10 July 2011 – Following are reactions to the carbon price package from the Green Building Council of Australia,  Energy Efficiency Council, Climate Active Australia, Climate Institute, the Australian Conservation Foundation The Green Building Council... 
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11 July 2011 – The Greens Deputy Leader Christine Milne said Australia would immediately start on a low carbon future. She said in a media statement: Australia will start to cut carbon pollution immediately and is laying firm foundations... 
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8 July 2011 – The Greens have claimed victory in the fight for a new independent authority to manage $3.2 billion of renewable energy funding in “an effective and coordinated manner” announced by the federal government today. “As part... 
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By Tina Perinotto 5 July – Sustainability Victoria on Friday, 1 July,  took its last submission for a major review that will determine its fate. Fears are rife among its supporters that the government will do what it mooted before the election and... 
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By Tina Perinotto 30 June 2011 – The Green Building Council of Australia supports a carbon price but it’s going to hurt. In a new report this week detailing the likely impacts of a carbon price and eventually an emissions trading system the GBCA... 
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5 July 2011 – Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey has threatened to sue GetUP! and Markets for Change after the lobbyists launched a strong attack on his company’s use of old growth native timber in a strongly worded campaign and spoof... 
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By Tina Perinotto 30 June 2011 – “It’s about time we realised the limitations of using the atmosphere as a tip,” said GPT’s Bruce Precious on the launch today (Thursday 30 June) of a new coalition Read More > >  
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By Lynne Blundell 10 June 2011 –Australia is leading the world in the accelerating use of carbon and in carbon emissions and is currently about 44 or 45 per cent above the 1990 level, while Europe is moving in the opposite direction. Read More... 
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By Tina Perinotto 29 June 2011 – Shooting camels, burning savannah in special mosaic formations and capturing methane gasses from pig manure to make energy are just some of the methodologies under consideration  before the federal government’s... 
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9 June 2011 – The Productivity Commission on Thursday released a report that reveals the extent of climate action in key economies and sectors. The results suggests it’s time for Australia to wake up, climate and green groups say. The report,... 
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8 June 2011 – More than $226 billion of assets in national coastal areas are potentially at risk from climate change, heralding changes to planning regimes and buildings codes in urban environments, a report released by Minister for Climate Change and... 
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By David Burns 8 June 2011 – The Manly Council’s 2015 master plan is a great initiative but the plan could be improved if the council considered Green Building Council of Australia Green Star ratings and sustainable intensity metric benchmarks. Proposed... 
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By Tina Perinotto 3 June 2011 – Tony Arnel, chair of the GBCA and World GBC, Victorian Building and Plumbing Commissioner, plus holder of a string of other leadership positions including with the Melbourne Comedy Festival, never fails to both inspire... 
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2 June 2011 – Victoria’s Planning Minister Matthew Guy has announced the establishment of a new Urban Renewal Authority, which will absorb the current VicUrban with no loss of jobs, but with the board disbanded. Read More > >  
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26 May 2011 – Households nation-wide will save on energy costs if the recommendations in a new national policy statement are adopted. The statement from the Australian Council of Social Services, the Brotherhood of St Laurence, the Clean Energy Council,... 
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By Tina Perinotto 26 May 2011 – GE one of the world’s largest multinational technology and finance companies has thrown its weight behind the call for a carbon price with a report launched on Thursday that says other countries have proved it is... 
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24 May 2011 – The NSW government has buckled under the weight of a huge public backlash to its retrospective cuts to the solar feed in tariffs. The ABC website on Tuesday night  reported that Premier Barry O’Farrell said his government would... 
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24 May 2011 –Sea level rises in Adelaide could be as high as one metre according to  coastal maps highlighting the potential impact of sea level rises on the Adelaide region from climate change released by the federal government last week. Read... 
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21 June 2011 – Melbourne City councillor Peter Clarke has been appointed chair of the newly created Urban Renewal Authority board, which will replace VicUrban. Mr Clarke, a former executive director of the Property Council of Australia’s Victorian... 
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13 May 2011 – The NSW Government has canned the Solar Bonus Scheme and closed it to new applicants. NSW minister for resources and energy Chris Hartcher said the Government was closing the scheme to new applicants “effective midnight 28 April... 
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By Tina Perinotto 11 May 2011 – Budget 2011, Comment and responses: Yes there were modest amounts allocated to urban and regional development, education and hospitals and even some money to map sustainability goals, but hidden within those measures... 
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6 May 2011 – Matthew Clark former manager of the NABERS building performance rating program for the NSW government is on the lookout for a new manager to replace him after his move to a more senior position. But be warned: the job will be demanding.... 
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5 May 2011 – The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, today joined the chorus of blame on solar energy for rising electricity prices when he announced solar credits would be pared back. The move he said in a media statement... 
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By Gail Broadbent 3 May 2011 – Right now the only thing protecting us from higher petrol prices is the strong Australian dollar. Should the value of our dollar fall below its US counterpart we could be paying $2 a litre for fuel. The NRMA recently... 
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By Alan Pears All Australian export businesses have had to cope with a large increase in the Australian dollar. And they didn’t ask for compensation.  So why is a much smaller carbon price such a tragedy? That and other mysteries are ripe... 
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By Michael Mobbs 29 April 2011 – Merchants of doubt: how Earth is sold out What if someone said to you at dinner: “Scientists are divided about whether the Earth orbits around the Sun, you know.” Would you reply? If you did, what would you say?¬ May... 
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By Tina Perinotto 29 April 2011 – The NSW government has all but axed the solar bonus scheme, citing a major blowout in costs after high take-up by consumers. The scheme was officially suspended for two months from midnight Thursday, but NSW resources... 
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FAVOURITES: 9 September 2011. [Updated] The Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan, published recently by Beyond Zero Emissions, has received widespread support from eminent scientists, academics, industry leaders and energy sector businesses. At... 
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By Tina Perinotto 20 April 2011 – Updated: The federal government has axed the $1billion tax breaks for green buildings program from the coming budget and put it up for consultation for 12 months after a storm of protests from the property industry... 
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By Lyn Drummond 20 April 2011 – Market mechanisms reduces emissions most effectively and cheaply, a report by the policy think tank, The Grattan Institute has found. Three market-based schemes have produced 40 per cent of Australia’s emissions reductions... 
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