West Wimmera Action Group Inc.

20/05/2026

A major new peer-reviewed study in Conservation Letters (Ravishankar et al. 2026) has cast serious doubt on the science used to lift dingo protection in northwest Victoria in March 2024.
The Victorian Government and DEECA claimed “no dingo-dog hybrids” had been found in the Mallee and described the population as “pure dingoes”. DEECA overstated the original Cairns 2023 findings by presenting them as far more conclusive than the paper itself concluded.
The latest research indicates the 2023 Cairns study has likely been superseded. The Mallee dingoes continue to show the lowest ancestral genetic diversity of any mainland population.
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NEW research that shows eastern states ‘dingo’ populations have up to almost 30 percent domestic dog blood has sparked a call for a review of wild dog management and funding in Victoria...Read More

18/05/2026

Rob did not intend to become a voice for the farmers, it just happened. He wishes to see the divide between rural and city people close and for farmers to be understood and appreciated.

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14/05/2026

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

West Wimmera Action Group would like to sincerely thank everyone who took the time to respond to our fire surveys. Your input was invaluable and helped shape our recent fire reports. As a direct result of this work we have been invited to regularly meet with DEECA and FFM to discuss ways to improve fire management in our region. Our first meeting took place on 27 April, with Lauren Todman (District Manager) and Michael Condon (Deputy Chief Fire Officer) and Dom Uljanic (Senior Forest Fire Management Officer) and Lester Maybery, John Bennett, Justin Batson and Robert Maddern from the WWAG Committee of Management. We are looking forward to continuing this partnership and working together to achieve positive outcomes for our communities.

27/04/2026

Annabelle's family got burnt out at Strathbogie and here is her passionate contribution to the current 2026 bushfire inquiry as an impacted community member. Interestingly she raises a lot of the same issue as we have in our fire report and submission to the inquiry. If this resonates with you, take the time to get in touch with your local member.
This is compelling. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1444554280220402/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

23/04/2026

The Grass Flat, Natimuk, Quantong Fire booklet has been released. Thank you to all respondents who made this booklet possible. Digital copies of this booklet and the Little Desert Fire Booklet are available upon request via email: [email protected]. These booklets have been instrumental in WWAG securing formal meetings with the CFA, DEECA and FFM as well as getting a seat at the table during the bushfire inquiry at Quantong on Wednesday 22 April 2026.

08/04/2026

Click the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18URGR-0_ssV7g8i5SfWDRu7ti_deKJOo/view?usp=sharing to read a summary of the community meeting we held on March 29 at Winiam, to bring the community up to date on what we have done in the past 12 months and to thank our followers and members for their continued support.

30/03/2026

The GRASS FLAT, NATIMUK, QUANTONG fire survey closes tomorrow - March 31. If you have not yet done so, please help us tell your story, so we have data to advocate to govt. about what went well, what went wrong and what could be done to better manage fires in the future. Here is the link: https://forms.gle/N4KwvqaN6jriz5Xk9 Thank you.

28/03/2026

Hello,
we are looking forward to seeing you at our anniversary gathering at the Winiam Hall tomorrow evening from 4pm. Please join us and bring your family. If you have not RSVPed please come along anyway. See you there.

24/03/2026

22/03/2026

HAS YOUR BUSINESS HAD TO CHANGE DUE TO A LACK OF FUEL IN WESTERN VICTORIA? If YES, Please give a thumbs up! This data will be helpful as an indicator of how many are being affected.