By Angela Dorizas The number of people sleeping rough on Sydney’s streets this winter significantly decreased, according to the City of Sydney’s latest ‘street count’. The latest bi-annual street count was carried out by 178 volunteers, including a group of 13 current and former homeless advisors, between 1am and 3am on August 17. Areas counted […]
6 September, 2010
From left-right: Cr Alan Ward, Parkes Shire Council; Cr Genia McCaffery, President of the Local Government Association of NSW; Minister for Local Government Barbara Perry; Kelly Hendry, Parkes Shire Council tourism manager; and Michael Tyler, Country Energy. Image: LGSA. Events including the annual Elvis Parkes Festival and a campaign against e-waste were recognised in […]
5 August, 2010
By Angela Dorizas A delegation consisting of mayors of Australia’s largest cities will join leaders from around the world at the UN’s Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen. Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, and Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Robert Doyle, will attend the Climate Change Summit for Mayors, which will run parallel to […]
7 December, 2009
By Rob O’Brien Local government are the only level of government to act decisively on climate change, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Robert Doyle, has said ahead of the UN’s Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen. Cr Doyle is part of a delegation, consisting also of Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, that […]
7 December, 2009
By Angela Dorizas Capital city Lord Mayors have called on the Federal Government to include local government in the global Copenhagen agreement. In the lead up to the global climate summit in Copenhagen, the Council of Capital City Lord Mayors (CCLM) committed to collectively slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 57 megatonnes a year by 2020, which […]
5 November, 2009
By Rob O’Brien A new tool kit to help councils deal with alcohol-related community problems will be launched in Sydney tomorrow. The Alcohol-related Harms Data Inventory Toolkit will be launched by Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP at a meeting of the Council of Capital City Lord Mayors. The toolkit includes a core set […]
5 November, 2009
Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Anthony Albanese; Lord Mayor Clover Moore; and former Mayor of London, Ken Livingston, at the City of Sydney's City Talk. By Angela Dorizas Sydney needs an integrated metropolitan transport plan to reduce carbon emissions and prevent gridlock, according to the former Mayor […]
22 September, 2009
By Angela Dorizas Australian cities could halve their greenhouse gas emissions over the next 20 years by implementing a targeted strategy similar to the City of Sydney’s Sustainable Sydney 2030 plan, a new study has found. In research commissioned by the City of Sydney, climate change consultancy company Kinesis found that actions outlined in the […]
14 August, 2009
City of Sydney’s Paddington Reservoir Gardens was awarded for excellence in urban design. Image: City of Sydney/Fiora Sacco. By Angela Dorizas A rehabilitated public park in inner city Sydney and a research project on future growth in Melbourne are the recipients of this year’s prestigious Australian Award for Urban Design. The City of Sydney was […]
13 August, 2009
By Jane Garcia Thirteen cities worldwide have signed up to participate in Earth Hour 2008, when residents will be asked to turn off their lights for 60 minutes at 8pm on Saturday March 2009 next year. The inaugural Earth Hour was held in Sydney last year. About 2.2 million Sydneysiders participated and they saved the […]
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