There was a light bulb moment that the waste truck we were about to send for scrapping could be given a second life at TAFE NSW, along with engines and parts from other trucks at their use-by date.
Jacquelene
Funding boost for Kariong community sports
Gosford Kariong Storm Rugby League Football Club is the recipient of $5,056.20 worth of grant funding as part of the NSW Government’s $4.4 million Local Sport Grant Program. The program provides up to $20,000 to individual clubs and associations, with $50,000 available in each electorate, to increase participation in community […]
Offshore wind announcement ‘good news’ for climate and jobs
“By working together as a community, sharing our concerns for the environment to codesign a clean energy future for the region, we have the ability to deliver a positive outcomes for our oceans, our communities and our local economy.”
Mayor tells residents to ‘love their trees’
If anything, the community’s reliance on trees has expanded, given the ever-increasing need
for their role in cleaning the air we breathe, and providing habitat and food for many
endangered native species.
Loud chorus of criticism for Eraring extension
The fact is pollution from power stations is
contributing to early deaths in our region, and now all of NSW is paying for that too, thanks to the
Minn’s government. It seems that damning findings of the 2021 inquiry into NSW coal ash waste
dumps chaired by Daniel Mookhey MP, now NSW Treasurer have been sidelined
EPA tone deaf on climate crisis
The draft assessment and guide outlines step-by-step requirements that proponents must address in their Environmental Impact Assessments.
Hoenig has ultimate say on council demergers
The changes mean that communities cannot instigate referendums to demerge, as the community of the Inner West Sydney Council managed to do.
Council report ignores NSW Government advice
This advice is from the group within the NSW Government that has the legal responsibility to protect the natural environment and Aboriginal cultural heritage across NSW. How can Mr Hart ignore it?
Are coal-fired power stations making us sick?
“The Australian Cancer Atlas alone shows the Central Coast has incidents of cancers way above the rest of the country. Budgewoi has lung cancer at 109% above the national average.
Endangered Greater Glider killed by alleged illegal logging
Nature and community groups had notified Forest Fire Management and state and federal environment ministers that destruction of scores of old hollow-bearing trees along 250 km of fuel breaks within the Yarra Ranges National Park is destroying critical habitat for threatened wildlife, including Leadbeater’s Possums, Gang-gang Cockatoos, Swift Parrots, and Greater Gliders.