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Guiding climate resilience
A research collaboration between local government authorities, an engineering peak body, engineering consultants and university researchers has created a guideline to help infrastructure managers and…
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Foreshore plan goes ahead
District Council of Yankalilla has secured $2.1 million from the South Australian Government Open Spaces and Places for People Grant program for the Normanville Foreshore…
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Little Penguins decline
City of Rockingham, Western Australia, has moved to support the sustainability of the little penguin population on Penguin Island. The Little Penguin population on the…
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Caring for Jack’s Flat
Twenty-one years of caring for country has transformed a bare paddock into a beautiful bushland habitat in Sorell Council, Tasmania. Southern Beaches Landcare Coastcare (SBLC)…
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Quarry garden becomes sanctuary
Hornsby Shire Council, New South Wales, has embarked on the transformation of the former Hornsby Quarry and its surrounds into one of Sydney’s great parks. …
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Landfill rehabilitation
Toowoomba Regional Council, Queensland, has commenced rehabilitation work on its landfills, with four sites due for completion this financial year. Councillor, Nancy Sommerfield said this…
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Custom designed system wins Spatial Excellence Award
City of Cockburn, Western Australia, has joined with Esri Australia’s Perth team, to design and implement an intuitive user-friendly workflow management system with advanced Geospatial…
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Recycled water project scales up
Livingstone Council, Queensland is committed to improving its essential services, and as part of that commitment the Yeppoon Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) has recently been…
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Botanic gardens restoration
Hepburn Shire Council has announced a $500,000 grant from the Victorian State Government, which will see a series of improvements made to the iconic Wombat…
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Agreement reached for resource recovery facility
After almost a decade searching for an appropriate location, the Shire of Broome, Western Australia, has approved an integrated site for a new Regional Resource…
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Weir goes as river restored
The vision Logan City Council, Queensland, has for the Albert River is becoming clearer with its plans to demolish Luscombe Weir. The project will remove…
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Innovative B-Pods water trees as climate changes
The innovative use of a system of underground tanks has improved the way City of Burnside Council, South Australia, supports its street trees. Urban areas…
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