Media Releases

If you have an interest in drainage within the Goulburn Murray irrigation District (GMID), we’d love to hear what you think about the draft GMID Drainage Management Strategy

The call for photographs to feature in the 2022 Goulburn Broken Catchment calendar is now open.

Matt Trewin, fifth generation farmer, is curious about how to manage his 1000 acre dryland cropping farm, incorporating nature to create beauty, develop alternative income sources and build the resilience of his land.

Orange sludge spotted in creeks in parts of the Goulburn Broken region is a natural phenomenon and not cause for concern.

Recovering riverbank vegetation will receive a welcome drink with a delivery of water for the environment planned for the lower Goulburn River during late autumn.

Lake Benalla is slowly refilling as increased flows from Hollands Creek start making their way downstream after recent rain.

A grey box seedling planted to replace two dead trees in a paddock 18 months ago is thriving nicely, safely protected from cattle grazing by a purpose-built mesh guard.

Barmah National Park has experienced its biggest water bird nesting event in four years.

Goulburn Broken CMA and Goulburn Murray Water are monitoring water quality across the catchment after Friday’s rain.

The 2019-20 Goulburn Broken CMA annual report was tabled in the Victorian Parliament in November.

The water level in Lake Benalla will start to be slowly drawn down from February 8 to control the aquatic weed cabomba.

The 2021 Goulburn Broken Catchment Calendar is now available, featuring a stunning cover photograph of a dozing koala taken by Yarck’s Shellie Drysdale.

Up to 600 irrigators in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District (GMID) will be surveyed over the next several weeks to help track changes in land and water use.

Landholders keen to protect naturally regenerating trees or planted tube stock can organise to collect free tree guards from WB Hunter Euroa next Friday (November 13).