Appendix 4: Consultants

News & Resources

- Annual Reports

All consultants engaged under section 144T of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005 (Cth) were engaged using the standard terms and conditions for the engagement of consultants by the TSRA as set out in the instrument referred to in section 144T(3). There were no significant differences between those terms and conditions and how consultants were engaged.

Name	Amount ($)	Purpose	Selection process	Justification code
Table 6-2 Details of consultants (total from audited financial statements – detail unaudited)
Acuro	7,259	Business support panel	Open tender	B
Arafura Consulting	110,183	Anthropological services	Direct sourcing	B
David Fell Environmental	40,938	Biocultural surveys	Direct sourcing	B
David Fell Environmental	11,928	Masigal Calendar	Direct sourcing	B
Davidson Workplace Solutions Pty Ltd	18,529	Enterprise agreement consultation and negotiation	Direct sourcing	B
Deltapoint Pty Ltd	39,278	Human resource support	Direct sourcing	B
Di Chambers	14,402	Technical research and policy drafting	Direct sourcing	B
Effective Governance	67,295	TSRA Board induction	Select tender	B
Emamulda Consulting	51,350	Anthropological services	Direct sourcing	B
Environmental Systems Solutions	130,736	Traditional ecological knowledge system	Open tender	B
Fieldworx	17,900	Second Language Symposium	Direct sourcing	B
Gabriel Bani	46,364	Dugong and Turtle Management Plan review	Direct sourcing	C
Grant Thornton	4,091	Business support panel	Open tender	B
HLB Mann Judd	16,026	Internal audit	Open tender	B
James Cook University	110,000	TropWATER seagrass research and monitoring	Direct sourcing	B
James Cook University	11,815	Seagrass training rangers and staff	Direct sourcing	B
James Cook University	46,079	TropWATER wetland and mangrove programme	Direct sourcing	B
Kleinhardt	9,678	Business support panel	Open tender	B
KPMG	13,684	Business support panel	Open tender	B
Miromaa Aboriginal Language & Technology Centre	53,700	Language Symposium conference	Direct sourcing	B
Ocean Time Marine	10,599	Vessel safety management system	Direct sourcing	B
Pacific Social Mapping	8,975	Anthropological services	Direct sourcing	B
PDM Consultancy	3,600	Probity plan for REIS business growth package	Direct sourcing	B
Regional Advisory and Innovation Network	10,500	IPA management plan update	Direct sourcing	B
Samuel Taylor	219,531	ICT support and integration	Direct sourcing	B
SC Lennon and Associates Pty Ltd	59,319	REIS framework	Open tender	C
Squiz Australia	20,000	ICT for REIS implementation	Direct sourcing	B
Stuart Boyd-Law	18,182	Feral pig eradication	Direct sourcing	B
Sydney Institute of Professional Studies	2,750	Certificate IV in Government Delivery	Direct sourcing	B
Tagai State College	110,000	Environmental education coordinator	Direct sourcing	B
Terraform Design Pty Ltd	59,400	Land and sea management investment prospectus	Select tender	C
Terri Janke and Company	12,057	Law workshop delivery	Direct sourcing	B
University of Wollongong	3,000	Advice on draft tropical rock lobster management plan	Select tender	C
WildFish Research	10,000	Investigate development of bait fishing industry	Select tender	B
YUMI Education	218,916	TS Language Centre	Direct sourcing	B
Zakazukha Marketing Communications	75,465	Media support services	Open tender	B
Total	1,663,529
REIS = Regional Economic Investment Strategy Justification code: A Skills currently unavailable within TSRA. B Need for specialised or professional skills. C Need for independent research or assessment.