
Mallee Regional Innovation Centre (MRIC)
@mric_ceo
Research & innovation in hort, water, energy & enviro. Uni of Melbourne, La Trobe Uni & SuniTAFE -Vic Drought Hub, OneBasinCRC Mildura & Mallee Hydrogen Cluster
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Great to see your work (and the Mallee) on the world stage again. Thanks Anne Wang 🌱!

The Centre would like to hear from almond growers & better understand your experiences in drought. We are holding a consultation session in Mildura -Monday 30 October 2pm. To find out more & secure your seat (places limited) please RSVP [email protected] Almond Board of Australia 🌸🚜🥗


We’re running a 2nd session to hear from dried vine fruit growers to better understand your experiences in drought. We are holding a consultation session in Mildura Tues 31 Oct 11am to 1pm. Find out more & secure your seat (places limited) please RSVP [email protected]


The Centre would like to hear from table grape growers to better understand your experiences in drought. We are holding a consultation session in Mildura Wed 1 Nov 4pm. Find out more & secure your seat (places limited) please RSVP [email protected] Australian Table Grape Association


The Centre would like to hear from Citrus growers to better understand your experiences in the dry times. We are holding a consultation session in Mildura on 2 Nov 2pm. Find out more & secure your seat (places limited) please RSVP [email protected]




It’s Australian Pollinator Week. To celebrate we are sharing findings from our beehive health project! The project was a collaboration between 2 Vic Drought and Innovation Hub partners, us (the Mallee Regional Innovation Centre) & Agriculture Victoria See the project clips: go.unimelb.edu.au/8cks


Such a big week of activity for the Centre. We had a great turnout for the launch of our latest work on irrigation decision making by Centre partner La Trobe University’s Dr Natalie Araújo. You can find out more here and below: go.unimelb.edu.au/6qy8 linkedin.com/posts/mallee-r…

This week we also hosted La Trobe University Centre board members & a group of academics for field activities & industry & stakeholder engagement. In particular we were able to highlight our work as a partner in the Vic Drought and Innovation Hub linkedin.com/posts/mallee-r…

Last week was full of One Basin CRC activities for our Mildura Hub. CRC Directors Avril Hogan & Kym Walton visited. PhD’s met F2F after months of online engagement. MRIC facilitated engagement with La Trobe University academics, a field trip, a research launch & industry networking event.


Newsletter out now! Read about La Trobe University’s research trip, results of a collaborative project looking to improve water allocation forecasting, new Irrigation Decision Making & Innovation Report & the newest PhD candidate to join One Basin CRC Mildura Hub. mailchi.mp/unimelb.edu.au…


Latest newsletter features project led by Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology’s Dr Tristan Graham on water allocation forecasting. Thanks to all the project partners for making this work possible. go.unimelb.edu.au/9wb8 @GMWater University of Melbourne MD Basin Authority Bureau of Meteorology, Australia Vic Drought and Innovation Hub

Congrats Amali! Submission of your PhD thesis! MRIC were pleased to support your regional activities. Fantastic that this research could help preserve cultural heritage of First Nations people & reduce shoreline erosion at Lake Victoria. MD Basin Authority eng.unimelb.edu.au/mric/news/new-…

What a big few months. We’ve worked with Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology & SuniTAFE │RTO 4693 in transitioning & refit of offices. Looking fantastic! We have representation on site from One Basin CRC, Vic Drought and Innovation Hub & Mallee Hydrogen Tech Cluster. In 5yrs we’ve come so far. Including researchers on site.


#ICYMI Sept newsletter. Opportunities for University of Melbourne Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology & Science at Melbourne students paid summer internship in Mildura, La Trobe University’s student water management visit to region. Hear from #OneBasinCRC PhD candidate Kelsy Burns about living & working in Mildura. lnkd.in/gKHRjrM3


Thanks everyone who joined us last week for the launch of our 2 reports around drought resilience. It was great to have our project partners, local industry & other stakeholders there, as well as visitors from outside the region. Vic Drought and Innovation Hub University of Melbourne #FDF Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

