IMPROVING POLICY SYNERGIES ACROSS DROUGHT MANAGEMENT AND CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION – HOW CAN WESTERN QUEENSLAND PROSPER AS THE SEASONS RISE AND FALL?

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Lyons, B., Finlay, B., Mellor, R., Rolfe, J., Drysdale, A. and Habib, M.. 2025. "IMPROVING POLICY SYNERGIES ACROSS DROUGHT MANAGEMENT AND CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION – HOW CAN WESTERN QUEENSLAND PROSPER AS THE SEASONS RISE AND FALL?" https://wqac.com.au/assembly2025. St George, Queensland.

Paper/Presentation Title	IMPROVING POLICY SYNERGIES ACROSS DROUGHT MANAGEMENT AND CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION – HOW CAN WESTERN QUEENSLAND PROSPER AS THE SEASONS RISE AND FALL?
Presentation Type	Keynote
Authors	Lyons, B., Finlay, B., Mellor, R., Rolfe, J., Drysdale, A. and Habib, M.
Journal or Proceedings Title	As the seasons rise and fall: Western Alliance of Councils Queensland Assembly 2025
Year	2025
Place of Publication	St George, Queensland
Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings	https://wqac.com.au/assembly2025
Conference/Event	https://wqac.com.au/assembly2025
Event Details	https://wqac.com.au/assembly2025
Keywords	Drought policy, Energy policy, regional development
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	300207. Agricultural systems analysis and modelling
	380101. Agricultural economics
	380114. Public economics - publicly provided goods
Byline Affiliations	Rural Economies Centre of Excellence
	Rural Economies Centre of Excellence (Research)
	Future Drought Fund Hub (Research)
	Central Queensland University

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