Apanie leads the habitat portfolio within the waterways asset management team at Melbourne Water. She is an ecologist with more than 10 years experience in aquatic ecosystem research and natural resource management. Recently, Apanie has focussed on waterway management in Victoria and Queensland, where she has initiated and managed the delivery of riparian and wetland health maintenance and improvement projects. Apanie's previous research experience focussed on wetlands and waterways in northern Australia and the Pacific Islands, where she completed ecosystem health assessments, long term condition monitoring programs, and worked with communities and traditional owners to assess and manage their tidal wetland habitats.