Mr Smithson has been practising town planning and environmental assessment for twenty-five plus years, and has accumulated experience in Europe, South-East Asia, North America, New Zealand, Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria & Queensland, 12 regions and 38 cities around Australia, and more particularly within :

 

v Local government as

̃ Manager Business Development, Mildura Rural CC, Victoria

̃ City Development Planner, Melville CC, Western Australia

̃ Development Manager, Ravensthorpe SC, Western Australia

v Private consultancy as a Project Manager

̃ Kinhill, Western Australia & Australian Capital Territory

̃ GHD, Western Australia & Queensland

v State government as a Planning Officer

̃ State Planning Commission, Western Australia

̃ Dept. Environment and Planning, New South Wales.

 

v Community service

̃ Past Senior Vice-President, Albany Chamber of Commerce & Industry

̃ Member, Rotary Club of Western Endeavour : D9450 : Current

̃ Past-President, Rotary Club of Albany : D9460 : 2000-01 & 2004-05

̃ Past-Parish Councillor, St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, Albany

̃ Lay Director, Bunbury Men’s 3 Cursillo, Denmark 2008

 

Member Commonwealth Study Conference 2003 - Australia & New Zealand

Alumni Commonwealth Study Conference 2007 - India, Malaysia & Singapore

Alumni Commonwealth Study Conference 2011 - United Kingdom

 

Mr. Neil R. Smithson

MA Urban Studies (Curtin WA)

Position : Managing Director       Location : Albany, Western Australia

v Member Planning Institute of Australia

v Member Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand

v Member National Environmental Law Association

v Member National Trust of Australia (WA) Inc.

v Member Australian Association of Planning Consultants

v Associate Future Directions International

v Associate Local Government Planner's Association

Justi germinabunt

The righteous shall prevail

Smithson

Albany, Western Australia

EXPERTISE : Organisational & project management; strategic & statutory planning for urban, rural and remote land use applications; planning & environmental appeals; transportation & traffic management planning; social & environmental impact assessment; community participation; tourism planning; feasibility studies; heritage planning; business planning.

 

 

 

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Mrs. Denise Smithson

BA English (Curtin WA)

Position : Director                         Location : Albany, Western Australia

v Member Soroptimist International of Albany

v Member Albany Chamber of Commerce & Industry

v Member Gallipoli Association

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