Media Releases

All past media releases from Goulburn Broken CMA, listed chronologically.
Friday 2 October 2020
Water for the environment is being delivered along the lower Goulburn River to encourage the seed and sediment distributed on the river’s lower and mid-banks during winter to grow and spread.
Robert McMaster with his tree guards and sign.
Tuesday 22 September 2020
A call is going out for expressions of interest for future rounds of the popular On Your Guard initiative.
Picture of the flood intelligence portal
Friday 28 August 2020
Free, regularly updated information to help with land-use planning, flood preparedness and flood insurance is now available for 14 communities across the Goulburn Broken region.
Seedling protected by a guard and fallen timber
Tuesday 18 August 2020
With lambing and calving well under way, fallen trees can provide much-needed shelter from cold, wind and rain for young stock.
Royal spoonbill with chick at Barmah
Friday 14 August 2020
Regulators in the Barmah Forest will be opened from today (August 14) to allow water to flow through wetlands and creeks in the Ramsar-listed site as the Murray River rises in response to recent and forecast rain.
A mature silver banksia
Thursday 30 July 2020
One of the last remaining wild populations of silver banksia in the north-east Victoria is being protected thanks to the Taungurung Land and Water Council and Goulburn Broken CMA.
Kanyapella Basin with water in it in 2010
Friday 24 July 2020
Water for the environment will be delivered to the Kanyapella Basin east of Echuca for the first time later this month.
Last year's cover photo of blue caladenias by Kersten Brauns
Friday 10 July 2020
The call for photographs to feature in the popular Conservation Management Network (CMN) annual calendar is now open.
New Goulburn Broken CMA CEO Chris Cumming
Friday 29 May 2020
Chris Cumming has been appointed as the new CEO of the Goulburn Broken CMA, commencing Monday June 1.
Spoonbills at Black Swamp
Sunday 24 May 2020
Wildlife and vegetation in a small number of the Goulburn Broken catchment’s wetlands will get a drink for the first time in more than a year.
Soil testing kits are available from garden centres
Wednesday 20 May 2020
Testing soil pH helps farmers determine if soil acidity is affecting their pasture productivity.
A pollinator on a flower
Wednesday 20 May 2020
A trial is under way to increase knowledge and understanding of pollinators and ways to attract them to productive gardens using indigenous flowering plants.
Friday 1 May 2020
The value of planned grazing in helping farmers manage for climate change was the focus of a workshop held in Yarck in early March.
Swift parrot by Chris Tzaros
Friday 24 April 2020
It is no coincidence that critically endangered swift parrots choose the cooler months to make the precarious journey from their breeding tree hollows in southern Tasmania to the forests of Victoria’s Goulburn Broken catchment and beyond.
Goulburn River bank monitoring during March
Initial results from recent monitoring show the high volumes of water traded and transferred to downstream Murray users during summer - known as inter-valley transfers (IVT) – is damaging important streamside vegetation and leading to increased erosion.
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