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Software to support municipal route merger modelling*
ASPsoftware.com.au have just released version two of their Multi Vehicle Capacitated Route Planning software to help councils and contractors with the merger and optimising of…
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Future Directions – From the City of Rockingham Mayor, Barry Sammels
The City of Rockingham has Climate Change firmly as an objective to be studied and managed into the future. Set out as a Strategic Objective…
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Council project secures regional water supply
An award-winning project by Glen Innes Severn Council in northern New South Wales is guaranteeing water supply for the region. Water security in Glen Innes…
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Battery technology maximises solar energy
Willoughby Council in New South Wales is utilising new battery technology to increase the benefits of their solar farm. The Council has installed battery technology…
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Busting the buffel
Since 2012, Roxby Council in northern South Australia has set to work taming a pesky plant: buffel grass. Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) was introduced to…
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drumMUSTER and ChemClear® collection and recycling programs*
drumMUSTER is the national program for the collection and recycling of empty, cleaned, non-returnable metal and plastic agvet chemical containers. To date the program has…
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Harnessing stormwater
In a bid to drought-proof the local area, the Rural City of Murray Bridge has undertaken a large-scale stormwater treatment scheme. The rural city, located…
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Mobile recycling reduces illegal dumping
Residents in the Kempsey Shire on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales are benefiting from Australia’s first Mobile Community Recycling Centre (CRC). The…
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Floating plans for solar
As part of its innovative Lismore Community Solar project, Lismore City Council is gearing up to build the first floating solar farm in New South…
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Champion trees
Council’s Parks and Gardens Manager Jim Doidge recently nominated a poplar local gum to the National Register of Big Trees.The tree, near Black Mountain, is…
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Green and golden opportunity
Strathfield Municipal Council in Sydney is undertaking a coordinated effort to protect local Bell Frogs. While best known for being the environmental mascot of the…
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A kitchen for koalas
As part of its ongoing conservation efforts, the City of Gold Coast has established a new tree plantation to provide food for sick, injured and…
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