Media Releases

All past media releases from Goulburn Broken CMA, listed chronologically.
Damaged regulator

Vandals slammed for water waste

Tuesday 4 February 2020
Hundreds of megalitres of precious water has been wasted after vandals tampered with a channel regulator in the Barmah Forest last week.
King Parrot Creek

Watching our creeks

Friday 10 January 2020
Goulburn Broken CMA is keeping an eye on water quality in creeks, rivers and wetlands across the catchment as the hot, dry conditions continue.

EOI now open for GMID Drought Employment Program

Friday 3 January 2020
Farmers and farm workers can now apply for the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District (GMID) Drought Employment Program.

Keep your garden fruit fly free

Friday 20 December 2019
There are some easy steps for backyard fruit growers to follow to reduce the chance of destruction by Queensland fruit fly says Goulburn Broken CMA Regional Agriculture Landcare Facilitator Kerstie Lee.

Get the lowdown on flowering native grasses and soil health

There’s no better time than now to identify the flowering native grasses in your paddocks and find out how they can improve soil health and productivity says Goulburn Broken CMA’s Land Health Co-ordinator Rhiannon Apted.

Goulburn River flows increasing to meet Murray River demand

Flows in the Goulburn River are starting to increase to meet demand from Murray River users. The increased flows are not environmental flows for the Goulburn River.

Dry conditions lead to drop in shallow groundwater

Groundwater levels have dropped across the region due to prolonged dry conditions in 2018- 19, Goulburn-Murray Water’s (GMW) annual water table study shows.

Keeping an eye on waterways

Goulburn Broken CMA is keeping an eye on water quality in creeks, rivers and wetlands across the catchment with forecasts for a dry, warm spring and summer.

Guarding the next generation of precious paddock trees

Tuesday 15 October 2019
Goulburn Broken CMA has declared 2019 the Year of the Paddock Tree and one Landcare group is jumping on board to protect the next generation of these critically important parts of the landscape.

Cactus gets the cut

Wednesday 2 October 2019
Cactus was in the firing line at a recent working bee at Wunghnu Common

Catch up for a cuppa and connect with local women

Monday 30 September 2019
A Country Cuppas gathering will be held in Euroa on Wednesday October 16 as part of the Victorian Rural Women’s Network’s International Day of Rural Women celebrations.

Flows aim to help Goulburn River vegetation and banks recover

Wednesday 18 September 2019
Water for the environment is being delivered along the lower Goulburn River to encourage seed and sediment distributed on the river’s lower and mid-banks during the July environmental flow to grow and spread.

Landcare grants for weeds, workshops and trails

Thursday 12 September 2019
Projects to fund community efforts to tackle weeds such as blackberry and gorse, provide practical land-management advice to small, new and absentee landholders and upgrade popular walking and cycling tracks have been funded through the latest round of the Victorian Government’s Victorian Landcare Grants Program
Platypus

Help monitor platypus numbers

Thursday 29 August 2019
A call is going out for people to get involved in a citizen science project to keep track of platypus numbers in rivers across the Goulburn Broken Catchment.
Illegal clearing

Landholder fined for damage to river bank

Thursday 22 August 2019
A 60-year-old Buxton man was ordered to pay a total of $7500 and placed under a good behaviour bond after he illegally cleared Crown land beside the Steavenson River near Buxton.
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The Goulburn Broken CMA acknowledges and respects First Nations people and the deep connection they have with their land and waters.


We acknowledge the Yorta Yorta and Taungurung people and their ancestors/forbears as Traditional Owners of the land and waters in the Goulburn Broken Catchment (and beyond). We value our ongoing partnerships with Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation and Taungurung Land and Waters Council for the health of Country and its people.


We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge and recognise the primacy of Traditional Owners obligations, rights and responsibilities to use and care for their traditional lands and waters.

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