Posted 13 March 2009
Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, today announced $1 million funding to help establish the Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust.
"The creation of a perpetual legacy in name of Peter Cullen is a fitting tribute to this great Australian on the anniversary of his death a year ago today," Senator Wong said while launching the Trust at Parliament House in Canberra.
"Professor Cullen made an enormous contribution to the management of natural resources in Australia, most of all around rivers and freshwater ecology.
"As a founding National Water Commissioner, a leading member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, and in his many other roles, Professor Cullen was an inspiring and influential leader in the important debate about water in this country.
"The Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust will honour and continue Peter's legacy by building water science knowledge and skills in Australia, promoting informed exchange and debate on national water issues, and contributing to improved environmental water management."
The objectives of the Trust are to:
"The Trust is expected to support early career researchers, and people who can 'speak for the rivers' with clarity and credibility - something Professor Cullen was passionate about."
Contributions will be sought from the public and private sectors.
"The Rudd Government is supporting the establishment of this Trust by providing $1 million in funding from the Raising National Water Standards Program, which is managed by the National Water Commission.
"This is a most appropriate gesture given Peter Cullen's contribution to water reform in Australia as a founding National Water Commissioner."
Source: Web site of the Australian Federal Minister for Climate Change and Water
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