By Paul Hemsley The Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) car fleet might have been one of the state’s biggest carbon emitters, but that hasn’t stopped the agency…
Category: Land management
NSW sets strict annual deadline for council complaints
By Paul Hemsley The New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet has warned councils that they must quickly get their act together in reporting complaints made about them by…
Clean, green urban space not just a walk in the park
Governments are looking into each other’s backyards for lessons on how to keep community spaces in top shape reports Paul Hemsley. It’s all too easy for ratepayers to forget that…
Council control over truckies delayed
By Julian Bajkowski A misbehaving software system has unexpectedly put the brakes on the launch of Australia’s first National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) by at least a month after the…
Clover’s Hyde Park treechange firmly rooted
By Paul Hemsley City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has revealed plans for tree change of grand proportions for the CBD’s biggest recreation green space, Hyde Park. After suffering…
Queensland releases government technology vision
By Julian Bajkowski The Queensland Government has set out its grand vision for recasting how the state’s public sector buys and consumes more than $1.6 billion a year in technology…
Court rules against bureaucrat’s freedom to tweet
By Julian Bajkowski Conflicts over the personal and official use of social media by public sector employees are again under the spotlight after a Federal Circuit Court Judge knocked-back an…
Ponds unplugged for Sydney’s $8bil Green Square
By Paul Hemsley City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has moved to stop floods from pouring into the massive new Green Square precinct and surrounding areas by installing an…
Taronga Zoo sustainability accolade roars for SITA
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Resource and waste management company SITA has collected a key environmental sustainability award for tailoring a waste management program for Sydney’s Taronga Zoo to…
Feds launch NBN telehealth pilot
The $1.8 million Serving Older Australians NBN enabled telehealth project has been launched in WA to support the delivery of home care services. Federal Minister for Regional Communications Sharon Bird…