Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment
School of Natural and Built Environments
School of Natural and Built Environments
Bob
Day AO
Bob Day AO is Managing Director of Home
Australia Pty Ltd, one of Australia's leading homebuilding companies.
Home Australia owns some of the housing industry's best known brand
names including Homestead Homes in SA, Collier homes in WA, Ashford
Homes in Victoria, Newstart Homes in QLD and Huzley Homes in NSW. Total
sales exceed $200m per annum and Bob now employs 350 full time staff and
engages approximately 1,000 trade contractors.
Bob was educated at the Gilles Plains High School and The University of
South Australia, and
was named the '1991 Westpac Young Executive of the Year' and the
Australian Marketing Institute's '1993 Marketer of the Year'. On
Australia Day 2003 Bob was appointed an Officer of the Order of
Australia and in July 2003 was awarded a Centenary of Federation medal.
His strong interest in youth unemployment, homelessness,
federalism and industrial relations is reflected in a wide range of
appointments which include:
National President of the
Housing Industry Association, President and Founder of Independent
Contractors of Australia, Director of the Centre for Independent
Studies, Member of the National Work for the Dole Advisory Committee,
Chairman of North East Vocational College, and the Founder and Convenor
of nationbuild.com.
Cate
Atkinson MPIA
Cate has worked with the
City of Playford for 7 1/2 years, and now as General Manager has a
diverse portfolio incorporating Parks & Open Space, Asset Strategy,
People Services and Knowledge Management, and Environment Projects
Team. She has a background in planning, having been involved in
strategic planning for over 20 years, and has significant experience in
both the private sector and local government in strategy and policy,
development services, environmental assessment, and community
consultation and advocacy.
A significant project Cate is currently working on is the development of
a Population Policy for the City that will underpin the State
Government’s Prosperity through People Population Policy, and will
provide leadership and guidance for the existing and future community
within Playford and the northern region.
Cate will be addressing the opportunities for urban consolidation in and
around regional centres to make them vibrant and liveable areas.
Regional centres provide the perfect opportunity for affordable living
in a more dense setting.
Helen
Dyer
Helen is the Group Manager
City Development at the City of West Torrens. A qualified town planner
with a Master of Environmental Laws, Helen is a past President of the
South Australian Division of the Planning Institute of Australia and
former Board Member of the Planning Education Foundation. In her
current role Helen is responsible for all of the Council's planning and
building functions, strategic and corporate planning, governance and
regulatory services.
Helen's previous experience traverses both the private and public (State
and Local Government, sectors and she worked in both South Australia and
the Northern Territory and of her work has been in the area of strategic
planning and policy development and management, although she also has
experience in development assessment sand project management. Helen has
frontline experience of Urban Consolidation dealing, from a Council
perspective, with the issues associated with the demand to retrofit
existing inner urban areas both within West Torrens and Norwood,
Payneham and St Peters.
Helen will discuss her experiences focussing on the implications for
housing choice and affordability, quality of life, and the roles that
Local Government might play.
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The lecture is free and open to everyone but registration is essential as there are limited places.
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Program
5.30pm - 5.50pm: Tea and Coffee
6.00pm - 6.10pm: Welcome and Introduction
6.15pm - 6.35pm: Bob Day AO
6.40pm - 7.00pm: Cate Atkinson
7.05pm - 7.25pm: Helen Dyer
7.30pm - 8.00pm: Question and Answer Time
8.00pm - 9.00pm: Refreshments
For details
on how to get to the Mutual Community Lecture Theatre, located on the
ground floor of the Basil Hetzel Building at UniSA's City East campus,
please click
here.
For further information please contact:
Dr Paul Maginn
Email:
paul.maginn@unisa.edu.au
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