The Productivity Commission has released its first ever five-year productivity review, called ‘Shifting the Dial’. It was released in conjunction with the Commission’s annual report. It is “a look out across the landscape of factors and influences that may affect Australia’s economic performance over the medium term, in order to offer advice on where our […]
24 October, 2017
Australia is blessed – and cursed – with a federal system of government. It allows greater diversity, and also causes problems when it comes to the coordination of service delivery.
20 October, 2017
The Federal Government’s refusal to adopt the Chief Scientist’s recommendation for a Clean Energy Target has been roundly criticised by its political opponents. As you would expect. But what does it mean for the relationships between Australia’s different levels of government? The Government’s new policy sees the end of any subsidy for renewable energy after […]
17 October, 2017
While climate and energy policy in Australia remain mired in acrimonious squabbling, the UK’s Conservative Government has released a bold new plan for a low carbon future. And it includes a carbon price. The new UK Clean Growth Strategy is a comprehensive 163 page document. It was released on 12 October by Business and Energy […]
13 October, 2017
Sydney’s Barangaroo Reserve has won the prestigious best landscape design of the year award in the 2017 international American Architecture Prize. The 22-hectare headland park was designed by Australian landscape architects Johnson Pilton Walker in association with PWP Landscape Architecture, a firm based in Berkeley near San Francisco, and built by Lend Lease. It opened […]
10 October, 2017
The Federal Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), announced with great fanfare 18 months ago, has yet to invest in single project. “This facility will provide financing to build the transport, energy, water and communications infrastructure needed in our north,” said Josh Frydenberg, the Minister for Industry Innovation and Science, when he announced the fund […]
8 October, 2017
NZ Government makes $190m from electricity, focuses on renewables and grid battery storage.
18 September, 2017
SSROC and Veolia ANZ have opened an advanced Mechanical and Biological Treatment (MBT) facility.
12 September, 2017
How to make sure Australia has enough electricity in the future: Grattan Institute report.
11 September, 2017
The ACCC is reviewing the competitiveness of the retail electricity sector and prices nationally.
24 August, 2017
The waste fiasco exposed in the Four Corners report will have wide-ranging implications for local governments.
14 August, 2017
City of Greater Bendigo has launched a community recycling education campaign.
3 August, 2017
Dam the expense: new research on Ord River irrigation shows how not to develop northern Australia.
27 July, 2017
Melbourne is recycling cigarette butts into plastic industrial products.
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