NSW ditches environment targets – except for litter

You can’t manage what you can’t measure, says Mike Baird.

14 September, 2015

Finally: The RET is set

Two-yearly reviews dumped but wood burning retained.

19 May, 2015

Has an Aussie start-up cracked how to make tyre recycling sustainable and profitable?

Destructive distillation produces carbon, oil, steel . . . and profits.

16 April, 2015

Cash for cans a reality in NSW

Container deposit scheme will proceed.

5 February, 2015

Waters muddied over Great Barrier Reef health

Reef stoush continues.

30 January, 2015

Smarter NSW councils scoop environmental awards

NSW Local Government Environment Awards.

26 November, 2014

Smart Blocks elevate low impact living for high rises

Apartment blocks get the sustainability treatment

24 September, 2014

Victorian transport agencies slammed over environmental impacts

Auditor finds significant shortcomings

21 August, 2014

Deep dig for answers on disused mines

Sustainable legacies actively sought

16 July, 2014

Tech trash dwarfs Sydney Tower

By Julian Bajkowski Sydney’s Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, has declared that the volume of electronic waste being now junked by city residents has reached the level where unwanted devices could be stacked as high as the city’s tallest building, Sydney Tower. According to the City of Sydney’s tall claim, its residents turfed a whopping 2,218 […]

17 December, 2012

Victorian councils demand CSG probe into ‘fraccing’

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Victorian local governments have warned that new bans on the controversial practice of coal seam gas (CSG) extraction through hydraulic fracturing (fraccing) in the state still don’t go far enough. The peak body for councils in the state has vowed it will continue to push for a parliamentary probe […]

27 August, 2012

Designers wanted for radioactive dump

By Julian Bajkowski The federal government has wasted no time in pushing ahead with its plans to build a highly controversial radioactive waste dump in Australia, issuing a tender for a consultant to design the new facility.   The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (DRET) has asked for bids to provide a report that […]

8 August, 2012

PSA NSW slams loss of OEH staff

Regional communities will be left exposed following the loss of 350 jobs from the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), including 150 rangers and staff in frontline roles, according to the Public Service Association (PSA) of New South Wales.   PSA General Secretary John Cahill believes the 1.5 per cent budget cut across government departments […]

18 July, 2012

Councils still need to calculate impact of Carbon Tax

By Lilia Guan   While Federal Government legislation doesn’t require local government to pay the Carbon Tax, councils will still need to calculate the amount of greenhouse emissions they generate for environmental and budgetary purposes.   Technology vendor, Oracle’s JD Edwards APAC product management and strategy senior manager, Scott Ash told Government News there were […]

5 July, 2012