Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia - Darwin, NT (part 2 of 2)

9 June 2026

Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia Australian Parliament

00:00 - 00:48
Speaker 3
That we could talk to miss Long about.  But, miss Dretton, I was just going to...  Before I do invite Renee up, I was just going to...  Because with drone technology and the work that's done, is AIMS doing any of that type of work and investigation with those ranger groups both in...  So the JELC ranges in Manongrida, Wadi. 

You've got the the rangers, both male and female out there, and and they're using drone technology more and more, particularly in terms of the protection of those reefs out there.  Is that is that something AIMS does, or is that more SIRO and other institutions that are working with it? 
00:48 - 01:04
Speaker 35
AIMS has capability in that space, and the AIMS at CDU Alliance has just funded a project to actually, develop drone methods for the ranger groups to survey coral reefs and seagrass.  So that's a project that's underway so that so we can roll it out. 
01:05 - 01:17
Speaker 3
So and you were talking about biosecurity.  So in terms of the ghost nets and and issues with ghost nets, does...  Has AIMS done any work?  None. 

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