Our People

As Acting Director at Queensland Conservation Council, Anthony has responsibility for the organisation's climate and nature campaigns, as well as its work in fundraising and communications.

A strategic leader with extensive experience in environmental campaigning and communications, Anthony has more than eight years of experience in leadership roles across the movement. Anthony has worked closely with conservation groups, First Nations communities, and values-aligned businesses across the country on campaigns around environmental law reform & litigation, nature conservation, and ethical divestment.

Prior to joining the environment sector, Anthony was a journalist at Queensland’s Courier-Mail covering finance and business.

Jenny is QCC’s Climate Lead. She has expertise in climate and environmental policy along with a passion for building diverse coalitions. Jenny experience working for government, environmental NGOs, and most recently for the World Bank where she developed targeted interventions and national GHG transition plans to enhance climate ambition across the transport sector.

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Campaigning to at least double Queensland’s protected area system by 2030, Nicky works with Queenslanders from all walks of life to achieve this. Passion to ensure we as a community leave a positive legacy for future generations underpins her approach.

A former journalist on the Sunshine Coast, Nicky also brings experience from private forestry and agroforestry, tertiary teaching in sustainability and natural resource management, and forest conservation campaigning.

Flynn is a local to Central Queensland and understands the vital importance of regional engagement. With a background in communication, he has worked for unions and undertaken various local media roles in the region, many tied into the renewable transition.

Flynn has volunteered to fight against native deforestation and gas projects, and has served as Youth Minister for the Environment where he built strong regional connections. Now he’s keen to put that experience to work as Rockhampton’s Regional Environmental Advocate.

Nigel Parratt, is QCC's Water Officer.  Nigel was the QCC Rivers Project Officer from 2005 until 2013 and has worked for WWF-Australia for the last 7 years has recently returned to QCC as the new Water Policy Officer, which is funded by the Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water for the next 3 years.   

Matt's role within the Queensland Conservation Council is Outdoor Community Campaigner, where he is responsible for engaging volunteers and supporters around the Stand Up For Nature and Protect Beautiful Queensland campaigns, as well as ongoing volunteer support and empowerment.

Matt has worked in sectors as diverse as agriculture, construction and high school education and began campaigning voluntarily for nature and the climate during his studies in environmental science in 2023. Upon finishing his degree, Matt worked on the federal election campaign in 2025 as a Field Organiser, engaging Brisbane residents to take action for the climate.

Matt is originally from Cornwall in the UK and has lived in Australia for 6 years, with 4 years spent in Queensland. In his spare time, Matt loves running and spending time in forests, mountains and by the coast.

Driven by a love for Central Queensland and its natural wonders, Emma has spent the last few years volunteering with local community organisations to champion a just transition to renewables in Gladstone.

Emma lives in the Gladstone Region with her husband and three young children where she has previously taught at the local high school. Swapping music lessons for sustainability workshops, Emma is looking forward to flexing her program delivery muscles in a new direction!

Hayley's role within the Queensland Conservation Council is Organising Coordinator, responsible for engaging and organising volunteers to increase capacity across QCC as well as organiser volunteers and supporters. Hayley has been working and volunteering in community organising roles within climate and environment campaigns for the last 9 years as well as having a background in ecology and Landcare. Previously she worked with Lock the Gate as a Brisbane Community Organiser and 350.org as QLD university divestment coordinator.

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Tash has always been inspired by the natural world, from snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef - her favourite place on the planet - to exploring the forests of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland where she lives today.

As Partnerships Manager, she leads QCC's fundraising, partnerships, and grant stewardship to help protect, conserve, and sustain Queensland's environment and climate. With more than a decade of experience in marketing and communications across NGOs, international development, and wildlife conservation, this is Tash's first official role in the environment sector. She is excited to combine her lifelong love of nature with her professional work.

Every partnership makes an impact. To explore how you can support Queensland's environment, contact Tash at [email protected]

Tim has worked for over fifteen years in a wide variety of digital roles including website content, digital marketing, communications, and social media. This is Tim's first role in the Environment sector after working in higher and further education.

As the Digital Communications Manager for QCC, Tim engages our existing audiences and finds ways to reach new ones through email, websites, and social media.

After spending the last ten years working in the UK, he has moved back to Brisbane with his wife and 4 young children, swapping beanies and scarves for sunscreen and thongs.

Teila Watson is a BirriGubba and Gangulu woman from what is now referred to as central Queensland, raised in Brisbane's Blackfulla community, and joins QCC as our new Protect Country Strategist.

She brings professional experience in the environmental space through community organising and campaigning, and also the cultural knowledge and values that have been passed down through her family and community for generations.

Teila is especially passionate about climate justice, history, Aboriginal governance (ecologically and socially) and cultural continuity. She is committed to ensuring that First Nations voices are not only heard, but are central to QCC's work.

Sign up for her First Nations mailing list or email her directly at [email protected]