RMCG Tasmania

RMCG Tasmania

With a presence in Launceston, Hobart and Penguin, our Tasmanian team of consultants provide agricultural and environmental services across the state as well as South Eastern Australia.

RMCG has had a dedicated presence in Tasmania since 2008 when we opened our first office in Penguin in the state’s north west. Since then we have expanded our offices to Hobart and Launceston.

Our team is committed to providing the highest standard in agricultural and land/water management consulting in Tasmania.

Find out more about the services we offer in Tasmania below.

RMCG Tasmania Services

  • Natural values assessments   View 

  • Risk assessments   View 

  • Water and irrigation services   View 

  • Expert witness statements   View 

  • Climate change adaptation   View 

  • Farm business advice   View 

  • Benchmarking   View 

  • Research, development and extension (RD&E) and capacity building   View 

  • Recycled water management   View 

  • Dam feasibility assessments, permits and safety reviews   View 

  • Stakeholder and community engagement   View 

  • Rural land use planning   View 

  • Facilitation   View 

  • Evaluation   View 

  • Soil health and sustainable land management   View 

  • Circular economy

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)   View 

  • Workforce planning and development   View 

  • Circular organics, compost and food waste   View 

  • Biosolids and organics land application   View 

  • Waste management   View 

RMCG Tasmania Team

Dr Anna Carew

Dr Anna Carew

Senior Consultant

PhD., B.Sci. (Hons)

Anna has worked in senior strategy roles within government, and in the education sector in policy, communications and stakeholder consultation.

She is an experienced analyst, investigator, communicator and project manager across a range of agricultural, technical, educational and theoretical research areas.

Donna Lucas

Donna Lucas

Principal

B.App.Sci. (Hons)

Donna is an agricultural consultant with experience in business management, research and extension. She is adaptable with an ability to contribute to projects at a strategic level.
Donna has specialist knowledge in workforce development and planning, resource recovery, carbon farming, greenhouse gas/carbon accounting and project evaluation. Her strengths include driving execution, building connections and problem solving.

Dr Doris Blaesing

Dr Doris Blaesing

Associate

Dipl.Ing.Agr., Dr.rer.hort.

Doris has extensive experience in agricultural business development, resource management and R&D. She has a good understanding of agricultural production systems and supply chains. Her strengths are strategy and concept development, innovative thinking, problem solving, multi-disciplinary project management and communication on all levels with a broad range of people. Doris worked in public and private research, education, export and agribusinesses.

Isabel Axiö

Isabel Axiö

Senior Consultant

B.Env.Mgt. (Sustainable Development)

Isabel has 6 years’ experience in the environmental management sector and her key areas of expertise are in sustainable management of recycled water and organic wastes. Waste is an important and longstanding interest of Isabel’s, especially organic waste avoidance, processing, whole production-line waste minimisation, as well as recycling and product stewardship projects. She wants to link this interest with interdisciplinary environmental projects in climate change mitigation, sustainable natural resource management and agricultural production systems.

Jake Gaudion

Jake Gaudion

Consultant

B.Sc. (Ag.Sci), M.Ag.Sci. (Food Sustainability)

Jake is a driven Master of Agriculture Science graduate passionate about the interaction between agriculture, the environment and communities across the world. He is eager to utilise his agricultural, scientific, social and natural resource management knowledge to contribute to a more sustainable future.

Jake developed a strong passion for agriculture during his studies, particularly the environmental aspects of food production. He has a comprehensive understanding of the importance of improving efficiency of food production to improve overall sustainability

Michael Tempest

Michael Tempest

Senior Consultant

B Env

Michael is involved with projects relating to land use planning and environmental assessment and monitoring, including effluent reuse. He is also an Accredited Bushfire Hazard Practitioner.

Morag Anderson

Morag Anderson

Consultant

BSc (Hons), Dip.Proj.Mgmnt

Morag is an experienced project manager, with a great ability to synthesise technical information and communicate it to a wide audience.  She has a great understanding of regulatory processes. She also brings critical thinking and an awareness of individual differences and needs to projects.  She has a science background with a broad understanding of environmental disciplines.

Naomi Palombi

Naomi Palombi

Consultant

B.Ag. (Economics)

Naomi has a solid foundation in agronomy and farm management and experience in agricultural research and extension.

She has a great passion for working with business and people and a desire to understand them. She wants to make a positive impact on Australian agriculture by working with the world’s best farmers, and delivering innovations in resource and business management.

Ossie Lang

Ossie Lang

Consultant

B.Ag.Sci., Cert IV Project Management

Ossie provides project delivery and technical capability. His key areas of expertise are in farming systems, data management, client and supplier relations, logistics and business support. He is the VegNET Tasmania regional development officer for the vegetable industry, delivering extension and technology transfer to the vegetable industry.

Samantha Gadsby

Samantha Gadsby

Senior Consultant

BSc, M Env Man.

Samantha specialises in water resources and delivers services in natural values and development approvals. Samantha’s main work at the moment is delivering a dam safety audit project for Taswater.

Sally Scrivens

Sally Scrivens

Consultant

BSc (Hons)

Sally has a background in ecology with extensive field experience. She specialises in natural values assessments and has experience in water resources and land use planning.

Case Studies

National roadmap launched to guide waste management in ag, fisheries and forestry

08 MAY 2023

Developed by RMCG, the National Waste and Resource Recovery Roadmap is one initiative developed through AgriFutures Australia’s Pre-Farm Gate Waste Program. Since 2021, the program has worked to al...

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Organic waste opportunities in Tasmania

16 DEC 2021

Tasmania is a state of great natural beauty with many unique and protected environmental values as well as productive agricultural lands, vibrant manufacturing industries, and an innovative hospit...

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An agricultural workforce plan for Tasmania’s north west

31 MAR 2021

Agriculture is a significant contributor to the Tasmanian economy at $2.4 billion annually. While the sector has undergone a significant technological evolution over the past couple of decades, resul...

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