The NSW Government has launched an inquiry into the causes, preparation for and response to the 2019-20 bushfires, including the role of climate change.

The six-month inquiry will be led by Dave Owens, former Deputy Commissioner of NSW Police, and Professor Mary O’Kane...

Queensland councils will receive over $5 million in state funding to help crack down on illegal dumping. 

Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Leeanne Enoch said the funding will help councils employ new officers, increase surveillance and improve signage...

The Local Government Association of Queensland has called for immediate investment of $500 million over the next five years in a Regional Water Quality and Wastewater Protection Fund to prevent the State’s water and wastewater services “falling off an infrastructure cl...

The WA Local Government Associationn(WALGA) has expressed concern that State Government will not provide the local government sector with any assistance in achieving its plan to move all Local Governments into the State Industrial Jurisdiction. Work has commenced on th...

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan and Federal Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure Alan Tudge have met to discuss the details of the proposed Perth City Deal which aims to increase the population density of the CBD, and boost the hospitality a...

The South Australian  draft Planning and Design Code for Phase Two (Rural Areas) and the draft Planning and Design Code for Phase Three (Urban Areas)  are currently on public consultation.

The Planning and Design Code is the cornerstone of South Aust...

The Victorian Red Tape Commissioner, Anna Cronin, has released a discussion paper for feedback on her current review of planning and building approvals processes in Victoria.

In her forward, Commissioner Cronin said the review had looked at the root causes for why plann...

The NSW Government has announced plans to fast-track the delivery of Sydney’s priority precincts.

In a statement, the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Minister Rob Stokes said the new approach would clear the decks of planning proposals stuck in the system, refoc...

Australia can significantly boost domestic recycling levels by replacing virgin resources with recycled materials in roads and thereby enable the COAG ban on waste exports, according to a new expert report released by the Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR).

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The City of Sydney has signed an agreement to go 100 per cent renewable, unveiling a $60 million deal with Flow Power to purchase only wind and solar to meet its energy needs. 

The agreement is expected to cut the council’s operations emissions by around 20,000 ton...