“ALGA provides a unique platform for cross fertilisation of innovative ideas and pragmatic solutions for managing contaminated land as well as networking with comrades in the frontline trenches healing country.” – Denish Nadarajah, ALGA member.
The Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA) Ltd has a broad base of members, including landowners, property developers, industry, consultants, scientists, contractors, regulatory agency staff, government, the legal profession, laboratory staff, researchers and academics.
The core focus of this Association is advance the protection, restoration, and responsible management of land and groundwater, safeguarding human health and the environment across Australasia.
From It’s Modest Beginnings in 2007, ALGA Has Come a Long Way to Get to Where It Is Today!










The reins of Chair were handed over to Anne Northway in 2021, with Sarah Richards elected as President in 2020. Anne has been a Director since the 2020 AGM and was a member of the Strategy and Risk and Finance and Audit board sub-committees in 2021.


This policy sets out how Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA) will support you so that you can safely express your concerns, know who to contact, how to make a report and the protections available to you. The Board of ALGA is committed to conducting business with honesty, fairness, and integrity.
Employees are expected to cooperate by maintaining legal and ethical business operations, if necessary, by reporting non-compliant actions by other people.
ALGA expects all members to uphold the principles of the following code:
ALGA is committed to providing a welcoming and safe environment for everyone attending and involved in its events. This Code of Conduct (Code) applies to all participants at ALGA events.
ALGA expects all event participants to uphold the principles of the following code:
ALGA’s Events Code of Conduct does not accept:
ALGA reserves the right in its sole discretion to determine what constitutes unacceptable behaviour and what actions it will take to address incidents that occur.
Permission to use the ALGA logo or title is provided as a service to partners who share ALGA objectives.
To ensure that ALGA is not seen to be endorsing any particular product or company in preference to others, permission to use the ALGA logo or make reference to the ALGA in promotional material (printed and electronic ) is provided under the following conditions and guidelines:
Information contained within this website may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Information may be changed or updated at any time without notice.
Information on this web site is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied representations, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. ALGA makes no representations warranties or guarantees as to the quality, accuracy, or completeness of any materials contained on this site.
The statements, analyses, opinions, information and conclusions in any presentation, webinar, symposium, conference, course and/or any other speaker event are those of the author/presenter and not of the Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA) Ltd, which only acts in the capacity as host/convenor of such events. This disclaimer extends to communications with ALGA Branch, Specialist Interest Group and Event Committee members.
No part of such events and/or communications can be regarded as legal advice. Although care has been taken in preparing such events and/or communications, neither ALGA nor the author/presenter/Committee member represent or warrant that the information supplied is current, complete or accurate. To the full extent permitted by law, the author/presenter/Committee member and ALGA do not accept any liability, or owe a duty of care, to any person in respect of any such information. No person should rely in any way on the content of such events and/or communications and are encouraged to seek independent legal or other professional advice, if required.
ALGA maintains links to other web sites but makes no representations as to the accuracy of the material therein, and is not responsible for the content and conduct of these sites, nor of any goods purchased on these sites.
These terms and conditions constitute an agreement between Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA) and the Corporate Partner, Delegate, Member, Sponsor or Advertiser.
ALGA has the most active, diverse, highly skilled, committed, and independent members across Australasia, and we want you to join us too.