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Keeping shopping trolleys at bay
In response to widespread complaints, safety hazards and environmental damage, Hobsons Bay City Council in Melbourne has developed a Code of practice for the management…
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Dieback Working Group fighting back
The Dieback Working Group recently appointed a new Project Coordinator, Paul Zuvela , to assist in the fight against the Phytophthora cinnamomi (dieback) disease that…
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Living waters living communities
A new environmental initiative known as Living Waters – Living Communities was launched last year in Warringah. The project, a first of its kind to…
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School drain stencilling program
Stopping litter from being washed into waterways is a message being reinforced by Victoria’s Wyndham schools. As part of a Wyndham City Council and Wyndham…
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Waste to energy plant at Brighton
Brighton Council has approved a proposal from Tasmanian company Total Energy Services Tasmania (TEST) to construct and operate a $120 million plant that will convert…
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Melbourne releases second Greenhouse Action Plan
The City of Melbourne recently released its second Greenhouse Action Plan and is on track to reach the targets it set for 2010. Council aims…
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Coastal Council planners and engineers look to Coasts and Ports conference
The coastal zone has a special place in the lives of Australians. Most want to live there and if they can’t, they want to take…
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Trenchless technology a winner in Tea Tree Gully
Tea Tree Gully Council in Adelaide recently awarded a major STED (Septic Tank Effluent Drain) contract to local contractor, SA Directional Boring Pty Ltd (SADB),…
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Improved planning for protection of wetlands
A Model Development Control Plan (DCP) has been launched by the Sydney Coastal Councils Group (SCCG). This will provide Councils with a planning mechanism for…
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New rehabilitation project for Huon Valley
The Huon Valley Protection of Priority Vegetation Project is an exciting environmental rehabilitation project which aims to protect remnant bush and riparian vegetation. The project,…
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Western Sydney Regional State of the Environment Report 2000
The Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC) Ltd has developed a Regional State of the Environment Report for the 1999-2000 financial year. The report…
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UN and sustainable development
The stakeholder hearings for the United Nation’s Commission for Sustainable Development, held last month in New York, brought the global issue of long term, sustainable…
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