Winners of the inaugural Mel J Kelly Bursary announced

winners of the Mel Kelly Bursary, announced on Thursday 6 March. Isobel Thomas from Hobart was awarded the $5000 Mel Kelly Bursary, which will fund an aerial survey of giant kelp and explore the impacts of marine heatwaves in Tasmanian waters.
There were two runners up - Jessica Willemse was awarded $1,500 for her work on blue-winged parrot detection and monitoring threatened species, and Annabelle Erskine, $500 for her project titled Red Handfish Finding via Women Diving.