Upcoming CoP Meeting Schedule – August/September

Aug 13, 2025

Your AELERT Community of Practice network groups have a fantastic selection of presentations, topics, and speakers coming up this month in August and many more to follow in September.

There are over 1,540 active individual members that have joined AELERT’s 20 community of practice groups and we encourage you to get involved as much as you can with your peers during meetings, using the secure online forums, and with your fellow members directly to share ideas, approaches, resources, contacts and just to chat.

Regulators are better when we work together and as part of the AELERT network, you will never be alone. Reach out to your CoP chairs and co-chairs with questions, topics you would like to discuss, or with ideas that could benefit other regulators (we can raise these to the working groups, resource them, and produce new innovative and practical products to benefit all members!).

Join a Community of Practice to connect & collaborate

If you are not yet a CoP member you can join by following the links below and requesting access to the relevant CoP forum. You will receive the CoP meeting invitations and be able to continue the discussions online and collaborate with your peers.

Please note: All members must be registered on the AELERT website to access the CoP forums and join network groups. If you require any assistance, please contact the AELERT Leadership Team today.

August CoP Meeting Schedule:

Compliance Auditing Community of Practice

Special guest David Thomas, Manager Priority Programs of the NSW Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR), will be presenting a short overview and role of auditing as a regulatory function within NRAR including an insight into some of the wicked problems encountered in audits.

  • Date: Thursday, 14 August
  • Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM (AEST)

Emergency Operations Community of Practice

Special guests Kane Jackson & Cheyne Quesnel from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) in Western Australia, will be discussing the experience and insights from carrying out the recent Pollution Response Capability Assessment on Christmas Island (CI) and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CKI) – collectively known as the Indian Ocean Territories (IOT). The purpose of the assessment was to evaluate the current level of preparedness for potential hazards within IOT and identify opportunities to increase resilience when faced with emergency situations and pollution incidents.

  • Date: Wednesday, 20 August
  • Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM (AEST)

Waste Crime Community of Practice

For this informal discussion session we welcome Jackie Adams Compliance and Investigations Manager at the NZ EPA. Jackie will be presenting on recent findings of investigations over the importation of F-gases into New Zealand. F-gases may not be a common occurance for some members, especially from a waste trafficking perspective, so this session is assured to be insightful! These waste crime sessions are not recorded so be sure to join the upcoming conversation.

  • Date: Thursday, 21 August
  • Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM (AEST)

Water Compliance Community of Practice

Join this community of practice to engage with peers on cross-cutting issues and regulatory practice within water compliance across jurisdictions. Your meeting invitation will contain up-to-date session information as it is confirmed.

  • Date: Thursday, 28 August
  • Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM (AEST)

September CoP Meeting Schedule:

More details will be added closer to the date for upcoming CoP meetings in September. Join the CoPs forums now by following the links below and start engaging with your peers now.

Legal Practice & Policy Community of Practice

  • Date: Tuesday, 2 September
  • Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM (AEST)

Better Regulation Community of Practice

  • Date: Wednesday, 3 September
  • Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM (AEST)

Waste Crime Community of Practice

  • Date: Thursday, 4 September
  • Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM (AEST)

Communications, Education & Engagement Community of Practice

  • Date: Tuesday, 9 September
  • Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM (AEST)

Impact Assessment & Energy and Mining Communities of Practice

Join special guest Jonathon Miller | Chief Executive Officer – The Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) who will be talking about the new certification in Impact Assessment currently under construction to certify practitioners.

  • Date: Wednesday, 10 September
  • Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (AEST)

First Peoples Environmental Regulators Community of Practice

Join this community of practice to engage with peers to contribute to the inclusion of Indigenous cultural values and knowledge within environmental regulatory systems. Your meeting invitation will contain up-to-date session information as it is confirmed.

  • Date: Thursday, 11 September
  • Time: 1:30 – 3:00 PM (AEST)

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