Who are we?

Condamine Alliance (CA) is responsible for enabling its community to achieve sustainable natural resource management for its catchment area. We aim to protect and preserve for future generations the land, water and native plants and wildlife of the Condamine catchment.

It is one of 15 regional bodies in Queensland and 56 Australia wide which are part of the regional arrangements between the Australian and State Governments to deliver funds from the Caring for Our County program, which seeks to deliver landscape change over key priority areas.

Condamine Alliance is well recognised by government, industry and agencies as a high performing Regional Body and is well placed to be an active participant in the delivery of the Caring for Our Country Program to achieve the outcomes desired to protect and improve the valuable natural assets of the Condamine catchment and significantly contribute to priorities under the new Program.

What area do we cover?

The Condamine catchment is located at the headwaters of the Murray - Darling Basin in southern Queensland. The Condamine River is approximately 500kms long and is a tributary of the Darling River – the longest river in Australia. The Condamine catchment is home to approximately 171,500 people (2006 census).

The Condamine catchment is historically a well developed agricultural area that produces food for the nation and the export market; including

• 25% of Queensland’s grain crops (half a million hectares)

• Approximately 39% of Queensland Cotton (90,000 hectares)

• 77% of Queensland egg production representing 44.5 million eggs

• Queensland represents 44.5% of Australia’s feedlot capacity of which approximately 70% is managed in the Condamine catchment (272,662 head on 124 feedlots)

• Niche horticultural production critical to Queensland’s supply.

A wide range of birds, frogs, reptiles and mammals reside in the catchment. Rare Queensland species include six bird species, seven reptile species and one frog species. Some of these species include endangered and vulnerable butterflies found in the catchment. Sadly, four mammals and one bird species have been declared extinct.