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Murray Darling Basin Authority – MEDIA RELEASE: Complaint: 60 Minutes ‘Water Rats’

Regarding: Channel 9 60 Minutes, Sunday 27 October 2019 Published: 04 November 2019 • Media release The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is submitting a formal complaint about the ‘Water Rats’ episode of 60 Minutes. The episode and subsequent online articles on news.com.au and the 60 Minutes Facebook page also contain factual errors. The MDBA is making this […]

MEDIA RELEASE: Statement on environmental watering in the Lachlan River

Commonwealth Environmental Water OfficeMEDIA RELEASE1 November 2019 In line with both state and federal legislation, critical human water needs are considered first and foremost in water resource planning. The NSW water resource managers in the Lachlan system are working extremely hard to manage difficult circumstances. Leading into this water year, NSW indicated that there would be reduced access by […]

Landcare Magazine

LINK TO LANDCARE MAGAZINE: https://www.landcarevic.org.au/landcare-magazine

MEDIA RELEASE: World’s largest river red gum forest needs flows to survive drought

Commonwealth Environmental Water OfficeMEDIA RELEASE28 October 2019 Media commentary suggesting water in the Barmah forest on the River Murray is causing environmental damage or is unnatural during the drought is wrong. The facts are environmental water is making a real difference to the largest and most iconic River Red Gum forest in the world – […]

MEDIA RELEASE: No winners in a drought

Phillip Glyde, Chief Executive, Murray–Darling Basin Authority In recent weeks community voices have increasingly shared their experience of the major problem we are facing as a nation—drought. Last Monday night many of us watched as participants and panellists on the ABC’s Q&A program raised their fears and concerns about the worsening conditions and shared their […]

Indigenous Land Management Award – Woka Walla Land Management Crew

The Woka Walla Land Management Crew is an Aboriginal business owned by the Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation (YYNAC) – a Registered Aboriginal Party. Woka Walla has been operating for seven years across Yorta Yorta Country and more broadly in northern Victoria delivering land management works on public and private land. Woka Walla’s works include […]