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Qld Government Recycling Policy for Buildings and Infrastructure 2009
Queensland Department of Public Works. July 2009.
Sustainable Planning Bill 2009
Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009
Waste Regulations Nov 09
Environmental Protection Amendment Regulation. (No. 1) 2009
Waste Management Award 2010
The award was first made on 3 April 2009. This consolidated version of the award includes variations made on 11 September 2009; 22 December 2009. NOTE: Transitional provisions may apply to certain clauses – see clause 2 and Schedule A
Guidelines to State Government Recycling Policy 2009
Guidelines to the recycling policy for buildings and civil infrastructure. Queensland Department of Public Works.
Dept of Environment and Resource Management - Budget Document
Summary of departmental portfolio Budgets
Dept of Environment and Resource Management - Budget Highlights
The recently formed Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) provides the opportunity for fresh thinking and holistic management of our valuable natural resources and biodiversity...
AustGovt Green Paper Summary Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme July08
Acting on Climate Change: Towards an Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. 78 pages
AustGovt Green Paper Strongly Affected Industries July08
The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme will increase the cost of producing emissions-intensive goods and services. Where industries cannot fully pass on increases in production costs to consumers, entities in those industries may face a reduction in their profitability. While many industries will face costs from the scheme, some industries may be particularly strongly affected. The Government has committed to address the impact of the scheme on these strongly affected industries.
AustGovt Green Paper Transport Fact Sheet July08
Including transport in the scheme will reduce the cost of cutting Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. The more sectors excluded from the scheme, the higher the cost faced by the included sectors and, ultimately, by consumers. Excluding petrol would not lead to lower costs for households – to the contrary, any abatement that would otherwise have come from the transport sector will have to occur elsewhere and at higher cost.
AustGovt Green Paper Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme July08
Carbon pollution is causing climate change, resulting in higher temperatures, more droughts, rising sea levels and more extreme weather. The 12 hottest years in history have all been in the last 13 years and IPCC scenarios project temperature rises between 1 and 6.4 degrees over the next century relative to 1980–99. Without action, scientists predict up to 20 per cent more drought months over most of Australia by 2030, more intense and damaging cyclones and rising sea levels with serious impacts on: • coastal property in Australia • low lying Asian mega cities • the Pacific Islands.
AustGovt Green Paper Press Release July 2008
The Rudd Government today released proposals for a new plan to tackle climate change by reducing carbon pollution. Releasing the Government’s Green Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, said the time for action on climate change was now.