Media Releases

NCCMA

Putting the call out for community input into floodplain projects

25 February 2021

Expressions of Interest are being sought from community members, forest user groups, Traditional Owners, and industry representatives keen to provide advice and input into two proposed VMFRP sites in north central Victoria.

Community central to next step – environmental assessment process

15 January 2021

Victoria's effort to restore and protect nine areas of high-value Murray River floodplain will prioritise community engagement and consultation, as it moves into the formal environmental assessment process.

VMFRP East projects environmental pathway released

4 January 2021

Victorian Planning Minister Richard Wynne has advised the two…

Keeping water on the floodplain and in communities

4 September 2020

The Andrews Labor Government has secured $29 million in Commonwealth funding, enabling the first stage of the Victorian Murray Floodplain Restoration Project to get underway.

Murray Floodplain Restoration Project Begins

26 June 2019

The Andrews Labor Government has secured $29 million in Commonwealth funding, enabling the first stage of the Victorian Murray Floodplain Restoration Project to get underway.

Acknowledgement to Country

The Victorian Murray Floodplain Restoration Project (VMFRP) acknowledges and respects Traditional Owners, Aboriginal communities and organisations. We recognise the diversity of their cultures and the deep connections they have with Victoria’s lands and waters.

We value partnerships with them for the health of people and country.

VMFRP management and staff pay their respects to Elders past and present, and recognise the primacy of Traditional Owners’ obligations, rights and responsibilities to use and care for their traditional lands and waters.