SRPA Board & Staff

Debbie owned and operated Challa Station with her husband Ashley for thirty years, running a beef enterprise supplying both domestic and export markets and diversifying into earthmoving contracting and an HIR carbon project.

She and Ashley now run a small herd of Santa Gertrudis cattle at Gingin and remain actively engaged in Western Australia’s rangelands.

As Chair of the WA organising committee for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026, Debbie is particularly focused on strengthening SARPA’s national and international networks.

A self described “go getter”, Debbie has extensive committee and board experience and currently serves on the Boards of the Grower Group Alliance and Australian Women in Agriculture, as well as representing the Southern Rangelands on the WA Livestock Research Council.

Debbie is a graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Program and holds a Master of Environmental Science (Research).

Tom was raised on Yuin Station in the southern Murchison region. After developing skills in the building and construction industry, Tom returned home with his wife and children to manage the station alongside his parents.

Yuin Station is comprised of 3 enterprises: sheep production, contracting, and carbon farming.

Tom believes the Southern Rangelands holds immense opportunity and wants to see the region come to life once again.

Klinton was raised in the wheatbelt in the town of Toodyay. After completing a mining environmental engineering degree with the WA School of Mines, he gained extensive experience in major construction projects in the oil and gas, mining and public infrastructure sector.

When the family purchased Yarraquin Station 9 years ago, Klinton found he instantly fell in love with the Murchison region and has recently become actively involved with assisting the family run the cattle enterprise on the station.

Klinton is passionate about the environment and improving the land through increased rainfall utilisation and vegetation management. He is excited about the future of the Southern Rangelands with the potential for improving the agricultural systems in the region to increase productivity whilst also improving the sustainability of the red meat industry.

Alys owns and operates Carey Downs Station in the Gascoyne region alongside her husband Harry and 3 children. In addition to being actively involved in all aspects of station management, Alys is a practicing Registered Nurse, with a background in business and management, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a 2023 Nuffield Scholar.

Alys is also a Shire Councillor, and holds several board and volunteer positions. Her passion for agriculture and rural, regional and remote Australia is what drives her to volunteer her time to lead and represent those communities.

David was raised on Mt Augustus Station, and currently manages the property alongside his wife Beth. In addition to the station, which runs a herd of beef cattle for the domestic supply chain, David operates a cropping and grazing farm in the Midwest to supply the stations fodder requirements. The station is currently investigating carbon farming opportunities. Mt Augustus has diversified further into tourism, offering a variety of accommodation and other tourist services.

David is actively involved in the local community, sitting on the Landor Races committee as well as the SRPA board. David describes himself as holding traditional station values, while embracing everything the future has to offer the Southern Rangelands

Mayne was raised on a family beef farm in the Shire of Capel. Armed with an Honours degree in Agricultural Science from the University of WA, his experience includes managing cropping programs and contracting businesses specialising in hay production, grain seeding/harvesting and tree planting for carbon sequestration.

Mayne currently operates a number of livestock enterprises across the Southwest, Midwest and Southern Rangelands regions, with a focus on conservation and technology. Plans for the Southern Rangelands enterprise include running a mixed cattle and sheep grazing model in conjunction with Human Induced Regeneration (HIR) carbon projects. With a keen interest and focus on drone technology application for remote monitoring of livestock, feral animals and infrastructure, Mayne is excited about what the future of the Southern Rangelands holds.

Maggie is from regional WA and is passionate about ensuring the people that live in work in regional areas don’t get left behind.

She is an experienced campaigner, project manager and strategist with a strong background in capacity building and working alongside communities to implement self-determined solutions.

Thomas Picton-Warlow is a business development and innovation specialist focused on natural capital, pastoral productivity, and applied technology. At DPIRD, he works with industry and community partners to develop scalable projects that strengthen WA’s agricultural and rangelands sectors.

As Managing Director of MobileGlobal, he leads research and commercialisation of Natural Capital Production Landscapes, integrating ecological restoration, regenerative production, renewable energy, and advanced analytics.

Thomas applies expertise in LLMs, AI, data systems to create practical, future-ready solutions that support landholders.

He brings to the SRPA Board a collaborative mindset, strong strategic capability, and a commitment to resilient development across the Southern Rangelands.

Toby and his brother Angus have owned Edah Station in the Shire of Yalgoo since 2015.
Although having a medical background, Toby after leaving school worked on a pastoral lease in the Upper Gascoyne and a King Ranch owned cattle station in Queensland.

He has completed the Grazing for Profit course, visited Alan Savory’s African Centre for Holistic Management in Zimbabwe and spent time on two low-rainfall grazing properties in Namibia.

An HIR carbon project has enabled the brothers to reduce stock numbers and to try various regenerative techniques on Edah. He is the treasurer of the Rangelands Fibre and Produce Association and a member of the Australian Rangelands Society.