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News and insights

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Set and don’t forget: the case for a local government levy on properties with OWMS in Victoria

22 APR 2026

The problem In larger towns and cities, water corporations manage sewerage systems that service households. But outside these areas, households and businesses rely on onsite wastewater management sys...

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Managing rising costs

15 APR 2026

Farmers are used to events beyond the farm gate shaping their business practices. With conflict in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as well as rising fuel and fertiliser prices, RMCG is keenly awar...

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Rethinking biosecurity: from control to coordination

02 APR 2026

Australia’s biosecurity system is under increasing pressure. Freight volumes are growing. International and domestic travel continues to increase. Supply chains are more interconnected than ever. P...

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Mt Rothwell field trip strengthens biodiversity conservation skills

16 SEP 2025

With a team of over 90 staff based across Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland, it’s not every day that RMCG can get together face-to-face. That’s why 25 members of our Environment...

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Strengthening our team and our expertise

10 SEP 2025

With over 80 of our staff working in six offices and remotely across Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland, RMCG's annual combined staff meeting is an invaluable time for our team to meet...

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Water workshops a tool for water risk management

08 SEP 2025

Are you an irrigation farmer looking to strengthen your water risk management and better understand the water market? RMCG is running five upcoming water risk management workshops on Australia's wa...

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How councils can transform regulatory challenges into opportunity

08 AUG 2025

Councils across Australia are confronting a landscape of regulatory change that feels both inevitable and overwhelming. The state-wide food organics and garden organics (FOGO) mandates and roll...

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Leadership Team reflection: Q&A with Dr Anne-Maree Boland

06 AUG 2025

After collaborating with RMCG during her career at the Victorian Department of Agriculture, Anne-Maree made the move from the public service to consulting, joining RMCG in January 2006. She soon becam...

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Leadership Team reflection: Q&A with Carl Larsen

06 AUG 2025

An organised and efficient project manager with strong industry networks, new RMCG Principal Carl Larsen works across sustainable agriculture, land and water management, as well as strategy, evalu...

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Succession paves the way for ongoing RMCG success

06 AUG 2025

Did you know that RMCG is 100% owned by its employees? RMCG shareholders include the Principal Consultants and the RMCG Employee Share Scheme (ESS), which is owned by multiple employees. The ESS all...

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Donation to Odonata funds Rock Wallaby project

02 APR 2025

RMCG’s partnership with environmental charity Odonata Foundation kicked off in 2024, with a $10,000 donation to preserve and protect endangered native Australian species. Seven months on, the donati...

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Staff profile: Empowering farmers through agribusiness

18 NOV 2024

For Lauren, her role as an agribusiness consultant begins around a farmer’s kitchen table where she helps to start the “farm business conversation” between all members of the family. RMCG C...

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