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MEMBERSHIP MILESTONES JULY – SEPTEMBER 2021

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• Bruce Stevenson

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• Gerard Franzmann

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• Anthony Jacobs • Trevor Williams

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• Graham Cook • Ian Bilkey • John Gwydir • John Perry • Keith Luckhurst • Peter Bratt

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• Craig Young • Glynn Mihan • Jeffrey Turner • Sean Rice

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• Angelo Casagrande • Bret Arthur • Bruce Janke • David Close • Jenna Devietti

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• Cameron Meizer • Alister Daly • Ben McMaster • Chris Porter • David Bremert • Fei Ngoo • Jeremy Wagner • Lachlan Rankine • Mathew Yin • Nicholas Debritz • Pippa Sullivan • Steve Hughes • Stuart Doyle • Will Somerville

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS

We are very pleased to invite you to continue as a vital part of our vibrant community and renew your IPWEAQ membership.

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• Complimentary attendance to all Public

Works TV (PW-TV) episodes, regular presentations on issues affecting our sector and continuous professional development (value, $30 per episode) • Save up to $600 on your IPWEAQ

Annual Conference registration • Save up to $550 on branch conference registrations, with four branch conferences annually held in CQ, NQ,

SEQ and SWQ • Save up to $300 per course/workshop when undertaking your ongoing

Professional Development with our program tailormade for our sector • Save up to $300 when purchasing access to our leading-edge technical products and publications • Save $300 on your RPEQ application with IPWEAQ • Receive invitations to member only networking events such as our annual

President’s Breakfast, branch Christmas gatherings, fundraising events etc • Eligibility to sign up to our CPD scheme, we will track and audit your CPD hours • Access member-only content in our globally recognised Knowledge Centre - IPWEAQ publications, proceedings, papers and presentations delivered at our events are searchable by subject matter, author etc • The opportunity to enhance your reputation and profile participating in one of our technical Working Groups and committees delivering solutions for

Queensland communities • Be considered for member profiles published in our quarterly e-journal,

Engineering for Public Works (EPW). • Receive industry-specific updates with our quarterly e-journal, Engineering for

Public Works (catalogued in university libraries) and our monthly issue of

Connect. • Advocacy, we represent your interests to government ensuring your voice is heard • Member post-nominals and seals:

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Membership subscription fees to 30 June 2022 Member $390 plus GST Graduate* $280 plus GST

* Graduate rates are applicable up to 5 years post-graduation (Bachelor’s degree).

Members who renew by 30 June will receive a $100 discount on their 2021-2022 membership subscription

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SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH

Kym Murphy Regional Director (Southern Queensland) Department of Transport and Main Roads

Kym Murphy is still running for good causes. Below she shares the motivation for her latest goal, participating in the Village Roadshow Theme Parks Gold Coast Marathon 2021 in team R U OK?

My running started as a family affair about 6 years ago - I started so I could keep active with my 3 sons without being so puffed. Entering 5km fun runs (the fun is questionable!) was something we could do together as a family, even though they tended to finish at least 10 minutes before me!

We’ve run together in Bridge to Brisbane, several Gold Coast Marathon 5.7km runs, and our pinnacle was the Gold Run for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, along with the 5km (and 10km for my oldest son) run to celebrate the opening of the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing (one of the projects I’m particularly proud of being involved in).

Running might be a strong word; I started jogging “between power poles” and slowly built up my fitness and resilience. The Highfields Parkrun family has been a constant in my health and fitness journey, an encouraging force of community-minded people (who also enjoy a cuppa, brekkie and chat afterwards). I’m a firm believer that exercise is essential for a healthy mind. I’ve needed to make running or walking most mornings a habit. If I break the habit, it’s just that little bit easier to find an excuse to not get up early the next morning. A couple of winters ago, I did just that and it was amazing how quickly my coping skills and mental health deteriorated. I include my regular exercise routine in my “caring for Kym” column of life’s priorities; even though I might whinge about it on a wet and windy, or frosty, day, I know how it’s very much central to my wellness and mental health strategy.

I believe it’s incredibly important to foster a caring workplace and community around us, to check in with each other because often suffering poor mental health is not visible. Maybe the simple question R U OK? could be enough for that person to know there is kindness out there you can tap into and lean on, even just for a few minutes as you share how you are really going. As human beings we have a fundamental need to feel connected and heard. “It all comes down to regular, face-toface, meaningful conversations about life. And asking, “Are you OK?” is a great place to start.” (ruok.org.au).

Given that kindness and empathy feature strongly in my list of leadership and life values, along with my advocacy for mental wellbeing, R U OK? is an organisation I’m passionate to support. And, what better inspiration for committing to run all the way for the 5.7km Gold Coast Marathon fun run, than raising awareness for mental health and funds for R U OK? whilst doing it?!

So, my personal fitness challenge continues as I prepare myself to shine and be my best self at the Gold Coast Marathon 5.7km run. I travel a lot for work at the

moment, so I have been running and walking in many interesting places throughout Southern Queensland and working out creative ways to combat the early morning frost and dark streets. I’d love you to get behind me and my adventure, and support R U OK? along the way.

Here’s to meaningful conversations, letting people in when the going gets tough for you, and being kind to yourself and one another.