THE DECISION BY the NSW Land and Environment Court in favour of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA) against the NSW Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is a breakthrough development. IMAGE: Extreme bushfire conditions, January 2020. District Bulletin archives. The court found the EPA must develop environmental quality objectives, guidelines and policies to
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Local news in and around the Capital region, Monaro, and the South Coast.
South coast home-owners urge state intervention to save bushland
COMMUNITY GROUP DALMENY Matters has contacted The Hon Rob Stokes, Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, to ask for assistance in preventing the clearing of native bushland in light of the importance of unburnt habitat since the bushfires. Eurobodalla Shire Council’s decision to sell public land in Dalmeny for clearing and
More people, more development — biggest threat to Kosciuszko National Park?
Proposed: THE GOVERNMENT wants to add another 4,000 beds to the resorts, build bigger carparks, allow helicopters to fly their clients into the park and, in a shocking rejection of sustainability principles, heat the waters of Yarrangobilly with gas in a parody of a Japanese onsen resort. The NSW Government claims that
FENNER CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT: Making Australian agriculture sustainable
THE ORGANISERS OF this year’s Fenner Conference on Environment have announced that registrations are now open on the conference website www.sustainableag.org.au. With the theme ‘Making Australian agriculture sustainable’, it will be held on Thursday 30 September and Friday 1 October at the Academy of Science’s Shine Dome in Canberra. The conference
Stewardship of waterways: upgrade needed
OUR REGION IS fortunate to have an abundance of beautiful waterways, which are home to a diverse range of native wildlife including water birds, frogs, turtles, platypus, rakali [water rat], fish and other aquatic creatures. MAIN IMAGE: Freshwater turtle. © Carol Lynn, District Bulletin archives. Many land-dwelling creatures also rely on our
‘It hasn’t worked’: Deputy Premier calls for council split amid cries for demergers
By Angus Thompson, The Sydney Morning Herald DEPUTY PREMIER JOHN Barilaro and Nationals colleague Steph Cooke are joining their political opponents in demanding a community merged as a result of the government’s controversial amalgamations be split back in two amid a renewed push to reverse forced council mergers. It comes as the
Driving zero emissions, ACT Greens senior polly Rattenbury motors full-speed ahead
RECENTLY I MET with Shane Rattenbury, ACT Government Attorney General and Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, to have a chat about his latest EV purchase, and his vision for the future of zero emissions transport in the region. Shane has recently become an EV enthusiast having purchased a new MG
Conference: Making Australian Agriculture Sustainable
UNDERSTANDING NATURAL PROCESSES is the only realistic means by which we can regenerate soils and stabilise climate, according to Walter Jehne, a co-organiser of and speaker at the 2021 Fenner Conference: “Making Australian agriculture sustainable.” * “Australian indigenous people occupied the continent for 65,000 years and invariably changed it. They had
Free activities (1–6 June) for World Environment Day June 5
In the lead up to World Environment Day on Saturday 5 June, Queanbeyan Palerang Council will be hosting a variety of free environmental and sustainability workshops, talks and a screening of the award-winning film ‘2040’. The events run from 1–6 June and are online, in Braidwood and in Queanbeyan. Find out
Bungendore Park to high school grounds? Unhappy residents tell why this is a bad (and unnecessary) plan.
THE CURRENT NSW State political climate for heritage preservation is not very helpful, as journalist Elizabeth Farrelly chronicled in various articles in The Sydney Morning Herald recently. Her article ‘In Don Harwin’s Sydney, what should be a project of sacred trust is a problem to be fixed’ is a more recent