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

$5 million boost for Sydney’s trigeneration network

Lord Mayor Clover Moore has welcomed a $5 million funding boost, announced by Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, and Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus.   The $5 million will be added to $12 million in City funding for the installation of trigeneration plants at Town Hall […]

15 June, 2012

Councils get lessons on electronic waste

 As part of delivering its national recycling program, Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform Limited (ANZRP) is running a series of information sessions to update local government on collection and recycling opportunities.   The sessions will provide an opportunity for ANZRP and councils to discuss how the program will be delivered and funded, as well […]

9 May, 2012

Sustainable planning dismissed by conservatives

The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) believes an unsettling trend – particularly attributed to the United States Tea Party – of anti-sustainability activists attempting to stop local efforts to make communities greener, more liveable, and more prosperous.   These attacks are stifling constructive community dialogues on how to plan for the future.    ICLEI, […]

14 February, 2012

President Obama drives clean fleet with corporations

By Lilia Guan   As United States Government doubles the number of clean fleets its uses within its agencies, President Obama has announced private organisations are also jumping on the green fleet bandwagon.   The President said it has gone into a ‘Clean Fleets Partnership’, with large US-based private companies like; UPS; FedEx; AT&T; Verizon; […]

5 April, 2011