An indigenous ranger employment program in remote south-western Australia is tackling rural unemployment while rehabilitating native plants through traditional indigenous agricultural techniques.
30 April, 2018
From educating residents about the amount of waste they produce to maximising e-waste recycling, local government initiatives are diverting waste from landfill.
27 April, 2018
As environment ministers gather for a key meeting today a new survey shows overwhelming support for government action on recycling.
26 April, 2018
State and local government water utilities are turning to new technology and partnerships with private and community groups to meet supply challenges arising from population growth and climate change.
20 April, 2018
Australia’s environment ministers are under pressure to agree on a national response to the worsening recycling crisis as a Queensland council stops recycling.
20 April, 2018
Faced with a dwindling water supply, Queensland’s agricultural powerhouse, the Lockyer Valley, is bouncing back through a unique council-led partnership.
16 April, 2018
In a move criticised as weakening councils’ ability to challenge environmentally destructive logging, the NSW Government will transfer some of the EPA’s responsibilities for protecting native vegetation.
13 April, 2018
A new platform that calculates the solar power potential of rooftops promises to help local councils and urban planners make decisions about investments in solar.
12 April, 2018
Recycled content would be a mandated component of government infrastructure projects under a new national plan put forward by the waste and recycling sectors.
10 April, 2018
The designers of Sydney Park’s wetlands, created on 40 hectares of former landfill, have again been recognised for their innovative approach.
3 April, 2018
A group of councils in metropolitan Melbourne has collaborated to develop a framework that tracks their progress on climate change, writes Dr Susie Moloney.
2 April, 2018
A shared online mapping tool and the provision of real-time data for both planners and field crews are among the first solutions a local council and water authority aim to develop together.
19 March, 2018
Local government is scrambling to avoid a “recycling crisis” as China clamps down on accepting foreign waste, which threatens to derail councils’ collection of kerbside recycling, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.
19 March, 2018
The Tesla battery farm in South Australia Australia’s states, and in particular South Australia, are leading a battery and energy storage boom which will transform the way energy is used and distributed in Australia. The Climate Council has released a new report on the technology: ‘Fully Charged: Renewals and Storage Powering Australia’. The report says […]
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