Ms Suzanne Thompson
Fellow
- Bio/Profile
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Suzanne Thompson provides strong national and worldwide leadership in major First Nations issues that notably include ‘caring for country‘, ‘sustainable’ and ‘regenerative’ practices and in leading the way in amalgamating approaches such as soil health, biodiversity, ‘cool burning’, carbon farming, cell grazing, and similar.. Suzanne and her organizations achieve this through practical experience on three large rural properties. Her work is directly applicable to both indigenous groups and landholders across Australia. She takes a national leadership role in engaging indigenous groups, technical experts, industry and external stakeholders to develop practical caring for country goals that can encourage continuous improvement of the land and the environment. Suzanne’s cattle property, Turraburra, is a 8,870 ha property in Central Western Queensland and which is owned by her company, YACHATDAC. She is now engaging with several research agencies which are contributing to a deeper understanding of the relationship between Indigenous culture and land management, ultimately leading to more sustainable and culturally sensitive practices for Turraburra and similar Australian properties.
Suzanne is also: Project Proponent, of the Murra Yambangku Carbon Project (Human-induced Regeneration) supported by the Land restoration Fund and registered with the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF); Board Member (National) Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee (ERAC); Board Member (National) The Indigenous Carbon Industry Network (ICIN). (The aim of the ICIN is to enable and empower Indigenous people to benefit from carbon markets through their land and sea management practices); Chair, (National) Australian Native Food and Botanicals (ANFAB). (ANFAB is the peak national body which represents all interests in the rapidly-growing Australian native food and botanical sector); Member Steering Committee (National) – EvokeAg 2024 – (EvokeAg creates one meeting place to see what is happening across agrifood tech in Australia and the world); First Nations Working Group Member (National) Landcare Australia; First Nations Advisor (QLD), application for Queensland Connect, Cohort 4. Drought & Extreme Heat Cohort. (Queensland Connects, a regional entrepreneurship acceleration program that brings together key innovation ecosystem leaders to solve a regional challenge or unlock a key sectoral or regional opportunity that will help connect and grow the sector or region).; Board Member (National) Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee (ERAC). (The ERAC is an independent statutory committee established under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011); Board Member (National) The Indigenous Carbon Industry Network (ICIN).; Chair, (National) Australian Native Food and Botanicals (ANFAB). ANFAB is the peak national body which represents all interests in the rapidly-growing Australian native food and botanical sector; Member Steering Committee (National) – EvokeAg 2024 - EvokeAg creates one meeting place to see what is happening across agrifood tech in Australia and the world; First Nations Working Group Member (National) Landcare Australia - This Working Group will guide and provide input for Landcare Australia to support farmers, young people, women, landcare groups and conservation community groups across Australia to make connections with Cultural land and sea management practices.
