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Australia, Can You Contain Your Waste? Join the National Challenge, 18-24 November 2024

Australia, it’s time to reduce, rethink, and contain your waste like never before! Keep Australia Beautiful’s ‘Contain Your Waste’ Challenge is back, running from 18-24 November 2024. This national event invites Australians to rethink consumption habits by aiming to fit an entire week’s worth of waste inside a single container of their choice—whether it’s a bin, box, or […]

‘Pioneering’ ecological park takes out national award

Artist impression of the accessible Tree Top Loop path. Sunshine Coast Council The vision to create a “place of cherished nature and ecological wonder” has been bestowed a national honour. The Sunshine Coast Ecological Park Master Plan took out the Landscape Architecture Award for Landscape Planning at the recent Australian Institute of Landscape Architects national awards. It […]

Hectares of empty factory and warehouse rooftops are the solution to renewables’ tyranny of distance

By Partners in Performance A major barrier to renewable energy expansion in Australia is the strong opposition from rural communities who fear the takeover of arable land by solar farms, wind turbines and transmission pylons, all to satisfy the needs of EV-driving city dwellers. Critics also cite infrastructure costs to connect a myriad of renewable […]

Out of the box: Officeworks launches Bring it Back for Business to help reduce technology waste from landfill

To accelerate efforts in reducing technology waste ending up in landfill, Officeworks haslaunched its ‘Bring it Back for Business’ initiative for National Recycling Week. This program empowers business customers to recycle their unwanted office accessories, including monitors, cables, keyboards, ink, toner, and other hard-to-recycle items.  Expanding its popular ‘Bring it Back’ program, from Tuesday 19 November Officeworks will offer business customers in Victoria, with plans to expand across […]

AUSTRALIA COMMITS TO SUPPORT CLIMATE ACTION FOR APAC NEIGHBOURS

THE HON DR JIM CHALMERS MP TREASURER THE HON CHRIS BOWEN MP MINISTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY THE HON JOSH WILSON MP ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY The Australian Government is supporting action on climate change in our region through guaranteeing up to US$200 million (approximately A$300 million) worth of Asian Development […]
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CITY SEEKING COMMUNITY INPUT FOR CHILWELL LIBRARY REDEVELOPMENT

The City of Greater Geelong is seeking community feedback on the design principles and concept plan for the redevelopment of the Chilwell Library. Together with the...

BELLARINE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021

Lockdown has been abolished and the crowds are now back, ready to embrace music and live shows unlike ever before in Regional Victoria Premier Artists,...

MALT CHOCOLATE CAKE

INGREDIENTS 300g dark (70%) chocolate, chopped 200g unsalted butter, chopped, softened 300g sour cream, at room temperature 125g self-raising flour, sifted 125g plain flour,...

NATURE VOLUNTEER GROUP

A nature volunteer group is a group of people who volunteer together to observe, study and conserve wildlife and nature in their local area. While some might...

FOOD WASTE MATTERS

BREAD The most common food waste victim is bread. We love our sandwiches, toast and rolls – we simply love bread. That’s why we buy so...

COUNCILLOR ‘LISTENING POSTS’ ACROSS THE BELLARINE

Community members in Barwon Heads, St Leonards and Leopold will have a chance to raise issues with their local councillors on Saturday 20 November...
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