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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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MT DUNEED ROAD REALIGNMENT & RESURFACING UNDER RAIL OVERPASS

We are about to begin road safety improvement works on Mt Duneed Road. The works affect the area on approach to and underneath the railway...

CHANTS SUMMER CARNIVAL

The Chants Summer Carnival is back and bigger and better than ever before! Jammed packed with more rides, more games and family fun, we cannot...

RECYCLING WEEK FEATURES RECYCLING OPTIONS

National Recycling Week, a campaign launched by Planet Ark in 1996, provides an important opportunity for everyone to increase their recycling knowledge and understanding...

NORTHSIDE CHURCH & COMMUNITY CENTER – Salvation Army

Here at Northside Church and Community Center we endeavour to walk the journey with people to build capacity and sustainability.   People come into our...

SURF COAST SHIRE – MESSAGE FOR CONSTRUCTION OPERATORS

Message for construction operators: Don’t skip on our environment Surf Coast Shire Council and the Environment Protection Authority are calling on construction companies to help...

GEELONG HEATWAVE, SUMMER IS COMING

Heatwave Guide A heatwave is a period of extremely high temperatures which impact negatively upon the health of a community. In January 2009, 374 additional deaths...
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