Media Releases
City of Adelaide community reduces carbon emissions by 19%
South Australia’s leadership in renewable energy and efficient green buildings have combined to reduce the carbon emissions from the City of Adelaide’s community by 224,000 tonnes (19%) since 2007, equivalent to taking 50,000 medium sized cars off the road.
These results have been achieved despite Adelaide City having the highest average annual population growth by Local Government Area between 2008 to 2013.
Rapid uptake of roof top solar and over $5.5 billion of investment in wind farms have transformed South Australia’s electricity supply into a clean energy system. This ‘greening of the grid’ has reduced the carbon impact of South Australia’s electricity supply by 31% between 2004/05 and 2013/14.
Fyans Park Kinder $1.2M extension
Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons welcomed today’s announcement by the State Government to contribute funding towards an extension of Fyans Park Kindergarten in Newtown.
“I’m delighted that State Government is contributing $350,000 to the extension of Fyans Park Kindergarten”, said Mayor Lyons.
“It’s fitting that in its 50-year anniversary year this popular kindergarten will benefit from an extension to more than double capacity and a refurbishment in line with a 21st century early childhood centre.”
New $130,000 Bligh Park precinct upgrade now open
Children and adults alike flocked to the new Bligh Park Community Centre Precinct on Saturday, 18 October to try out the new Parkour obstacle equipment, the purpose-built grind boxes and play on the new multipurpose court.
Star performers from Team 9LIVES also came along to give parkour demonstrations to show people of how to use and play on the new equipment. Team 9LIVES has a huge following on YouTube and Facebook as professional parkourists.
Parkour is a way of moving within a particular environment and overcoming obstacles of any kind, be they physical or mental.
New council boundaries to strengthen Fremantle and southern suburbs region
The City of Fremantle welcomes today’s (Wednesday 22 October 2014) state government announcement that will see the City of Fremantle amalgamate with the Town of East Fremantle and expand its boundaries to include Bicton, Palmyra, Hamilton Hill, part of North Coogee and Rottnest.
Fremantle Mayor Dr Brad Pettitt said the new boundaries, which will come into effect on 1 July 2015, were a good outcome not only for Fremantle, but for Perth’s southern corridor as a whole.