Submissions
Here are some submissions we have made to decision-makers on behalf of our communities:
- WDA submission to the Victorian Renewable Energy Zones Development Plan Directions Paper, 2021 (169kb PDF)
- Wimmera and Southern Mallee submision on Regional Digital Connectivity, 2019 (204kb PDF)
- Wimmera Southern Mallee Regional Transport Strategy, 2014 (2Mb PDF)
- 2020 WSM National Agricultural Workforce Strategy Submission
Achieved outcomes
Rainbow Weather Radar
The Wimmera Southern Mallee is a major agricultural and food producing region, producing more than half of Victoria’s total grain crop, oilseeds and pulses.
Accurate real-time weather information is essential to support these industries. WSMD and the region successfully advocated for investment in a new Bureau of Meteorology radar station to be built at Rainbow. The radar was completed in 2020 to fill a gap in the existing radar network.
Wimmera Broadacre Farming Net Zero Emissions Project
Agriculture is the largest source of carbon emissions, and our region has set some ambitious goals to address this issue before 2050.
The Wimmera Broadacre Farming Net Zero Emissions Project worked with farm managers to improve the adoption of carbon calculators to improve environmental and financial decisions and access to secondary carbon markets.
A variety of project recommendations and findings are now being implemented by a range of agencies to increase farm productivity, profitability and protection of natural resources across the region.