and planning reports in Australia, helping support environmental consultants when undertaking preliminary site investigations. More...

Jayden Pan is a Legacy Sites Project Officer at Hornsby Shire Council, part of the team responsible for the Foxglove Oval Remediation Project, a legacy landfill in Mount Colah, NSW. Jayden’s role involves managing the complex remediation of this site, utilizing his background in environmental consulting and landfill monitoring. In this episode, Jayden discusses his journey from environmental consu...

Malcolm Adrien is an environmental scientist with 14 years’ experience in the environmental consulting and contaminated land sector. He managed several consultancies in the Newcastle region before he made the switch to local government in 2023 where he took on the newly created role at Maitland City Council as the Senior Contaminated Land Officer. Malcolm has a strong background in contaminated si...

Bob Symons serves as the Regional Technical Manager for Eurofins Environment Testing Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand, where he oversees contaminants of emerging concern and contributes to the PFAS global peer group. Holding a Ph. D. in Environmental Analytical Chemistry from La Trobe University and an undergraduate degree from Victoria University in Melbourne, Bob brings a wealth of academic...

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 worke...

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. ...

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 cons...

In this episode Peter Brennan joins Shonelle to share his extensive experience in the environmental industry. Peter currently works as Coordinator Environmental Services at a local 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 Proje...

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 Con...

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 assess...

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...

We are pleased to announce the release of ‘Contamination Station: Safer Environment Together,’ our brand-new podcast, which has been funded by the New South Wales Government through the EPA’s Contaminated Land Management Capacity Building Program. Whether you're deeply involved in the field of contaminated land or simply passionate about safeguarding our environment, this podcast is an invaluable...