Bushfires, BMX and coming out – council projects win awards

LGPro Victoria has announced the winners of its annual awards for excellence.

26 February, 2021

New bodies to guide Qld, NSW on renewables

NSW and Qld have established bodies to advise government on renewables.

25 February, 2021

Infrastructure projects win recycling grants

A Melbourne council will redevelop a local hockey field using recycled materials.

21 February, 2021

WA to pilot ‘virtual power plant’

Western Australia has announced a plan to pilot the state’s first ‘virtual power plant’.

11 February, 2021

Future water plans must factor in climate change

Water managers will have to be adaptive and agile to meet the challenges ahead, the Productivity Commission says.

11 February, 2021

$32m hydro-powered battery project gets go-ahead

The NSW government has given approval for a $32 million hydro-powered battery project near Albury.

4 February, 2021

Winning the war against food waste

A uniform, consistent regulatory framework for reducing food waste is needed across all levels of government and all Australian jurisdictions.

4 February, 2021

Council links with Swedish city on hydrogen future

Warranambool Council is forging ahead with plans to build a renewable hydrogen industry.

21 January, 2021

Murray Darling water management favoured irrigators

The government favoured irrigators over the environment in the Murray Darling Basin, the ICAC says.

30 November, 2020

NSW govt pocketing two thirds of waste levy

Only a third of the NSW waste levy is being reinvested back into waste programs, an auditor’s report has found.

29 November, 2020

Biden election to impact Aus climate policy

Joe Biden has put climate change at the heart of diplomacy, former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr says

23 November, 2020

Procurement: a new front in the sustainability battle

A new resource has been launched to increase procurement of recycled material.

23 November, 2020

Sydney energy from waste plant faces pushback

Councils say they don’t want an energy-from-waste facility in Western Sydney.

23 November, 2020

Tasmania investigates major hydrogen projects

Tasmania is funding feasibility studies into three large-scale hydrogen projects.

19 November, 2020