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Remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory have joined forces to combat threats posed by the oil and gas industry.

Councils want overhaul to cut NSW waste

Far west New South Wales councils the State Government is slow, disconnected and sometimes ineffective in dealing with the needs of those outside big population centres.

Fossil fuel friendship won't wash with some

The Queensland Police Service is feeling some heat from its links with oil and gas giant Santos.

Green funds let councils batten hatches

Councils across New South Wales will be rewarded for their forward-thinking agendas, with Building Resilience to Climate Change Grants totalling $432,500 handed out to worthy projects.

Waste plan pleases WALGA, but it wants to know more

The WA Local Government Association says it is glad to see several of its suggestions included in the early stages of a state-wide waste management review, but wants to make sure councils are kept in the loop and not just paid lip service.

Climate costs high either way, inaction won't help

Floods and fires will leave Australia with a mind-boggling damage bill in coming years, the CSIRO says.

Dredging should be warning for upper Murray users

The Conservation Council of South Australia has backed a $4 million dredging program to keep the mouth of the Murray River open.

City's toxic playgrounds pinned on iron trade

Potentially toxic levels of lead, arsenic, nickel and cadmium have been found on playground equipment at several public parks in Queensland.

UN summoned in QLD gas fight

Traditional owners in Queensland's Channel Country have asked the United Nations to intervene in a battle over oil and gas development.

Call to plot leaks as gas industry wells up

A team of university experts has warned that the risks of coal seam gas mining could play out before governments get around to responding.

Calls for talk before forced re-settlement

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda has urged the West Australian government to actually consult Aboriginal people in remote communities, before booting them off their land.

Lake Macquarie's green prize marks excellent efforts

Lake Macquarie City Council has won the big prize at this year’s Local Government Excellence in the Environment Awards.

LGA takes aim at missed shot on planning

The Local Government Association of South Australia has slammed the state’s opposition for what it says is a broken promise.

Peg picked to provide slightly less in NSW

Debate has been sparked over a process unique to NSW councils; the rate-peg.

Sharing is saving for regional councils

West Australian councils are celebrating the success of a long campaign for a new regional subsidiaries model.

Broad call for sea of opinions

The heads of the Commonwealth Bioregional Advisory Panels want as people as possible to get involved in the conversation about Commonwealth Marine Reserves.

Hockey claims show cost of free trade

Treasurer Joe Hockey has strongly linked the end of subsidies to Australian car manufacturing with the securing of trade agreements with Asian nations.

Murrumbidgee's fix finished for now

Murrumbidgee Irrigation (MI) has finished one of its biggest water infrastructure projects yet.

New welfare scheme hits harder than before

There is a lot of concern around the Federal Government’s new jobs program for remote welfare recipients.

Reef rates high for three local governments

Beach clean-ups, rehabilitating waterways, new waste management initiatives - three far north Queensland councils have done all this and more over the last five years to protect the Great Barrier Reef.