Climate Summit for Local Government

Sept 6-8, 2023 | Melbourne

Electric vehicles in Australia – can we just get on with it please

In the Canberra/Queanbeyan region there are over 250 electric vehicles and the number is increasing slowly in response to initiatives from the ACT Government. In fact, the map on my somewhat range-challenged Nissan Leaf shows that there are now 14 charging stations...

Council urged to lead on climate change

As the national debate rages on our Federal Government’s ongoing failure to set a binding renewables target, local governments across the country have been getting on with the job of tackling climate change – and Queanbeyan-Palerang is no exception. But we may...

Putting the environment back into council decisions

LIKE OTHER Queanbeyan residents, I received a rates notice the other week. It came with a summary of how Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council (QPRC) spends rates revenue. I was surprised to see that the environment and health (which I assume includes food safety)...

What are we doing locally?

UNDER THE LONG shadow of Australia’s fossil fuel lobby and their elected status quo apologists, there has been a depressing reluctance on the part of the Turnbull government to breathe real oxygen into the energy debate and lead Australia’s transition [or indeed...