Environmental Management
Penrith supports local wildlife with 34 habitat boxes
Kody Cook Civil Construction, Condition Assessment, Council In Focus, Environmental Management, Project, Recreation 0Penrith City Council’s conservation program is providing shelter and safety to local animals across eight of its nature reserves...
City of Burnside’s quest for a greener future and safer urban forest
Council Journalist Council In Focus, Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Management, Features, Project 0By City of Burnside, South Australia As a three-time Tree City of the World, the City of Burnside understands...
Council’s plan to enhance region’s rural charm
Yasmin Isaacs Council, Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Management, Maintenance, News, Parks 0Hornsby Shire Council has approved the progression of the Rural Lands Planning Proposal in hopes of enhancing and protecting...
City of Cockburn’s blooming blue economy
Holly Tancredi Council, Council In Focus, Environmental Management, Features, Sustainability 0By Holly Tancredi, Contributing Editor Each edition of Council Magazine we choose one local government from across Australia to...
Cities Power Partnership invites decision-makers to its biggest climate and clean energy Summit
Tayla Oates Council, Environmental Management, News, Sponsored Editorial, Sustainability 0No community within Australia remains untouched by climate change as extreme weather events continue to worsen. The impacts are...
Rockhampton adopts new urban greening policy
Tayla Oates Asset Management, Council, Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Management, News, Project, QLD, Spotlight, Sustainability, Urban Development 0Rockhampton Regional Council has adopted its comprehensive Urban Greening Policy, recognising the importance of boosting urban greening and canopy...
Two councils, one strategy: protecting the Avalon corridor
Tess Macallan Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Management, Features, Parks, VIC 1As Melbourne’s suburbs continued to sprawl out into unsuspecting regions that were once green space, the City of Greater...
ALGA calls for $50M to help reduce emissions
Tayla Oates Asset Management, Council, Disaster Management, Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Management, News, Planning, Spotlight, Sustainability 0In its Federal Budget submission, the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), with support from the Cities Power Partnership and...
Multi-council program protects Hawkesbury Nepean River
Tayla Oates Asset Management, Civil Construction, Council, Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Management, News, NSW, Project, Public facilities, Sustainability, Water 0The Hawkesbury Nepean River Coastal Management Program (HNRCMP), a multi-council project aimed at ensuring sustainable long-term management of the...
Stirling’s plans to battle erosion and rising sea levels
April Shepherd Environmental Management, Features, Public facilities 0City of Stirling, located in Perth, is picturesque – with blue oceans and infamous beaches lining its coastlines –...
City of Hobart plans for population growth
Tayla Oates Condition Assessment, Council, Environmental Management, News, Urban Development, Welfare 0The City of Hobart has developed a draft Central Hobart Plan, in partnership with the Tasmanian Government and the...
Geelong tracks sustainability progress
Tayla Oates Condition Assessment, Council, Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Management, News, Sustainability 1The City of Greater Geelong is continuing its commitment to sustainability through its Sustainability Performance Report, which tracks progress...
Wollongong Council works to preserve coastline
Tayla Oates Asset Management, Community Services, Disaster Management, Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Management, News, NSW, Public facilities, Sustainability, Urban Development 0Wollongong Council is looking to protect its coastline through the development of its Wollongong Coastal Management Program (CMP). The...
The City of Launceston has recently partnered with AMC Search, the training and consulting division of the Australian Maritime...
Port Phillip Bay Councils lead Walk & Talk at eco-reef
Tess Macallan Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Management, News 0The Association of Bayside Municipalities recently held a Walk & Talk field trip to see The Dell Eco-Reef at...
Tweed receives $6M to fund flood mitigation
Tayla Oates Drainage, Environmental Management, News, NSW, Spotlight, Welfare 0Tweed Shire has received almost $6 million from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to fund flood mitigation projects...
Launceston Council temporarily suspends event FOGO services
Tayla Oates Community Services, Council, Environmental Management, News, Spotlight 0City of Launceston’s Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) collection service will temporarily suspend the collection and processing of...
Whitehorse Council endorses new water strategy
Tayla Oates Environmental Management, NSW, Spotlight, Sustainability, VIC, Water 0Whitehorse Council has made a commitment to find smarter solutions to water conservation – endorsing a new Integrated Water...