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The City of South Perth has undertaken a project to create safe nesting sites for Oblong Turtles. Every Spring, female turtles journey out of McDougall…

A resolution passed by delegates at the first National Buying Green 2003 Conference and Expo has set future directions for environmental purchasing in Australia. The…

Recognised as the richest agricultural region in Australia and with a population of over 17,800, Moree claims for itself the title of the North West…

Last December, Melbourne’s Bayside Council announced that Spotless Services Australia Limited was the successful tenderer for its Street Cleaning Contract which began on 1 March.…

About two thirds of the Esperance waste stream ( 7000 tonnes a year) will be diverted from landfill to a new recycling plant at Wylie…

Residents of the City of Clarence in Tasmania are among the country’s best recyclers. The increased enthusiasm for rubbish is a result of Council’s revised…

By Paul Bateson * A ‘scatter-gun’ approach was the way one Council representative described the approach to biodiversity conservation in his Local Government area. The…

Australians produce around five billion litres of sewage a day. Apart from environmental issues, expenditure for water authorities and Councils operating sewage treatment plants continues…

In the late sixties, the City of Salisbury decided to use excess stormwater as the basis for a wetlands area. The City is now recognised…

Banyule City Council has successfully attracted some of Melbourne’s grey headed flying fox population to a new roost site on the Yarra River. Council and…

The restoration of a polluted river on Tasmania’s west coast has won three awards at the Tasmanian Awards for Environmental Excellence. The project, a partnership…

Experienced Local Government sustainability adviser, Omega Environmental Pty Limited, has developed an innovative package to help Councils of any size implement a strategic environmental management…