Author Archives: Diane Sims

It has been a memorable year for MBS Environmental in 2018.  Looking back at the year that was, we have achieved a lot and seen many new faces join the MBS team (Spencer Shute, Justine Hyams, Jacob Azzarello, Tom Robson, … Continued

Richard Olsen was in Melbourne for the FOSS4G Sotm Oceania Conference on 21 and 22 November. The conference brought together creators, contributors and users of open source spatial software and was a fantastic opportunity to meet and learn from members of … Continued

Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA) has completed Project M432 – Validation and Standardisation of Sequential Leaching Tests to Better Predict the Impact of Mining on Ground and Surface Water Quality.  This was a two year MRIWA funded collaborative … Continued

Congratualtions to Freea Itzstein-Davey on celebrating 10 years with MBS Environmental. From everyone at MBS Environmental thank you for all your hard work and we look forward to many more years working with you.  

The WA Minister for Environment released a determination today on the Appeals on the EPA Report and Works Approval (Minor and Preliminary Works) for Sheffield Resources Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project, which dismissed all appeals. Appeals on the EPA Report were … Continued

Come and see Jess Li and Michael North present at the GEMG workshop in Kalgoorlie.               Come and visit our booth to catch up with Kristy Sell, Thomas Robson and Spencer Shute     … Continued

DWER has recently introduced changes to ecological survey requirements through establishment of the Index of Biodiversity Surveys for Assessment, or IBSA for short.  These changes became effective on 1 May 2018.  The memo attached provides more details about this and … Continued

MBS welcomed new Principal Spencer Shute to the team this week. Spencer brings valuable technical and management experience to MBS having worked on a diverse range of marine and terrestrial environmental projects here in Australia and internationally. Having spent the … Continued

Welcome Stephanie Stack to the MBS Team. Stephanie has relocated from Cobar in Western NSW. Stephanie has a Bachelor of Environmental Management Studies (Hons) from the University of Queensland and has been working at the CSA Glencore Mine in Cobar as … Continued

MBS has a long history of working for clients in the Kimberley.  To better service their needs, MBS has recently opened an office in Broome.  Jonathon Barker (Senior Environment Scientist) has relocated to Broome and will be running this office. … Continued