Key contacts
Maurie Street (Chief Executive Officer)
Maurie started with GOA at its’ inception in June of 2009. As a local boy he had for the past 15 years worked as an agronomist based in Dubbo. Maurie attended CSU university in Wagga from 1993- 96 where he was awarded a Bachelor of Applied Science (Agriculture). During 2004-05 Maur...
Ben OBrien (Research and Extension Manager)
Ben is our Research and Extension Manager and has been with the GOA team since 2015. He is originally from Warren and maintains a small mixed farming enterprise there. He has a M.Sc. in Crop Sciences from USYD and a B.Sc. in Wool and Pastoral Sciences from the UNSW. Ben was working in...
Scott Boyd (Senior technical officer)
Scott grew up on the mixed enterprise family farm halfway between Peak Hill and Tullamore. He is a fully qualified motor mechanic and has a keen interest in grain growing. Scott joined the NSW DPI, Plants Division in 2002, where he gained invaluable experience as Technical Assistant, followed by Tec...
Josiah May (Trails agronomist)
Jos joined the GOA crew in May 2024. He studied at UNE & did his honours in soil science, finishing in 2020. He has since worked in the turf industry in and about Dubbo. Jos is looking forward to stretching his brain and working in research with the smart peeps at GOA Jos and his wife Cherry...
